Friends in Love (Johnny Mathis album)


Friends in Love is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on April 5, 1982, by Columbia Records and included six original songs, two of which were duets with Dionne Warwick.
The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated May 8, 1982, and remained there for nine weeks, peaking at number 147. It also made it to number 34 during a seven-week run on the UK album chart that began the following week, on May 15.
The title track from the album entered the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue dated April 17, 1982, and eventually got as high as number 38 over the course of 13 weeks. That same issue included its debut on the magazine's list of the 100 most popular R&B songs in the US, where it also spent 13 weeks but reached number 22. The next issue, dated April 24, marked its first appearance on the Adult Contemporary chart, and during its 17-week run there it rose to number five.
This is the first Mathis album whose initial release included the compact disc format.

Track listing

From the liner notes for the original album:
  1. "Got You Where I Want You" performed with Dionne Warwick – 3:43
  2. * Jay Graydon – producer, arranger, conductor, engineer
  3. * Recorded at Garden Rake Studios; Ian Eales – engineer
  4. "I Remember You and Me" – 3:46
  5. * Jack Gold – producer
  6. *Artie Butler – arranger, conductor
  7. * Recorded at Lion Share Recording Studios; Armin Steiner – engineer
  8. * Mixed at A&M Recording Studios; Dick Bogert – engineer
  9. "When the Lovin' Goes Out of the Lovin'" – 4:19
  10. * Barry Fasman – producer, rhythm and strings arranger
  11. * Charles Koppelman – executive producer
  12. * Recorded at Sound Lab Studios; John Arrias – engineer
  13. * Stuart Whitmore – assistant engineer
  14. "Somethin's Goin' On" – 3:21
  15. * Jack Gold – producer
  16. * Arnold Goland – arranger, conductor
  17. * Recorded at Lion Share Recording Studios; Armin Steiner – engineer
  18. * Mixed at A&M Recording Studios; Dick Bogert – engineer
  19. "What Do You Do with the Love" – 3:28
  20. * Jack Gold – producer
  21. *Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  22. * Recorded at Lion Share Recording Studios; Armin Steiner – engineer
  23. * Mixed at A&M Recording Studios; Dick Bogert – engineer
  24. "Friends in Love" performed with Dionne Warwick – 4:03
  25. * Jay Graydon – producer, arranger, conductor, engineer
  26. * Recorded at Garden Rake Studios; Ian Eales – engineer
  27. "What's Forever For" – 3:22
  28. * Jack Gold – producer
  29. *Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  30. * Recorded at Lion Share Recording Studios; Reggie Dozier – engineer
  31. * Mixed at A&M Recording Studios; Dick Bogert – engineer
  32. "Warm" – 4:39
  33. * Jack Gold – producer
  34. *Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  35. * Recorded at Lion Share Recording Studios; Armin Steiner – engineer
  36. * Mixed at A&M Recording Studios; Dick Bogert – engineer
  37. "Memory" from Cats – 3:00
  38. * Jack Gold – producer
  39. *Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  40. * Recorded at Lion Share Recording Studios; Reggie Dozier – engineer
  41. * Mixed at A&M Recording Studios; Dick Bogert – engineer
  42. "Lately" – 4:05
  43. * Jack Gold – producer
  44. *Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  45. * Recorded at Lion Share Recording Studios; Reggie Dozier – engineer
  46. * Mixed at A&M Recording Studios; Dick Bogert – engineer

    2017 CD bonus tracks

This album's CD release as part of the 2017 box set included six bonus tracks that were previously unavailable:
From the liner notes for :
recorded "When the Lovin' Goes Out of the Lovin'" for their 1981 album Stay. "What's Forever For" appeared on the 1978 album Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive by England Dan and John Ford Coley, but Michael Martin Murphey also released a recording of the song in 1982 that went to number 19 pop and number four Adult Contemporary and spent a week at number one on Billboard's Country chart. "Memory" originated in the 1981 Broadway musical Cats and became a number six hit in the UK for Elaine Paige that same year. And Stevie Wonder's "Lately" reached number three in the UK and number 29 R&B, number 33 Adult Contemporary, and number 64 on the Hot 100 in the US.

Personnel

From the liner notes for the original album: