Heartbreaker is a studio album by American singer Dionne Warwick. It was released by Arista Records on September 28, 1982, in the United States. Her fourth album with the label, it was largely written by the Bee Gees, and produced by band member Barry Gibb along with Karl Richardson and Albhy Galuten; Gibb and Galuten also served as musicians on the album. Warwick recorded the songs on Heartbreaker during the spring of 1982.
The album sold an estimated three million copies worldwide and ranks as Warwick's highest-charting album in most international territories. It hit #1 in the Norwegian Albums Chart and reached the top five in Sweden, the United Kingdom and in the Netherlands, also entering the top 20 in Austria, Germany, and on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. In the US, Heartbreaker was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales in excess of 500,000 copies.
AllMusic editor Rob Theakston found that "while it lacks the genius and soulful grit of Dionne Warwick's earlier classic work, the album was polished and painstakingly produced perfectly for adult pop stations [...] Starting off with a bang courtesy of the title track, Warwick and Gibb go through all of the motions [...] This is not the most definitive album of Warwick's career, but is definitely one of the few highlights that a pop-heavy '80s afforded her."[1]
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Heartbreaker is a studio album by American singer Dionne Warwick It was released by Arista Records on September 28 1982 in the United States Her fourth album with the label it was largely written by the Bee Gees and produced by band member Barry Gibb along with Karl Richardson and Albhy Galuten Gibb and Galuten also served as musicians on the album Warwick recorded the songs on Heartbreaker during the spring of 1982 HeartbreakerStudio album by Dionne WarwickReleasedSeptember 28 1982RecordedApril May 1982StudioMiddle Ear Miami Media Sound New York Criteria Miami GenreR amp BLength39 51LabelAristaProducerGibb Galuten RichardsonDionne Warwick chronologyFriends in Love 1982 Heartbreaker 1982 How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye 1983 Singles from Heartbreaker Heartbreaker Released September 1982 All the Love in the World Released November 1982 Take the Short Way Home Released January 1983The album sold an estimated three million copies worldwide and ranks as Warwick s highest charting album in most international territories It hit 1 in the Norwegian Albums Chart and reached the top five in Sweden the United Kingdom and in the Netherlands also entering the top 20 in Austria Germany and on the US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums In the US Heartbreaker was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA for sales in excess of 500 000 copies The title track the album s lead single reached the top of charts around the world and stands as one of Warwick s biggest career hits reaching number one in Poland Portugal Sweden and on the US Adult Contemporary chart The following two singles were Take the Short Way Home and All The Love in the World the latter of which reached the top ten on the UK Singles Chart The Heartbreaker Demos a collection of Barry Gibb s demos was released in 2006 Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel and credits 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 5 Certifications 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksCritical reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 AllMusic editor Rob Theakston found that while it lacks the genius and soulful grit of Dionne Warwick s earlier classic work the album was polished and painstakingly produced perfectly for adult pop stations Starting off with a bang courtesy of the title track Warwick and Gibb go through all of the motions This is not the most definitive album of Warwick s career but is definitely one of the few highlights that a pop heavy 80s afforded her 1 Track listing editAll tracks produced by Gibb Galuten Richardson 2 Side oneNo TitleWriter s Length1 Heartbreaker Barry GibbRobin GibbMaurice Gibb4 162 It Makes No Difference B GibbAlbhy Galuten4 263 Yours B GibbR GibbM Gibb4 584 Take the Short Way Home B GibbGaluten3 475 Misunderstood B GibbR GibbM Gibb4 07 Side twoNo TitleWriter s Length6 All the Love in the World B GibbR GibbM Gibb3 257 I Can t See Anything But You B GibbGalutenM Gibb3 248 Just One More Night B GibbGaluten3 519 You Are My Love B GibbR GibbM Gibb3 5010 Our Day Will Come Bob HilliardMort Garson3 47 Deja Vu The Arista Recordings 2020 bonus track 3 No TitleLength11 Let It Be Me Demo duet with Barry Gibb 3 46Personnel and credits editMusicians Dionne Warwick lead vocals Barry Gibb acoustic guitar backing vocals horn and string arrangements George Terry electric guitar 1 Tim Renwick electric guitar 2 10 George Bitzer pianos synthesizers Albhy Galuten pianos synthesizers horn and string arrangements conductor Richard Tee pianos George Chocolate Perry bass Steve Gadd drums Dennis Bryon percussion Joe Lala percussion Anita Lopez percussion Daniel Ben Zebulon percussion Gene Orloff string contractor Gary Brown saxophone solo The Boneroo Horns Dan Bonsanti saxophones Neal Bonsanti saxophones Whit Sidener saxophones Peter Graves trombone leader Ken Faulk trumpet Brett Murphy trumpet Production Producers Barry Gibb Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson Engineer Karl Richardson Assistant Engineers Mike Fuller Andy Hoffman Nicky Kalliongis Neal Kent Dale Peterson and Sam Taylor Porter Recorded at Criteria Studios and Middle Ear Studio Miami FL Mediasound New York NY Mastered at Criteria Studios Project Coordinators Dick Ashby Marie Byars Tom Kennedy Robyn Frye Kove and Holly Ferguson Art Direction and Design Donn Davenport Photography Gary GrossCharts editWeekly charts edit Chart 1982 PeakpositionAustrian Albums O3 Austria 4 13Dutch Albums Album Top 100 5 5German Albums Offizielle Top 100 6 18New Zealand Albums RMNZ 7 32Norwegian Albums VG lista 8 1Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 9 2UK Albums OCC 10 3US Billboard 200 11 25US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 12 13 Year end charts edit Chart 1983 PositionDutch Albums Album Top 100 13 67German Albums Offizielle Top 100 14 64Certifications editRegion Certification Certified units salesNetherlands NVPI 15 Gold 50 000 United Kingdom BPI 16 Platinum 300 000 United States RIAA 17 Gold 500 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone See also editThe Heartbreaker DemosReferences edit a b Theakston Rob Dionne Warwick Heartbreaker gt Review at AllMusic Retrieved 29 August 2011 Heartbreaker booklet Dionne Warwick Arista Records 1982 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Dionne Warwick Deja Vu The Arista Recordings 1979 1994 12CD Boxset cherryred co uk Retrieved April 18 2021 Austriancharts at Dionne Warwick Heartbreaker in German Hung Medien Retrieved July 29 2020 Dutchcharts nl Dionne Warwick Heartbreaker in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved July 29 2020 Officialcharts de Dionne Warwick Heartbreaker GfK Entertainment Charts Retrieved July 29 2020 Charts nz Dionne Warwick Heartbreaker Hung Medien Retrieved July 29 2020 Norwegiancharts com Dionne Warwick Heartbreaker Hung Medien Retrieved July 29 2020 Swedishcharts com Dionne Warwick Heartbreaker Hung Medien Retrieved July 29 2020 Official Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved July 29 2020 Dionne Warwick Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved July 29 2020 Dionne Warwick Chart History Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard Retrieved July 29 2020 Top 100 Album Jaaroverzichten in Dutch MegaCharts Retrieved April 5 2022 Top 100 Album Jahrescharts in German GfK Entertainment Charts 1983 Archived from the original on October 5 2021 Retrieved April 5 2022 Dutch album certifications Dionne Warwick Heartbreaker in Dutch Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld en geluidsdragers Retrieved July 29 2020 EnterHeartbreaker in the Artiest of titel box Select 1983 in the drop down menu saying Alle jaargangen British album certifications Dionne Warwick Heartbreaker British Phonographic Industry Retrieved July 29 2020 American album certifications Dionne Warwick Heartbreaker Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved July 29 2020 External links editHeartbreaker at Discogs Retrieved 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