Warm and Tender (Olivia Newton-John album)

Warm and Tender is the fourteenth studio album and first of children's lullabies released by Olivia Newton-John in September 1989. After being absent on Newton-John's last album The Rumour, producer John Farrar returned for this album. After recording extensively in the UK and US throughout her career, this was Newton-John's first album recorded in her hometown of Melbourne.

Warm and Tender
Studio album by Olivia Newton-John
Released	9 September 1989
Recorded	1988
Genre	Children's
Length	41:27
Label	Geffen
Producer	John Farrar
Olivia Newton-John chronology
The Rumour (1988) Warm and Tender (1989) Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1971–1992 (1992)
Singles from Warm and Tender
"Reach Out for Me" Released: 1989 "When You Wish Upon a Star" Released: 1989

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

"Reach Out for Me" peaked at number 153 on the ARIA Charts.^[2]

Track listing

Warm and Tender track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Jenny Rebecca"	Carol Hall	3:46
2.	"Rocking"	Traditional, lyrics by Percy Dearmer	3:05
3.	"Way You Look Tonight"	Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields	2:59
4.	"Lullaby, Lullaby, My Lovely One"	German lullaby	1:16
5.	"You'll Never Walk Alone"	Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II	2:49
6.	"Sleep My Princess"	Mozart's Cradle Song	1:08
7.	"The Flower That Shattered the Stone"	Joe Henry, John Jarvis	3:22
8.	"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"	Traditional	0:55
9.	"Warm and Tender"	Newton-John, Farrar	3:21
10.	"Rock-a-bye Baby"	Public domain	0:42
11.	"Over the Rainbow"	Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg	3:26
12.	"Twelfth of Never"	Paul Francis Webster, Jerry Livingston	4:23
13.	"All the Pretty Little Horses"	Traditional	1:10
14.	"When You Wish upon a Star"	Ned Washington, Leigh Harline	3:22
15.	"Reach Out for Me" (with Brahms Lullaby intro and reprise)	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	5:55

2002 reissue bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
16.	"Part of Your World" (2002 version)	Alan Menken	3:13

Personnel

Musicians

• Olivia Newton-John – vocals, arrangements (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15)
• The Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra:
• Rudolf Osadnik – leader
• Ron Layton – contractor
• Joe Chindamo – acoustic piano, keyboards
• Adrian Scott – programming
• Ben Robertson – bass
• Don Stevenson – drums
• Robert Clarke – percussion
• Alex Pertout – percussion
• Vernon Hill – flute
• Vicki Philipson – oboe
• Stephen Robinson – Cor anglais
• Julie Rains – harp

Other musicians

• "Warm and Tender" – all instruments by Brian Mann and John Farrar
• "Reach Out for Me" – all instruments by Brian Mann and John Farrar; Synclavier by Sean Callery
• "The Flower That Shattered the Stone" – synthesizers by Brian Mann; Synclavier by Sean Callery

Production

• Producer – John Farrar
• Engineer – Allan Sides
• Additional engineering – Ian McKenzie
• Assistant engineer – Eric Rudd
• Recorded at the Melbourne Concert Hall and Metropolis Audio (Melbourne, Australia); Ocean Way Recording (Los Angeles, CA).
• Mixed by Allen Sides at Ocean Way Recording.
• Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
• Album art direction – Gabrielle Raumberger
• Album logo and design – Larry Vigon Studio
• Front cover photography – Alberto Tolot
• Dust sleeve photography – Nancy Manning

Charts

Chart performance for Warm and Tender

Chart (1989–1990)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[citation needed]	109
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[3]	43
US Billboard 200^[4]	124
US Cashbox Top 200 Albums^[5]	151

References

1. Viglione, Joe. Warm and Tender at AllMusic
2. "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 14 November 2016". Imgur.com. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
3. Okamoto, Satoshi (2006). Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. p. 349. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
4. "Olivia Newton-John Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
5. "Top 200 Albums" (PDF). Cashbox. p. 15. Retrieved 14 August 2022.