Love_at_First_Sight_(Dionne_Warwick_album)
Love at First Sight (Dionne Warwick album)
1977 studio album by Dionne Warwick
Love at First Sight is a studio album by American singer Dionne Warwick, released in 1977 by Warner Bros. Records.[1]
| Love at First Sight | ||||
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| Released | 1977 | |||
| Recorded | 1977 | |||
| Studio | Kendun Recorders (Burbank, California) | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 35:34 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | ||||
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| Singles from Love at First Sight | ||||
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The album was produced by Michael Omartian and Steve Barri. The sound of the longplay resembled the previous works of the artist in the Scepter Records period. The track “Early Morning Strangers," was co-written by Hal David, who co-wrote Warwick's '60s and early-'70s hit classics with Burt Bacharach. “Early Morning Strangers” had music by Barry Manilow who would produce her first Arista album in 1979.
The album failed to chart and was Warwick's last album with Warner Bros. The next album would be released on Arista Records.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [4] |
The Globe and Mail wrote that Warwick "is floundering right now, wasting her talents on humdrum material, still looking for the challenge Bacharach offered with his slinky, tricky melodies."[5]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Keepin' My Head Above Water" | 3:20 | |
| 2. | "Love in the Afternoon" |
| 3:12 |
| 3. | "A Long Way to Go" | 3:25 | |
| 4. | "Do I Have to Cry" |
| 3:01 |
| 5. | "Don't Ever Take Your Love Away" |
| 5:40 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "One Thing on My Mind" |
| 3:25 |
| 2. | "Early Morning Strangers" | 3:48 | |
| 3. | "Livin' It Up Is Starting to Get Me Down" |
| 3:40 |
| 4. | "Since You Stayed Here" |
| 2:41 |
| 5. | "Do You Believe in Love at First Sight" |
| 3:06 |
- "A Star Who Continues to Grow". Oakland Post. No. 49. 23 Oct 1977. p. 3.
- Hogan, Ed. Dionne Warwick – Love at First Sight Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1997. ISBN 978-1561592371.
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 749.
- McGrath, Paul (11 Jan 1978). "Come back, Bacharach". The Globe and Mail. p. F4.
- Love at First Sight at Discogs (list of releases)