Finder of Lost Loves is a studio album by American singer Dionne Warwick. It was released by Arista Records on January 24, 1985, in the United States. Warwick worked with Richard Landis, Barry Manilow, and Stevie Wonder on the majority of the album, though she also reunited with Burt Bacharach for the first time in over a decade.
Background The title track of the album was originally recorded by Warwick with Luther Vandross (who had produced Warwick's previous album How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye in 1983), and used as the theme to the short-lived TV series Finder of Lost Loves (1984–85). The version on this album, which was released as the first single, was recorded as a duet with Warwick and Glenn Jones, though the version with Vandross would be included as a bonus track on the 2014 expanded edition of the album, along with a solo version just featuring Warwick herself.
The album also includes a cover of the Bee Gees song "Run to Me" performed as a duet with Manilow as well as two duets with Wonder, which had previously been released on Wonder's soundtrack album to The Woman in Red. The track "No One in the World" would be covered (with greater success) by vocalist Anita Baker the following year, for her hit album Rapture (1986). Warwick would release the song again on her 1987 album Reservations for Two.
Commercial performance Finder of Lost Loves peaked at number 106 on the US Billboard 200 chart.
Track listing
Personnel and credits
Musicians
Dionne Warwick – vocals, backing vocals (1, 7) Artie Butler – acoustic piano (1) Greg Phillinganes – Rhodes electric piano (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10), acoustic piano (4, 7) Robbie Buchanan – Fender Rhodes (2), synthesizers (4) John Philip Shenale – synthesizer programming (2) Barry Manilow – acoustic piano (3, 8, 10), vocals (3), backing vocals (3), synthesizers (8) Stevie Wonder – acoustic piano (6, 9), synthesizers (6, 9), Kurzweil 250 (6), harmonica (6), vocals (6, 9) Keith Harris – synthesizer programming (6, 9) Abdoulaye Soumare – programming assistant (6, 9) Randy Kerber – synthesizers (7) Gary Pickus – synthesizers (7) Isaiah Sanders – synthesizers (9) Charles Fearing – guitars (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10) Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (2) Dean Parks – guitars (4) Tim May – guitars (7) Neil Stubenhaus – bass (1, 2, 4, 7) Nathan East – bass (3, 5, 8, 10) Nathan Watts – bass (6, 9) Ed Greene – drums (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10) John Robinson – drums (2) Carlos Vega – drums (4) James Allen – drums (6, 9) Alan Estes – percussion (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10) Bob Malach – saxophone (9) Endre Granat – concertmaster (4) Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10) Tom Kelly – backing vocals (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10) Richard Page – backing vocals (1–3, 5, 7, 8, 10) Jim Haas – backing vocals (2) Jon Joyce – backing vocals (2) Glenn Jones – vocals (4) Windy Barnes – backing vocals (9) Alex Brown – backing vocals (9) Lynn Davis – backing vocals (9) Susaye Greene – backing vocals (9)
Music arrangements Artie Butler – arrangements (1, 3, 5, 10), orchestrations (1, 3, 5, 10) Barry Manilow – arrangements (1, 3, 5, 10), rhythm track arrangements (7) Charles Calello – arrangements (2) Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements (6) Gary Pickus – rhythm track arrangements (7) Greg Poree – string arrangements (9)
Production
Barry Manilow – producer (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10) Michael DeLugg – associate producer (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10) Richard Landis – producer (2) Burt Bacharach – producer (4) Carole Bayer Sager – producer (4) Stevie Wonder – producer (6, 9) Eric Borenstein – project coordinator (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10) Marc Hulett – personal assistant to Barry Manilow (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10) Kathy Anaya – production coordinator (2) Frank DeCaro – music coordinator (4) Donn Davenport – art direction Harry Langdon – photography Clifford Peterson – hair Wynona Price – make-up Jane Hoffman – stylist Gene Ewing – outfit (back cover)
Technical credits Michael DeLugg – engineer (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10) David Cole – engineer (2) John Guess – engineer (4) Gary Olazabal – engineer (6, 9), mixing (6, 9) Bill Jackson – assistant engineer (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10) Tom Nist – assistant engineer (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10) Steve Schmitt – assistant engineer (4) Bob Harlan – assistant engineer (6, 9)
Charts + Chart performance for Finder of Lost Loves Chart (1985) Peakposition US Top Pop Albums (Billboard) 106 US Top Black Albums (Billboard) 50 US Top 75 Black Contemporary Albums (Cash Box) 46
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