No Night So Long
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Singles
The album's title track, "No Night So Long", was written by Richard Kerr and Will Jennings, the same team that wrote Warwick's 1979 comeback hit "I'll Never Love This Way Again". The title track is one of two US charting songs from the album, reaching number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. The other single, "Easy Love," peaked at number 62 on the same chart. Both songs were also hits on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Easy Love" peaking at number 12 and "No Night So Long" spending three weeks at number 1.
Track listing
All tracks produced by Steve Buckingham.[1]
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Personnel
Musicians
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- Dionne Warwick – lead and backing vocals
- Randy McCormick – keyboards, rhythm track arrangements
- Joe Neil – synthesizers
- Isaac Hayes – Hammond organ
- Steve Buckingham – guitar, rhythm track arrangements
- Larry Byrom – guitar
- Tom Robb – bass guitar
- James Stroud – drums
- Mickey Buckins – percussion
- Steve Dorff – timpani, orchestra bells, string arrangements and conductor
- Jimmy Getzoff – concertmaster
- Jay Scott – alto saxophone solo
- Tower of Power Horn Section:
- Greg Adams – horn arrangements
- Emilio Castillo – tenor saxophone
- Stephen Kupka – baritone saxophone
- Lenny Pickett – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Mic Gillette – trombone, trumpet, flugelhorn
- Kim Carnes – backing vocals
- Mark Piscitelli – backing vocals
- Nick Uhrig – backing vocals
- Maxine Waters – backing vocals
- Julia Waters – backing vocals
Production
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- Producer – Steve Buckingham
- Production Assistants – Kathy Andrews and Jan Bidewell
- Engineers – Alan Chinowsky, Joe Neil and Lenny Roberts.
- Assistant Engineers – Russell Bracher and Alex Kashevaroff
- Recorded at Mastersound Studios (Atlanta, GA); Britannia Studios (Hollywood, CA); Record Plant (Sausalito, CA).
- Mixed at Mastersound Studios
- Mastered by Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics (Nashville, TN).
- Art Direction and Design – Donn Davenport
- Photography – Harry Langdon
Charts
| Chart (1980) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[2] | 98 |
| Canada Top 100 Albums (RPM)[3] | 73 |
| US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)[4] | 23 |
| US Soul LPs (Billboard)[5] | 22 |
| US Top 100 Albums (Cash Box)[6] | 24 |
| US Top 75 Black Contemporary Albums (Cash Box)[7] | 19 |
| US The Album Chart (Record World)[8] | 36 |
| US Black Oriented Album Chart (Record World)[9] | 27 |
References
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