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No Night So Long

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No Night So Long
Studio album by
Dionne Warwick
ReleasedJuly 18, 1980
Length35:38
LabelArista
ProducerSteve Buckingham
Dionne Warwick chronology
Dionne
(1979) 		No Night So Long
(1980) 		Hot! Live and Otherwise
(1981)
Singles from No Night So Long
  1. "No Night So Long"
    Released: July 1980
  2. "Easy Love"
    Released: November 1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

No Night So Long is a studio album by American singer Dionne Warwick. It was released by Arista Records on July 18, 1980, in the United States. Her second album for the label, Warwick worked with producer Steve Buckingham on the album which was recorded during the spring of that year.

Singles

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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

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All tracks produced by Steve Buckingham.[2]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Easy Love"
3:15
2."No Night So Long"
3:26
3."It's the Falling in Love"
3:23
4."When the World Runs Out of Love"
3:44
5."We Never Said Goodbye"
3:41
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."How You Once Loved Me"
3:33
7."Reaching for the Sky"Peabo Bryson4:28
8."Sweetie Pie"
2:30
9."Somebody's Angel"
3:44
10."We Had This Time"
3:44
Déjà Vu – The Arista Recordings (2020) bonus tracks[3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Even a Fool Would Let Go"
3:13
12."Dedicate This Heart"
4:03
13."Now That the Feeling’s Gone"
3:24
14."Starting Tomorrow"Steve Buckingham2:49
15."This Time Is Ours"
3:47
16."Only Heaven Can Wait for Love"
2:58
17."Right Back"Marti Sharron2:58
18."When the Good Times Come Again"
4:00
19."This Is What I’ve Wanted All My Life"Melissa Manchester4:16

Personnel

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Musicians

Production

  • 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

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Chart performance for No Night So Long
Chart (1980) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[4] 98
Canada Top 100 Albums (RPM)[5] 73
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)[6] 23
US Soul LPs (Billboard)[7] 22
US Top 100 Albums (Cash Box)[8] 24
US Top 75 Black Contemporary Albums (Cash Box)[9] 19
US The Album Chart (Record World)[10] 36
US Black Oriented Album Chart (Record World)[11] 27

References

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  1. ^ "No Night So Long > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  2. ^ No Night So Long (booklet). Dionne Warwick. Arista Records. 1980.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ "Dionne Warwick: Déjà Vu – The Arista Recordings (1979–1994), 12CD Boxset". cherryred.co.uk. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. p. 333. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. ^ "RPM 100 Albums" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 34, no. 2. October 25, 1980. p. 8. ISSN 0315-5994.
  6. ^ "Billboard Top LPs & Tape" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 92, no. 38. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. September 20, 1980. p. 75. ISSN 0006-2510.
  7. ^ "Soul LPs" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 92, no. 38. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. September 20, 1980. p. 30. ISSN 0006-2510.
  8. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. XLII, no. 19. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. September 20, 1980. p. 31. ISSN 0008-7289.
  9. ^ "Top Black Contemporary 75 Albums" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. XLII, no. 18. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. September 20, 1980. p. 15. ISSN 0008-7289.
  10. ^ "Albums" (PDF). Record World. Vol. 37, no. 1728. New York: Record World Pub. Co. September 6, 1980. p. 30. ISSN 0034-1622.
  11. ^ "Black Oriented Album Chart" (PDF). Record World. Vol. 37, no. 1727. New York: Record World Pub. Co. September 13, 1980. p. 103. ISSN 0034-1622.
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