No Night So Long

No Night So Long
Studio album by Dionne Warwick
Released	July 18, 1980
Length	35:38
Label	Arista
Producer	Steve Buckingham
Dionne Warwick chronology
Dionne (1979) No Night So Long (1980) Hot! Live and Otherwise (1981)
Singles from No Night So Long
"No Night So Long" Released: July 1980 "Easy Love" Released: November 1980

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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

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.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Easy Love"	Steve Dorff Larry Herbstritt Randy Cate	3:15
2.	"No Night So Long"	Richard Kerr Will Jennings	3:26
3.	"It's the Falling in Love"	Carole Bayer Sager David Foster	3:23
4.	"When the World Runs Out of Love"	Chris Christian Robbie Patton	3:44
5.	"We Never Said Goodbye"	Isaac Hayes Adrienne Anderson	3:41

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"How You Once Loved Me"	Allee Willis Bruce Roberts	3:33
7.	"Reaching for the Sky"	Peabo Bryson	4:28
8.	"Sweetie Pie"	Eric Mercury William Smith	2:30
9.	"Somebody's Angel"	David Lasley Peter Allen	3:44
10.	"We Had This Time"	Melissa Manchester Larry Weiss	3:44

Déjà Vu – The Arista Recordings (2020) bonus tracks

No.	Title	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"	2:49
15.	"This Time Is Ours"	3:47
16.	"Only Heaven Can Wait for Love"	2:58
17.	"Right Back"	2:58
18.	"When The Good Times Come Again"	4:00
19.	"This Is What I’ve Wanted All My Life"	4:16

Personnel

Musicians

• 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

• 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
US Billboard 200	23
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	22
Australian Album Chart (Kent Music Report)	98

External links

• No Night So Long at Discogs