| Streetheart | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1976 | |||
| Studio | Sound Labs, Hollywood, California | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records[1] | |||
| Producer | Steve Barri, Michael Omartian | |||
| Dion chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Streetheart is an album by the American singer/songwriter Dion, released in 1976 on Warner Bros. Records.[3] It was a commercial failure.[4]
Critical reception
Salon deemed the album "unshaped and undistinguished."[5] AllMusic wrote that the album proved that Dion "still knew how to straddle his present and his past comfortably and effectively."[2]
Track listing[6]
- Side 1
- "The Way You Do the Things You Do" (William "Smokey" Robinson, Robert Rogers) – 3:50
- "Runaway Man" (Stormie Omartian, Michael Omartian) – 3:04
- "Queen of ‘59" (Dion DiMucci, Bill Tuohy) – 3:28
- "If I Can Just Get Through Tonight" (Peter Anders) – 3:28
- "More to You (Than Meets the Eye)" (Dion DiMucci, Danny Grenier) – 2:57
- "You Showed Me What Love Is" (Ben Raleigh, Sam Fox) – 3:09
- Side 2
- "Hey My Love" (Mark Radice) – 3:20
- "Oh the Night" (Dion DiMucci) – 4:34
- "I’ll Give You All I’ve Got" (Thomas Cain) – 3:23
- "Lover Boy Supreme" (Dion DiMucci, Tony Fasce) – 3:31
- "Streetheart" (Dion DiMucci) – 5:23
Personnel[6]
- Dion DiMucci - vocals, guitar
- Michael Omartian - keyboards, arrangements, conductor
- Lee Sklar - bass
- David Kemper - drums
- Dean Parks - guitar
- Victor Feldman, Gary Coleman, Steve Barri - percussion
- Ben Benay - guitar, harmonica
- Chuck Findley, Steve Madaio - trumpet
- Nino Tempo, Ernie Watts, Steve Douglas - woodwind
- Dick Hyde - trombone
- Nino Tempo - tenor saxophone solos
- Sid Sharp - string section concertmaster
- Backing vocals[6]
- Phil Everly - harmony on "Queen of ‘59"
- Oren Waters, Luther Waters - backing vocals on "You Showed Me What Love Is" and "The Way You Do the Things You Do"
- Stormie Omartian, Carolyn Willis, Ann White, Myrna Matthews - backing vocals on "More to You" and "Lover Boy Supreme"
- Jim Haas, Kerry Chater, Michael Omartian, Phil Everly - backing vocals
- Production[6]
- Basic rhythm tracks recorded at Sound Labs, Inc,
- Tommy Vicari - engineer
- Vocals, strings & horns mixed at ABC Recording Studios Inc.
- Phil Kaye - engineer
- Roger Nichols - assistant engineer
- Sam Emerson - photography
References
- ↑ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 "Streetheart - Dion | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 13.
- 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 198, 200.
- ↑ "Dion". Salon. August 28, 2001.
- 1 2 3 4 Original album sleeve notes
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