Heartbreaker (Dionne Warwick album)

Heartbreaker is a 1982 album by American singer Dionne Warwick, her fourth for the Arista label. The album was released on September 28, 1982. It was largely written by the Bee Gees, and produced by Barry Gibb with Karl Richardson and Albhy Galuten; Gibb and Galuten also served as musicians on the album.

Heartbreaker
Studio album by Dionne Warwick
Released	September 28, 1982
Recorded	April–May 1982
Studio	Middle Ear Studio (Miami Beach, Florida) Media Sound Studios (New York City, New York) Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida)
Genre	Pop, R&B
Length	39:51
Label	Arista
Producer	Gibb-Galuten-Richardson
Dionne Warwick chronology
Friends in Love (1982) Heartbreaker (1982) How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye (1983)
Singles from Heartbreaker
"Heartbreaker" Released: September 1982 "All the Love in the World" Released: November 1982 "Take the Short Way Home" Released: January 1983

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Heartbreaker sold an estimated three million copies worldwide. In the United States, the album was certified Gold for sales in excess of 500,000 copies. In the United Kingdom, it reached No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart[2] and was certified Platinum.

The title track, which was the album's lead single, hit the US Pop Top 10 as well as No. 1 Adult Contemporary in the United States, and No. 2 in the UK. The following two singles were "Take the Short Way Home" (US Billboard No. 41, Cash Box No. 32)[3] and "All The Love in the World" (the latter reaching the UK Top 10). In the UK, "Yours" was also released as a single.

Production

The songs of Heartbreaker, with the exception of the final track, a cover of "Our Day Will Come", were initially recorded by Barry Gibb in February 1982 as a set of demos for the album. (These demo recordings were eventually released in 2006 as the album The Heartbreaker Demos.) Warwick recorded the songs during the spring of 1982, and the album was released that fall.

The LP was originally issued as number AL-9609 in the Arista Catalog.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, and Maurice Gibb, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Heartbreaker"		4:16
2.	"It Makes No Difference"	Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten	4:26
3.	"Yours"		4:58
4.	"Take the Short Way Home"	Barry Gibb, Galuten	3:47
5.	"Misunderstood"		4:07

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"All the Love in the World"		3:25
7.	"I Can't See Anything (But You)"	Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Galuten	3:24
8.	"Just One More Night"	Barry Gibb, Galuten	3:51
9.	"You Are My Love"		3:50
10.	"Our Day Will Come"	Bob Hilliard, Mort Garson	3:47

Personnel

• Dionne Warwick – lead vocals
• Barry Gibb – acoustic guitar, backing vocals, horn and string arrangements
• George Terry – electric guitar (1)
• Tim Renwick – electric guitar (2-10)
• George Bitzer – pianos, synthesizers
• Albhy Galuten – pianos, synthesizers, horn and string arrangements, conductor
• Richard Tee – pianos
• George "Chocolate" Perry – bass
• Steve Gadd – drums
• Dennis Bryon – percussion
• Joe Lala – percussion
• Anita Lopez – percussion
• Daniel Ben Zebulon – percussion
• Gene Orloff – string contractor
• Gary Brown – saxophone solo
• The Boneroo Horns:
  • Dan Bonsanti – saxophones
  • Neal Bonsanti – saxophones
  • Whit Sidener – saxophones
  • Peter Graves – trombone, leader
  • Ken Faulk – trumpet
  • Brett Murphy – trumpet

Production

• Producers – Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson.
• Engineer – Karl Richardson
• Assistant Engineers – Mike Fuller, Andy Hoffman, Nicky Kalliongis, Neal Kent, Dale Peterson and Sam Taylor-Porter.
• Recorded at Criteria Studios and Middle Ear Studio (Miami, FL); Mediasound (New York, NY).
• Mastered at Criteria Studios
• Project Coordinators – Dick Ashby, Marie Byars, Tom Kennedy Robyn Frye-Kove and Holly Ferguson.
• Art Direction and Design – Donn Davenport
• Photography – Gary Gross

Charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4]	13
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5]	5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6]	18
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[7]	32
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[8]	1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9]	2
UK Albums (OCC)[10]	3
US Billboard 200[11]	25
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[12]	13

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Netherlands (NVPI)[13]	Gold	50,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[14]	Platinum	300,000^^
United States (RIAA)[15]	Gold	500,000^^
^^shipments figures based on certification alone

The Heartbreaker Demos

The Heartbreaker Demos
Demo album by Barry Gibb
Released	10 October 2006
Recorded	February 1982 Criteria Studios, Miami
Genre	Pop
Length	36:48
Producer	Barry Gibb
Barry Gibb chronology
The Eyes That See in the Dark Demos (2006) The Heartbreaker Demos (2006)

The Heartbreaker Demos is a demo version of the album by Barry Gibb. Originally circulating on tape among collectors and later also on CD the album saw wide release on iTunes in October 2006.[16] The album does not include the non-Gibb composition Our Day Will Come.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, and Maurice Gibb, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Heartbreaker"		4:32
2.	"It Makes No Difference"	Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten	4:26
3.	"Yours"		5:01
4.	"Take the Short Way Home"	Barry Gibb, Galuten	4:07
5.	"Misunderstood"		3:56
6.	"All the Love in the World"		3:43
7.	"I Can't See Anything (But You)"		3:19
8.	"Just One More Night"	Barry Gibb, Galuten	3:52
9.	"You Are My Love"		3:52

Personnel

• Barry Gibb – vocals, guitar
• Albhy Galuten – piano, synthesizer
• Uncredited – drums

References

1. Theakston, Rob. "Dionne Warwick: Heartbreaker > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
2. Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive
3. "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles, April 16, 1983". Archived from the original on June 2, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
4. "Austriancharts.at – Dionne Warwick – Heartbreaker" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
5. "Dutchcharts.nl – Dionne Warwick – Heartbreaker" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
6. "Officialcharts.de – Dionne Warwick – Heartbreaker". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
7. "Charts.nz – Dionne Warwick – Heartbreaker". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
8. "Norwegiancharts.com – Dionne Warwick – Heartbreaker". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
9. "Swedishcharts.com – Dionne Warwick – Heartbreaker". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
10. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
11. "Dionne Warwick Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
12. "Dionne Warwick Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
13. "Dutch album certifications – Dionne Warwick – Heartbreaker" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved July 29, 2020. Enter Heartbreaker in the "Artiest of titel" box.
14. "British album certifications – Dionne Warwick – Heartbreaker". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 29, 2020. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Heartbreaker in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
15. "American album certifications – Dionne Warwick – Heartbreaker". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 29, 2020. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
16. "Barry Gibb - The Heartbreaker Demos". iTunes Apple. Retrieved 8 June 2013.

External links

• Heartbreaker at Discogs