Warm Your Heart

Warm Your Heart is a 1991 album released by American R&B/soul singer Aaron Neville. It was Neville's second album and it features the singles "Everybody Plays the Fool", "Somewhere, Somebody" and "Close Your Eyes". The "Close Your Eyes" single also featured album producer Linda Ronstadt on guest vocals. The pair had previously collaborated on the songs "Don't Know Much", "All My Life", and "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby".

Warm Your Heart
Studio album by Aaron Neville
Released	June 11, 1991
Recorded	Mar 1990 – Mar 1991, California
Genre	Soul, RnB
Label	A&M
Producer	Linda Ronstadt
Aaron Neville chronology
The Mickey Mouse March (1986) ''Warm Your Heart'' (1991) The Grand Tour (1993)

Musicians

The album utilises many guest vocalists, musicians and session musicians. Producer Linda Ronstadt sings on four songs on the album and Grammy Award winning Rita Coolidge sings on three. Other guests include slide guitarist Ry Cooder, saxophonist Plas Johnson, Bob Seger, Dr. John, Bob Glaub and Dean Parks.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Rolling Stone	[2]
allmusic	[3]

Reception at the time of release was generally good. In their four-star review Rolling Stone said that Neville "must have taken the meaning of the gospel deep into his heart".[4] The New York Times review stated that the "solo album debut of the great New Orleans soul singer has the year's most sublime pop vocals".[5] The album reached number 44 on the American Billboard 200 album chart, and achieved platinum status. In Canada, the album reached number 25 in the Album Charts and achieved gold status.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Louisiana 1927"	Randy Newman	3:04
2.	"Everybody Plays the Fool"	J.R. Bailey, Rudy Clark, Ken Williams	4:25
3.	"It Feels Like Rain"	John Hiatt	4:56
4.	"Somewhere, Somebody"	Max Gronenthal, Andrew Kastner, Larry John McNally	3:01
5.	"Don't Go, Please Stay"	Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard	2:40
6.	"With You in Mind"	Allen Toussaint	3:32
7.	"That's The Way She Loves"	Allen Toussaint	4:45
8.	"Angola Bound"	Aaron Neville, Neville Brothers	4:32
9.	"Close Your Eyes" (duet with Linda Ronstadt)	Chuck Willis	3:10
10.	"La Vie Dansante"	Jimmy Buffett, Will Jennings, Michael Utley	3:21
11.	"Warm Your Heart"	Tom Dowd, Ahmet Ertegün, Jerry Wexler	3:49
12.	"I Bid You Goodnight"	traditional	4:00
13.	"Ave Maria"	Franz Schubert	4:41

Charts

Chart (1991)	Position
United States (Billboard 200)	44
Australia (ARIA Charts)[6]	51

References

1. ""Warm Your Heart" track listing and credits". Discogs.com. August 9, 1991. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 29, 2009. Retrieved September 18, 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "Warm Your Heart - Aaron Neville - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
4. "Rolling Stone magazine's four-star review". Rolling Stone. August 8, 1991. Retrieved March 28, 2009.
5. "7Digital's collation of reviews and track listing". New York Times. January 1, 1992. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
6. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.