Reservations for Two

Reservations for Two
Studio album by Dionne Warwick
Released	July 30, 1987
Recorded	1986–87
Studio	Conway Recording Studios; (Hollywood); Hitsville; (Los Angeles); Lion Share Recording; (West Hollywood, California); New Music Group Studios; (Stamford, Connecticut); Ocean Way Recording; (Hollywood, California); Sunset Sound Factory; (Hollywood); The Villager Recorder; (Los Angeles)
Genre	Pop, R&B, jazz
Label	Arista
Producer	Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Jerry Knight, Aaron Zigman, Smokey Robinson, Kashif, Barry Manilow
Dionne Warwick chronology

Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Reservations for Two is an album by Dionne Warwick, her eighth for the Arista label. It was recorded during the spring of 1987 and was released that summer. The LP was originally issued as number AL-8446 in the Arista Catalog, peaking at #57 on the Billboard album chart and selling 400,000 US copies. The album is now out-of-print.

History

The album was executive produced by Clive Davis. It was released in 1987 and includes the hit duet "Love Power" with Jeffrey Osborne, produced and arranged by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager. In the United States the single reached #11 in Cash Box, #12 on the Billboard Hot 100, #5 on the R&B singles chart, and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

The title track is also a duet, with Kashif, which reached #62 on the Billboard Hot 100, #20 on the R&B singles chart, and #7 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Power" (duet with Jeffrey Osborne)	Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager	4:32
2.	"Close Enough"	David Lasley, Willie Wilcox	4:11
3.	"You're My Hero" (duet with Smokey Robinson)	William "Smokey" Robinson, Ivory Stone	4:41
4.	"In a World Such as This"	Bacharach, Sager, Bruce Roberts	4:16
5.	"Another Chance to Love" (duet with Howard Hewett)	Albert Hammond, Sue Shifrin	4:08

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Reservations for Two" (duet with Kashif)	Tena Clark, Nathan East, Gary Prim	4:22
7.	"Cry On Me"	Jerry Knight, Aaron Zigman	4:09
8.	"Heartbreak of Love" (duet with June Pointer)	Bacharach, Sager, Diane Warren	3:52
9.	"For Everything You Are"	Carol Conners, Lee Holdridge	3:50
10.	"No One in the World"	Ken Hirsch, Martha Sharron	3:33

Personnel

Aaron Zigman and Jerry Knight - All Instruments except Drums and Percussion (tracks 2, 5, 7), Producers (2, 5, 7), Musical Bridge Arrangement (2)
Alfie Silas - Background Vocals (track 3)
Alan Estes - Percussion (track 10)
Artie Butler - Piano (track 10), Orchestration (10), Musical Arrangement (10)
Ann Petter - Design
Barry Manilow - Producer (track 10), Musical Arrangement (10)
Bashiri Johnson - Percussion (track 6)
Bernie Grundman - Mastering
Bill Jackson - Assistant Engineer (track 10)
Bob Loftus - Assistant Engineer (track 6)
Burt Bacharach - Synthesizers (track 4), Additional Synthesizer (1), Producer (1, 4, 8)
Calvin Harris - Additional Engineer (track 6)
Carlos Vega - Drums (tracks 1, 8)
Carole Bayer Sager - Producer (tracks 1, 4, 8)
Charles Fearing - Guitar (track 10)
Clifford Peterson - Hairdresser
Clive Davis - Executive Producer
Daren Klein - Additional Engineer (tracks 1, 4, 8), Engineer (2, 5, 7), Mix Engineer (3)
Darroll Gustamachio - Engineer, Mixer (tracks 6, 9)
Dann Huff - Guitar (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8)
David Borruff - Saxophone Solo (track 4), Synthesizer Programming (1)
David Foster - Synthesizers (track 1)
David Ii - Saxophone (track 3)
David Lasley - Background vocals (track 2)
Dionne Warwick - Lead vocals (All tracks), Background vocals (tracks 6, 10)
Ed Greene - Drums (tracks 3, 10)
Eric Borenstein - Project Coordinator (track 10)
Frank Decaro - Musical Contractor (tracks 1, 4, 8)
Fred Zarr - Keyboards (track 9), Synthesizers (9), Rhythm Arrangement (9)
Gary Wagner - Assistant Engineer (tracks 1, 8)
Gene Page - String and Horn Arrangements (track 6), Arrangement (3)
Greg Phillinganes - Rhodes Electric Piano (track 10), Keyboards (1, 8)
Harry Langdon - Photography
Howard Hewett - Vocals (track 5)
Howard Smith - Background vocals (track 3)
Ira Seigel - Guitar (track 9)
Ivory Stone - Background vocals (track 3)
James Ingram - Background vocals (track 2)
Jeff Smith - Synthesizer Programming (track 9)
Jeffrey Osborne - Lead Vocals (track 1)
Joe Pizulo - Background Vocals (tracks 1, 4)
John Dranchak - Assistant Engineer (tracks 6, 9)
John "J.R." Robinson - Drums (tracks 2, 4, 5, 7)
June Pointer - Vocals (track 8)
Kashif - Keyboards (tracks 6, 9), Synthesizers (6, 9), Bass (9), Synthesizer Programming (9), Rhythm Arrangement (6, 9), Drums (6), Percussion (6), Lead Vocals (6), Background Vocals (6), Producer (6, 9)
Kenny G - Alto Saxophone Solo (track 1)
Kevin Dorsey - Background vocals (track 2)
Larry Smith - Assistant Engineer (tracks 6, 9)
Larry Williams - Saxophone Solo (track 7), Synthesizer Programming (6)
Luiz Archer - Fashion Stylist
Marc Hulett - Assistant to Barry Manilow (track 10)
Marnie Riley - Assistant Engineer (tracks 1, 8)
Michael Boddicker - Synthesizers (track 4)
Michael Delugg - Associate Producer and Engineer (10)
Mick Guzauski - Engineer and Mixer (tracks 1, 4, 8), Mix Engineer (2, 5, 7)
Maude Gilman - Art Director
Nathan East - Bass (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8)
Neil Stubenhaus - Bass (tracks 4, 10)
Pat Henley - Background vocals (track 3)
Paul Leim - Drums (tracks 6, 9)
Paulinho da Costa - Percussion (tracks 2, 5, 7, 9)
Phill Perry - Background vocals (track 2)
Randy Kerber - Synthesizers (track 8), Keyboards (4)
Reginald Burke - Keyboards (track 3)
Richard Page - Background vocals (track 10)
Robbie Buchanan - Additional Synthesizer (track 1)
Robert Henley - Background vocals (track 3)
Russ Terrana - Additional Engineer (track 6), Engineer (3)
Russell Sidelsky - Production Coordinator (tracks 6, 9)
Smokey Robinson - Lead Vocals (track 3), Mix Engineer (3), Producer (3)
Steve James - Assistant Engineer (track 6)
Steve MacMillan - Assistant Engineer (track 6)
Tom Funderburk - Background vocals (track 10)
Tom Kelly - Background vocals (track 10)
Tom Nist - Assistant Engineer (track 10)
Tommy Vicari - Additional Engineer (track 1)
Tim Feehan - Background Vocals (tracks 1, 4)
William Bryant - Synthesizers (track 3)
Wynona Price - Make-up
Yogi Lee - Background Vocals (track 6)

References

↑ Hogan, Ed. "Dionne Warwick: Reservations for Two > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2011.

External links

Reservations for Two at Discogs

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[1] Hogan, Ed. "Dionne Warwick: Reservations for Two > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2011.

Dionne Warwick
Discography
Studio albums	Presenting Dionne Warwick (1963) Anyone Who Had a Heart (1964) Make Way for Dionne Warwick (1964) The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick (1965) Here I Am (1965) Here Where There Is Love (1966) On Stage and in the Movies (1967) The Windows of the World (1967) Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls (1968) Promises, Promises (1968) Soulful (1969) I'll Never Fall in Love Again (1970) Very Dionne (1970) Dionne (1979) No Night So Long (1980) Friends in Love (1982) Heartbreaker (1982) How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye (1983) Finder of Lost Loves (1985) Friends (1985) Reservations for Two (1987) Friends Can Be Lovers (1993) My Friends & Me (2006)
Live albums	Dionne Warwick in Paris (1966) Hot! Live and Otherwise (1981) Christmas in Vienna II (1993)
Compilation albums	The Love Collection (2008)
Singles	"Don't Make Me Over" "Wishin' and Hopin'" "Anyone Who Had a Heart" "Walk On By" "You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)" "A House Is Not a Home" "Reach Out for Me" "Who Can I Turn To?" "Are You There (With Another Girl)" "Message to Michael" "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" "Alfie" "The Windows of the World" "I Say a Little Prayer" "(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls" "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" "This Girl's in Love with You" "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" "Make It Easy on Yourself" "The Good Life" "Then Came You" "By the Time I Get to Phoenix "Only Love Can Break a Heart" "I'll Never Love This Way Again" "Déjà Vu" "After You" "No Night So Long" "Easy Love" "Heartbreaker" "All the Love in the World" "Run to Me" "That's What Friends Are For" "Love Power" "It's All Over" "What the World Needs Now Is Love"
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