Reservations for Two
Encyclopedia
Reservations for Two is an album
by Dionne Warwick
, her eighth for the Arista
label, produced by Clive Davis
. It was released in 1987 and features the hit duet Love Power (w/ Jeffrey Osborne
), produced and arranged by Burt Bacharach
and Carole Bayer Sager
. The title track, "Reservations for Two" is also a duet (w/ Kashif
), which reached #62 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Dionne Warwick
Dionne Warwick
Dionne Warwick is an American singer, actress and TV show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health....
, her eighth for the Arista
Arista Records
Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...
label, produced by Clive Davis
Clive Davis
Clive Davis is an American record producer and music industry executive. He has won five Grammy Awards and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer. From 1967 to 1973 he was the President of Columbia Records. He was the founder and president of Arista Records from 1975...
. It was released in 1987 and features the hit duet Love Power (w/ Jeffrey Osborne
Jeffrey Osborne
Jeffrey Linton Osborne is an American funk and R&B musician, songwriter, lyricist, and former lead singer of the band, L.T.D.-Early life and career:...
), produced and arranged by Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach
Burt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick...
and Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager is an American lyricist, songwriter, singer, and painter.-Introduction:Born in New York City, Sager graduated from New York University, where she majored in English, dramatic arts and speech...
. The title track, "Reservations for Two" is also a duet (w/ Kashif
Kashif
Kashif is an Arabic word, commonly used as a male given name in the Muslim world. Its meaning is close to the English words 'revealer', 'discoverer', 'uncoverer' or 'pioneer'....
), which reached #62 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Track listing
- "Love Power" (w/ Jeffrey OsborneJeffrey OsborneJeffrey Linton Osborne is an American funk and R&B musician, songwriter, lyricist, and former lead singer of the band, L.T.D.-Early life and career:...
) (Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager) 4:36 - "Close Enaugh" (Aaron Zigman, Jerry Knight) 4:12
- "You're My Hero (w/ Smokey RobinsonSmokey RobinsonWilliam "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures associated with Motown, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy...
)" (Smokey Robinson) 4:43 - "In a World Such as This" (Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager) 4:17
- "Another Chance to Love" (w/ Howard HewettHoward HewettHoward Hewett is an American R&B and gospel singer and former lead vocalist of the R&B group Shalamar.Raised in Akron, Ohio, Hewett moved to Los Angeles. He would eventually meet Soul Train dancer and future first wife Rainey Riley-Cunningham, then a secretary of the show's creator and original...
) (Aaron Zigman, Jerry Knight) 4:09 - "Reservations for Two" (w/ KashifKashifKashif is an Arabic word, commonly used as a male given name in the Muslim world. Its meaning is close to the English words 'revealer', 'discoverer', 'uncoverer' or 'pioneer'....
) (Kashif) 4:25 - "Cry On Me" (Aaron Zigman, Jerry Knight) 4:10
- "Heartbreak of Love" (w/ June PointerJune PointerJune Antoinette Pointer Whitmore was an American Pop/R&B singer and was a founding member/and lead vocalist of the vocal group The Pointer Sisters.-Early life and career:...
) (Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager) 3:54 - "For Everything You Are" (Kashif) 3:51
- "No One In the World" (Barry ManilowBarry ManilowBarry Manilow is an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, producer, conductor, and performer, best known for such recordings as "Could It Be Magic", "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", and "Copacabana ."...
) 3:32 - Already recorded and released before, on her album Finder of Lost LovesFinder of Lost Loves (album)Finder of Lost Loves is an adult contemporary album by Dionne Warwick that found her reunited with Burt Bacharach for the first time in over a decade .-Track listing:#"No One in the World"#"Without Your Love"#"Run to Me"...
, in 1985.