Streetheart (Dion album)

Streetheart
Studio album by
Dion
Released1976
StudioSound Labs, Hollywood, California
LabelWarner Bros.[1]
ProducerSteve Barri, Michael Omartian
Dion chronology
Born to Be with You
(1975) 		Streetheart
(1976) 		Return of the Wanderer
(1978)

Streetheart is an album by the American singer/songwriter Dion, released in 1976 on Warner Bros. Records.[2] It was a commercial failure.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

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."[4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Way You Do the Things You Do"Smokey Robinson, Robert Rogers3:50
2."Runaway Man"Stormie Omartian, Michael Omartian3:04
3."Queen Of '59"Dion, Bill Tuohy3:28
4."If I Can Just Get Through Tonight"Peter Anders3:28
5."More to You (Than Meets the Eye)"Dion, Danny Grenier2:57
6."You Showed Me What Love Is"Ben Raleigh, Sam Fox3:09
7."Hey My Love"Mark Radice3:20
8."Oh the Night"Dion4:34
9."I'll Give You All I've Got"Thomas Cain3:23
10."Lover Boy Supreme"Dion, Tony Fasce3:31
11."Streetheart"Dion5:23
Total length:42:07

[6]

Personnel

Backing vocals
  • 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
  • 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[6]

References

  1. ^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 13.
  3. ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 198, 200.
  4. ^ a b "Streetheart - Dion | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  5. ^ "Dion". Salon. August 28, 2001.
  6. ^ a b Original album sleeve notes
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