Streetheart_(Dion_album)

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Streetheart (Dion album)

1976 studio album by Dion


Streetheart is an album by the American singer/songwriter Dion, released in 1976 on Warner Bros. Records.[3] It was a commercial failure.[4]

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Critical reception

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."[2]

Track listing[6]

Side 1
  1. "The Way You Do the Things You Do" (William "Smokey" Robinson, Robert Rogers) – 3:50
  2. "Runaway Man" (Stormie Omartian, Michael Omartian) – 3:04
  3. "Queen of ‘59" (Dion DiMucci, Bill Tuohy) – 3:28
  4. "If I Can Just Get Through Tonight" (Peter Anders) – 3:28
  5. "More to You (Than Meets the Eye)" (Dion DiMucci, Danny Grenier) – 2:57
  6. "You Showed Me What Love Is" (Ben Raleigh, Sam Fox) – 3:09
Side 2
  1. "Hey My Love" (Mark Radice) – 3:20
  2. "Oh the Night" (Dion DiMucci) – 4:34
  3. "I’ll Give You All I’ve Got" (Thomas Cain) – 3:23
  4. "Lover Boy Supreme" (Dion DiMucci, Tony Fasce) – 3:31
  5. "Streetheart" (Dion DiMucci) – 5:23

Personnel[6]

Backing vocals[6]
  • 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[6]
  • 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

References

  1. Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 via Google Books.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 13.
  3. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 198, 200.
  4. "Dion". Salon. August 28, 2001.
  5. Original album sleeve notes

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