My Friends & Me is a studio album by American singer Dionne Warwick. It was released by Concord Records on November 7, 2006 in the United States. Produced by Warwick's son Damon Elliott, the album is a collection of duets with other artists on re-recordings of past songs by Warwick.

My Friends & Me
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 7, 2006
Length49:14
LabelConcord
Producer
Dionne Warwick chronology
My Favorite Time of the Year
(2004)
My Friends & Me
(2006)
Why We Sing
(2008)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [1]

Allmusic editor John Bush wrote that Warwick's son and chief producer Damon Elliott's "production for this record is engaging and charming, right up to the minute digitally on the rhythm end, but with plenty of space within the tracks to echo the airy productions of Warwick's long-time producer, Burt Bacharach. Also, Elliott kept most of these versions piano-based and added a tight backing chorus that is virtually necessary for anyone familiar with the original "Walk On By" or "Anyone Who Had a Heart." Dionne Warwick's voice, however, hasn't aged as well as her contemporaries, and the record often resembles a tribute album whose subject only stops by occasionally (More often than not, the guests are featured more than Warwick herself)."[1]

Track listing

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All tracks produced by Damon Elliott and co-produced by Teddy Harmon.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Walk On By" (with Gloria Estefan)2:56
2."Message to Michael" (with Cyndi Lauper)
  • Bacharach
  • David
2:59
3."Close to You" (with Mýa)
  • Bacharach
  • David
4:00
4."I'll Never Love This Way Again" (with Gladys Knight)4:19
5."Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (with Kelis)
  • Bacharach
  • David
2:26
6."Déjà Vu"4:50
7."I Say a Little Prayer" (with Reba McEntire)
  • Bacharach
  • David
3:08
8."Anyone Who Had a Heart" (with Wynonna Judd)
  • Bacharach
  • David
3:43
9."Then Came You" (with Lisa Tucker)
  • Sherman Marshall
  • Phillip Pugh
3:26
10."Wishin' and Hopin'" (with Olivia Newton-John)
  • Bacharach
  • David
3:03
11."Love Will Find a Way" (with Cheyenne Elliott)
  • Damon Elliott
  • Terry Steele
4:56
12."The Windows of the World" (with Angie Stone, Chanté Moore, Deborah Cox and Da Brat)
  • Bacharach
  • David
4:34
13."Do You Know the Way to San Jose" (with Celia Cruz)
  • Bacharach
  • David
5:46

Personnel

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  • Dionne Warwick – liner notes, executive producer
  • Grecco Buratto – guitar
  • John Burk – producer, executive producer
  • Ariel Chobaz – mixing
  • Damon Elliott – drums, keyboards, producer, programming, engineer, executive producer
  • Brian "Big Bass" Gardener – mastering
  • Teddy Harmon – bass, keyboards, producer, programming
  • Jaysen Joshua – assistant engineer
  • Ari Levine – assistant engineer
  • Len Peltier – package design
  • Dave Pensado – mixing
  • David Vance – photography

Charts

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Chart (2006) Peak
position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[2] 66

References

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  1. ^ a b Bush, John. "My Friends & Me". AllMusic. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  2. ^ "Dionne Warwick Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2020.