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All This and Heaven Too

The third solo album, with "Thank You for Being a Friend" and "Never Let Her Slip Away".
Andrew Gold, 1978

Gold plays vocals, piano, guitars, synths and percussion, with drums and bass on "Genevieve". Waddy Wachtel plays guitar, Kenny Edwards and Leland Sklar bass, and Jeff Porcaro, Russ Kunkel and Rick Marotta drums; Ernie Watts plays saxophone, David Campbell arranged strings and woodwinds, and JD Souther and Timothy B. Schmit sing backing vocals on one track. Dennis Kirk and Greg Ladanyi engineered, and Bernie Grundman mastered at A&M. Singles were "How Can This Be Love", "I'm on My Way", "Thank You for Being a Friend" (US 25) and "Never Let Her Slip Away" (UK 5). The album reached 81 in the US, 83 in Australia and 31 in the UK; AllMusic gave it 4.5 stars. In 1985 Cindy Fee's version of "Thank You for Being a Friend" became the theme of The Golden Girls.

Track listing

  1. How Can This Be Love4:01
  2. Oh Urania (Take Me Away)4:22
  3. Still You Linger On3:21
  4. Never Let Her Slip Away3:29
  5. Always for You4:37
  6. Thank You for Being a Friend4:41
  7. Looking for My Love3:39
  8. Genevieve5:05
  9. I'm on My Way3:41
  10. You're Free4:08

More from Andrew Gold

Andrew Gold (1975), What's Wrong With This Picture? (1976), Whirlwind (1980), Andrew Gold's Halloween Howls (1996), The Spence Manor Suite (2000)

Sources

  1. All This and Heaven Too (album), Wikipedia
  2. 1978: Andrew Gold, All This and Heaven Too, Session Days (2017-04-12)