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Natalie Cole & Peabo Bryson - We're The Best Of Friends (1979) [1996, Reissue]

Posted By: BlondStyle

Date: 11 Jul 2018 21:25:05

"We're the Best of Friends" is a 1979 duet album by American vocalists Natalie Cole and Peabo Bryson. It was released on November 2, 1979 by Capitol Records. The album reached peak positions of #44 on the Billboard 200 and #7 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart.

~Wikipedia

Peabo Bryson was never a hardcore soul purist; he's someone to listen to if you like your R&B laced with lots of pop and adult contemporary. So when Capitol united Natalie Cole with Bryson for this duet album in 1979, you can be certain that the label had its eye on both the R&B charts and the pop charts. And Capitol wasn't disappointed by the LP's performance; We're the Best of Friends was black enough for R&B and quiet storm stations, but pop enough for adult contemporary audiences. On the whole, this slick album isn't mind-blowing, but most of the tracks are pleasant -- and that is true of "I Want to Be Where You Are" and the hit single "Gimme Some Time," as well as the title song. Arguably, the best thing on the record is Cole and Bryson's remake of Bobby Caldwell's "What You Won't Do for Love," an obvious choice for quiet storm formats in 1979. Also noteworthy is a medley of Harold Arlen's "Let's Fall in Love" and Sam Cooke's "You Send Me," which was arranged by the late Nelson Riddle. Although the two songs are from different eras (the '30s and the late '50s), they prove compatible. We're the Best of Friends isn't one of Cole's more essential efforts, but it's a decent outing that her hardcore fans appreciated.

~Review by Alex Henderson

Credits:

Art Direction – Melissa Tormé-March
Design – John Ernsdorf
Engineer [Rhythm, Horns, Strings] – Butch Lynch, Serge Reyes
Engineer [Vocals] – Gordon Shryock
Executive-Producer – Dr. Cecil Hale
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Photography By – V. Hughes Frye
Recorded By, Mixed By – Rik Pekkonen

Release of this album: 1979, November, 2 [LP Capitol Records, Cat.# SW-12019, USA]
Release of this CD: 1996, August, 13 [CD EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets/One Way Records (USA), Cat.# 72438 19085 25, UPC: 724381908525]
℗ 1979 Capitol Records, Inc.
℗© 1996 EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets
Manufactured by EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets
Made in USA

Tracklist:

01. Gimme Some Time (03:22)
(Natalie Cole)
02. This Love Affair (04:40)
(Marvin Yancy, Natalie Cole)
03. I Want To Be Where You Are (04:18)
(Peabo Bryson)
04. Your Lonely Heart (04:32)
(Natalie Cole)
05. What You Won't Do For Love (06:01)
(Alfons Kettner, Bobby Caldwell)
06. We're The Best Of Friends (04:15)
(Edward Howard, Thomas Campbell)
07. Medley: Let's Fall In Love / You Send Me (04:09)
(Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) / (Sam Cooke)
08. Love Will Find You (06:08)
(Peabo Bryson)

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Natalie Cole & Peabo Bryson / We're The Best Of Friends

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Official DR value: DR13

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