Friends Can Be Lovers

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Bil Carpenter from Allmusic called Friends Can Be Lovers "certainly one of her best-produced, best-sung and well-packaged albums since joining the Arista roster." He found that "Here lies the pleasant balance between Dionnesque pop anthems ("Age of Miracles" and "I Sing at Dawn"), ballads (Sting's "Fragile" and a duet with Whitney Houston on "Love Will Find a Way"), down-right funk on "Much Too Much" and shameless lust on "Where My Lips Have Been"."[2]

Notes

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• Dionne Warwick – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
• Burt Bacharach – synthesizers (1), arrangements (1)
• Michael Boddicker – synthesizers (1)
• Barry J. Eastmond – synthesizers (1), arrangements (1, 2, 3, 7, 8), keyboards (2, 3, 8)
• Randy Kerber – keyboards (1, 9), acoustic piano (9)
• Eric Rehl – keyboards (2, 3, 8), synthesizers (2, 3, 8)
• Richard Tee – acoustic piano (2)
• Ian Devaney – keyboards (4, 6), arrangements (4, 6), guitar (6)
• Andy Morris – keyboards (4, 6), fluglehorn (4), arrangements (4, 6)
• David Elliot – multi instruments (5), strings (5), arrangements (5)
• Robert Wechsler – Synclavier programming (5)
• Kayama Griffin – keyboards (7)
• Bob James – synthesizer strings (9), string arrangements (9)
• Joe Kloess – keyboards (10), arrangements (10)
• Rob Shrock – keyboards (10), drum programming (10), arrangements (10)
• Dean Parks – guitar (1)
• Ira Siegel – guitar (2, 3)
• Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar (5)
• Doc Powell – guitar (7)
• David Williams – guitar (9)
• Anthony Jackson – bass (1, 8)
• Will Lee – bass (2)
• Freddie Washington – bass (9)
• Harvey Mason – synth bass (9), synth drums (9), synth percussion (9), rhythm arrangements (9)
• Wade Short – bass (10)
• Sammy Merendino – drum programming (1, 2, 3)
• Ike Lee – drum programming (7)
• Buddy Williams – drums (8)
• Everette Harp – alto saxophone (3)
• Snake Davis – flute (4), saxophone (4)
• Roger Byam – soprano saxophone (8)
• Stephen Gibson – flugelhorn (4)
• Georgia Boyd – strings (4)
• Rebecca Gilliver – strings (4)
• Drusilla Harris – strings (4)
• Andrew Long – strings (4)
• Jane Nossek – strings (4)
• Simon Vance – strings (4)
• Paul Loomis – strings (5), string arrangements (5)
• Gayle Levant – harp (9)
• Susie Katayama – strings (10)
• David Foster – rhythm arrangements (9)
• Curtis King – backing vocals (1, 2)
• Yolanda Lee – backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 7, 8)
• Dolette McDonald – backing vocals (1, 2)
• Lisa Stansfield – backing vocals (4, 6)
• Whitney Houston – lead vocals (5)
• Alex Brown – backing vocals (5)
• Alfie Silas – backing vocals (5)
• Terry Steele – backing vocals (5)
• Will Downing – backing vocals (7)
• Audrey Wheeler – backing vocals (7)
• Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (9)
• Lisa Fischer – backing vocals (9)
• Brenda King – backing vocals (9)
• Darlene Love – backing vocals (9)
• Luther Vandross – backing vocals (9), vocal arrangements (9)

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