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Heartbreaker
Heartbreaker
Studio album by Dionne Warwick
Released	September 28, 1982
Recorded	April–May 1982
Studio	Middle Ear, Miami; Mediasound, New York City; Criteria, Miami;
Length	39:51
Label	Arista
Producer	Gibb-Galuten-Richardson
Dionne Warwick chronology
Singles from Heartbreaker
	"Heartbreaker"; Released: September 1982; "All the Love in the World"; Released: November 1982; "Take the Short Way Home (US)"; Released: January 1983; "Yours"; Released: February 1983;

Heartbreaker is a studio album by American singer Dionne Warwick. It was released by Arista Records on September 28, 1982, in the United States. Her fourth album with the label, it was largely written by the Bee Gees, and produced by band member Barry Gibb along with Karl Richardson and Albhy Galuten; Gibb and Galuten also served as musicians on the album. Warwick recorded the songs on Heartbreaker during the spring of 1982.

The album sold an estimated three million copies worldwide and ranks as Warwick's highest-charting album in most international territories. It hit #1 in the Norwegian Albums Chart and reached the top five in Sweden, the United Kingdom and in the Netherlands, also entering the top 20 in Austria, Germany, and on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. In the US, Heartbreaker was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales in excess of 500,000 copies.

The title track, the album's lead single, reached the top of charts around the world and stands as one of Warwick's biggest career hits, reaching number one in Poland, Portugal, Sweden and on the US Adult Contemporary chart. The following two singles were "Take the Short Way Home" and "All The Love in the World," the latter of which reached the top ten on the UK Singles Chart. The Heartbreaker Demos, a collection of Barry Gibb's demos, was released in 2006.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

AllMusic editor Rob Theakston found that "while it lacks the genius and soulful grit of Dionne Warwick's earlier classic work, the album was polished and painstakingly produced perfectly for adult pop stations [...] Starting off with a bang courtesy of the title track, Warwick and Gibb go through all of the motions [...] This is not the most definitive album of Warwick's career, but is definitely one of the few highlights that a pop-heavy '80s afforded her."^[1]

Track listing

All tracks produced by Gibb-Galuten-Richardson.^[2] All tracks written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Heartbreaker"		4:16
2.	"It Makes No Difference"	B. Gibb Albhy Galuten	4:26
3.	"Yours"		4:58
4.	"Take the Short Way Home"	B. Gibb Galuten	3:47
5.	"Misunderstood"		4:07

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"All the Love in the World"		3:25
7.	"I Can't See Anything (But You)"	B. Gibb Galuten M. Gibb	3:24
8.	"Just One More Night"	B. Gibb Galuten	3:51
9.	"You Are My Love"		3:50
10.	"Our Day Will Come"	Bob Hilliard Mort Garson	3:47

*Déjà Vu – The Arista Recordings* (2020) bonus track^[3]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Let It Be Me" (demo duet with Barry Gibb)	Gilbert Bécaud Manny Kurtz Pierre Delanoë	3:46

Personnel and credits

Musicians

Dionne Warwick – lead vocals
Barry Gibb – acoustic guitar, backing vocals, horn and string arrangements
George Terry – electric guitar (1)
Tim Renwick – electric guitar (2-10)
George Bitzer – pianos, synthesizers
Albhy Galuten – pianos, synthesizers, horn and string arrangements, conductor
Richard Tee – pianos
George "Chocolate" Perry – bass
Steve Gadd – drums
Dennis Bryon – percussion
Joe Lala – percussion
Anita Lopez – percussion
Daniel Ben Zebulon – percussion
Gene Orloff – string contractor
Gary Brown – saxophone solo
The Boneroo Horns:
- Dan Bonsanti – saxophones
- Neal Bonsanti – saxophones
- Whit Sidener – saxophones
- Peter Graves – trombone, leader
- Ken Faulk – trumpet
- Brett Murphy – trumpet

Production

Producers – Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson.
Engineer – Karl Richardson
Assistant Engineers – Mike Fuller, Andy Hoffman, Nicky Kalliongis, Neal Kent, Dale Peterson and Sam Taylor-Porter.
Recorded at Criteria Studios and Middle Ear Studio (Miami, FL); Mediasound (New York, NY).
Mastered at Criteria Studios
Project Coordinators – Dick Ashby, Marie Byars, Tom Kennedy Robyn Frye-Kove and Holly Ferguson.
Art Direction and Design – Donn Davenport
Photography – Gary Gross

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for *Heartbreaker*
Chart (1982–1983)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[4]	14
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[5]	13
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[6]	5
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[7]	9
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[8]	18
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[9]	32
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[10]	1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[11]	2
UK Albums (OCC)^[12]	3
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)^[13]	25
US Black LPs (Billboard)^[14]	13
US Top 100 Albums (Cash Box)^[15]	38
US Top 75 Black Contemporary Albums (Cash Box)^[16]	17

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for *Heartbreaker*
Chart (1983)	Position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[17]	67
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[18]	64
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)^[19]	71

Certifications and sales

Certifications for *Heartbreaker*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Netherlands (NVPI)^[20]	Gold	50,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[21]	Platinum	300,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[22]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.