All This and Heaven Too (album)

All This and Heaven Too
Studio album by Andrew Gold
Released	April 15, 1978
Recorded	The Sound Factory, Los Angeles
Genre	Pop, pop rock
Length	41:04
Label	Asylum
Producer	Andrew Gold, Brock Walsh
Andrew Gold chronology
What's Wrong with This Picture? (1976) All This and Heaven Too (1978) Whirlwind (1980)
Singles from All This and Heaven Too
"How Can This Be Love" "I'm On My Way" "Thank You for Being a Friend" "Never Let Her Slip Away"

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

All This and Heaven Too is the third album by singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Andrew Gold. It was released in 1978 on Asylum Records. It includes the hit single Thank You for Being a Friend which peaked at No. 25 on the Billboard singles chart.^[3]

Background

All This and Heaven Too reached the British Top Five in the albums chart in 1978. "Thank You for Being a Friend," later gained popularity as the theme song for the 1985–1992 NBC situation comedy The Golden Girls, though it was performed by Cynthia "Cindy" Fee, a singer who often recorded advertising jingles, for the show. Gold also became known for his biggest UK hit song, "Never Let Her Slip Away," which was a No. 5 chart hit in the UK; Freddie Mercury assisted Gold as an uncredited background singer on the track.^{[4][5][6][7][8]} Undercover duplicated the chart position of Gold's original with a 1992 cover version.

Track listing

All songs written by Andrew Gold, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"How Can This Be Love" (Mark Safan, Mark Goldenberg)	4:01
2.	"Oh Urania (Take Me Away)"	4:22
3.	"Still You Linger On"	3:21
4.	"Never Let Her Slip Away"	3:29
5.	"Always for You"	4:37
6.	"Thank You for Being a Friend"	4:41
7.	"Looking for My Love"	3:39
8.	"Genevieve" (Gold, Brock Walsh)	5:05
9.	"I'm on My Way" (Safan)	3:41
10.	"You're Free"	4:08

Bonus Tracks (Rhino/Edsel CD release)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Gambler" (Kenny Edwards)	3:55
2.	"Thank You for Being a Friend" (outtake)	1:33
3.	"Dr. Robert" (Lennon-McCartney) (live at the Roxy, Los Angeles, CA, 1978)	3:18
4.	"Genevieve" (instrumental) (Gold, Brock Walsh)	5:41
5.	"Still You Linger On" (instrumental)	4:50

Personnel

• Andrew Gold – vocals, piano, acoustic and electric guitar, electric piano, clavinet, synthesizer, harmonium, bass, drums, percussion, tympani, backing vocals
• Kenny Edwards – bass
• Brock Walsh – backing vocals, percussion
• Waddy Wachtel – guitar
• Jeff Porcaro – drums
• Rick Marotta – drums
• Russ Kunkel – drums
• Beau Segal – drums
• Brad Palmer – bass
• Ernie Watts – saxophone
• J. D. Souther – backing vocals
• Jennifer Warnes – backing vocals
• Mark Safan – backing vocals

Production

• Andrew Gold with Brock Walsh – producer
• Greg Ladanyi with Dennis Kirk – engineer
• George Ybarra – assistant engineer
• David Campbell – arrangements

References

1. Chrispell, James. All This & Heaven Too at AllMusic. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
2. Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, Concise 3rd Edition, p. 538. Virgin Books, London. ISBN 1-85227-832-3
3. Whitburn, Joel (2000). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th Edition, p. 267. Billboard Books, New York. ISBN 0-8230-7690-3
4. Sweeting, Adam. Andrew Gold obituary. The Guardian. June 6, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
5. "Never Let Her Slip Away". Johnnie Walker's Sounds of the 70s. BBC Radio 2. 5 Feb 2012.
6. O'Neal, Sean. R.I.P. Andrew Gold, songwriter of "Lonely Boy" and The Golden Girls theme. The A.V. Club. June 6, 2011. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
7. Singer/Songwriter Andrew Gold Dies. Contactmusic. June 6, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
8. Drive with Russell Woolf; Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. June 16, 2011. Retrieved August 14, 2013.

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