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Warm and Tender is the fourteenth studio album and first of children's lullabies released by Olivia Newton-John in September 1989. After being absent on Newton-John's last album The Rumour, producer John Farrar returned for this album. After recording extensively in the U.K. and U.S. throughout her career, this was Newton-John's first album recorded in her hometown of Melbourne.

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Warm and Tender
Studio album by Olivia Newton-John
Released	9 September 1989
Recorded	1988
Genre	Children's
Length	41:27
Label	Geffen
Producer	John Farrar
Olivia Newton-John chronology
The Rumour (1988) Warm and Tender (1989) Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1971–1992 (1992)
Singles from Warm and Tender
"Reach Out for Me" Released: 1989 "When You Wish Upon a Star" Released: 1989

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

"Reach Out for Me" peaked at number 153 on the ARIA Charts. It did far better in Ireland, where it topped the charts for two weeks.[2]

Track listing

1. "Jenny Rebecca" (Carol Hall) – 3:46
2. "Rocking" (Traditional, lyrics by Percy Dearmer) – 3:05
3. "Way You Look Tonight" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) – 2:59
4. "Lullaby My Lovely" (German lullaby) – 1:16
5. "You'll Never Walk Alone" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:49
6. "Sleep My Princess" (Mozart's Cradle Song) – 1:08
7. "The Flower That Shattered the Stone" (Joe Henry, John Jarvis) – 3:22
8. "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" (Traditional) – 0:55
9. "Warm and Tender" (Newton-John, Farrar) – 3:21
10. "Rock-a-bye Baby" (Public domain) – 0:42
11. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg) – 3:26
12. "Twelfth of Never" (Paul Francis Webster, Jerry Livingston) – 4:23
13. "All the Pretty Little Horses" (Traditional) – 1:10
14. "When You Wish upon a Star" (Ned Washington, Leigh Harline) – 3:22
15. "Brahms' Lullaby (Intro)" (Brahms) – "Reach Out for Me" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – "Brahms Lullaby (Reprise)" – 5:55

Personnel

Musicians

• Olivia Newton-John – vocals, arrangements (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15)
• The Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra:
• Rudolf Osadnik – leader
• Ron Layton – contractor
• Joe Chindamo – acoustic piano, keyboards
• Adrian Scott – programming
• Ben Robertson – bass
• Don Stevenson – drums
• Robert Clarke – percussion
• Alex Pertout – percussion
• Vernon Hill – flute
• Vicki Philipson – oboe
• Stephen Robinson – Cor anglais
• Julie Rains – harp

Other musicians

• "Warm and Tender" – all instruments by Brian Mann and John Farrar
• "Reach Out for Me" – all instruments by Brian Mann and John Farrar; Synclavier by Sean Callery
• "The Flower That Shattered the Stone" – synthesizers by Brian Mann; Synclavier by Sean Callery

Production

• Producer – John Farrar
• Engineer – Allan Sides
• Additional engineering – Ian McKenzie
• Assistant engineer – Eric Rudd
• Recorded at the Melbourne Concert Hall and Metropolis Audio (Melbourne, Australia); Ocean Way Recording (Los Angeles, CA).
• Mixed by Allen Sides at Ocean Way Recording.
• Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
• Album art direction – Gabrielle Raumberger
• Album logo and design – Larry Vigon Studio
• Front cover photography – Alberto Tolot
• Dust sleeve photography – Nancy Manning

Charts

Chart performance for Warm and Tender

Chart (1989–1990)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[citation needed]	109
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3]	43
US Billboard 200[4]	124
US Cashbox Top 200 Albums[5]	151

References

На других языках

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[ru] Warm and Tender (альбом Оливии Ньютон-Джон)

Warm and Tender — четырнадцатый студийный альбом австралийской певицы Оливии Ньютон-Джон, выпущенный 9 сентября 1989 года на лейблах Mercury Records в Великобритании и Европе и Geffen Records в Северной Америке и Festival Records  (англ.) (рус. в Австралии. Продюсером вновь выступил Джон Фаррар  (англ.) (рус..

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