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{{for|the 1940 film|All This, and Heaven Too}}
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{{Infobox album
| name       = All This and Heaven Too
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Andrew Gold]]
| cover      = AllThisAndHeavenToo.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = April 15, 1978
| recorded   = [[The Sound Factory]], Los Angeles
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[pop rock]]
| length     = 41:04
| label      = [[Asylum Records|Asylum]]
| producer   = [[Andrew Gold]], Brock Walsh
| prev_title = [[What's Wrong with This Picture? (Andrew Gold album)|What's Wrong with This Picture?]]
| prev_year  = 1976
| next_title = [[Whirlwind (Andrew Gold album)|Whirlwind]]
| next_year  = 1980
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = All This and Heaven Too
| type        = studio
| single1     = How Can This Be Love
| single1date =
| single2     = I'm On My Way
| single2date =
| single3     = [[Thank You for Being a Friend]]
| single3date =
| single4     = [[Never Let Her Slip Away]]
| single4date =
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic | class=album | id=mw0000656604 | label=''All This & Heaven Too'' | first=James | last=Chrispell | accessdate=November 30, 2014}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2Score = C−<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: G|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=G&bk=70|accessdate=February 24, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>Larkin, Colin (1999). ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Concise 3rd Edition]]'', p. 538. Virgin Books, London. {{ISBN|1-85227-832-3}}</ref>
}}
'''''All This and Heaven Too''''' is the third album by singer-songwriter [[Andrew Gold]], released in 1978 on [[Asylum Records]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Partipilo |first1=Vic |title=On Location |work=Oakland Post |issue=92 |date=29 Mar 1978 |page=8}}</ref> It includes the hit singles "[[Never Let Her Slip Away]]" (a No. 5 entry on the [[UK Singles Chart]]) and "[[Thank You for Being a Friend]]" (a No. 25 entry on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' singles chart]]).<ref>Whitburn, Joel (2000). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th Edition'', p. 267. Billboard Books, New York. {{ISBN|0-8230-7690-3}}</ref>
== 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 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]]<!--ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE RELIABLE SOURCES, FREDDIE MERCURY PERFORMED AS AN UNCREDITED BACKGROUND SINGER. DO NOT REMOVE HIS NAME ON THE GROUNDS THAT HE WAS NOT LISTED IN THE ALBUM CREDITS, AS THIS CONSTITUTES VANDALISM AND WILL BE REVERTED. IF YOU WISH TO CONTEST MERCURY'S INVOLVEMENT, FIND A CITE FROM A RELIABLE THIRD PARTY PUBLICATION ASSERTING THAT HE DID NOT APPEAR ON THE TRACK, THEN RAISE THE ISSUE ON THE TALK PAGE.--> assisted Gold as an [[uncredited background singer]] on the track.<ref name="mercury"/>
== Track listing ==
All songs written by [[Andrew Gold]], except where noted.
{{Track listing
| title1          = How Can This Be Love
| writer1           = Mark Safan, [[Mark Goldenberg]]
| length1         = 4:01
| title2          = Oh Urania (Take Me Away)
| length2         = 4:22
| title3          = Still You Linger On
| length3         = 3:21
| title4          = [[Never Let Her Slip Away]]
| length4         = 3:29
| title5          = Always for You
| length5         = 4:37
| title6          = [[Thank You for Being a Friend]]
| length6         = 4:41
| title7          = Looking for My Love
| length7         = 3:39
| title8          = Genevieve
| writer8           = Gold, Brock Walsh
| length8         = 5:05
| title9          = [[I'm on My Way (Captain & Tennille song)|I'm on My Way]]
| writer9           = Mark Safan
| length9         = 3:41
| title10         = You're Free
| length10        = 4:08
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Bonus Tracks (Rhino/Edsel CD release)
| title1          = Gambler
| writer1           = [[Kenny Edwards]]
| length1         = 3:55
| title2          = Thank You for Being a Friend
| note2           = outtake
| length2         = 1:33
| title3          = [[Doctor Robert|Dr. Robert]]
| note3           = live at the [[Roxy Theatre (West Hollywood)|Roxy]], Los Angeles, CA, 1978
| writer3=[[Lennon-McCartney|John Lennon, Paul McCartney]]
| length3         = 3:18
| title4          = Genevieve
| note4           = instrumental
| writer4=Gold, Brock Walsh
| length4         = 5:41
| title5          = Still You Linger On
| note5           = instrumental
| length5         = 4:50
}}
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1978)
!scope="col"|Peak<br>position
|-
|Australian ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=127}}</ref>||{{center|83}}
|}
== Personnel ==
* [[Andrew Gold]] – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10), acoustic piano (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10), guitar solo (1), percussion (1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10), [[clavinet]] (2), synthesizers (2, 4, 6), guitars (3, 5, 7, 8, 10), electric piano (7, 8, 10), [[harmonium]] (7), [[timpani]] (7), bass (8), drums (8), acoustic guitar (9), lead guitar (9)
* [[Waddy Wachtel]] – guitars (1, 6), electric rhythm guitar (9)
* [[Kenny Edwards]] – bass (1, 5, 6, 9), backing vocals (6)
* [[Leland Sklar]] – bass (2)
* Brad Palmer – bass (10)
* [[Rick Marotta]] – drums (1)
* [[Russ Kunkel]] – drums (2)
* [[Jeff Porcaro]] – drums (5, 6, 9)
* Beau Segal – drums (10)
* Stix Akimbo – percussion (8)
* [[Ernie Watts]] – saxophone (4)
* [[David Campbell (composer)|David Campbell]] – string and woodwind arrangements, conductor
* Brock Walsh – backing vocals (1, 4, 6, 9, 10), percussion (4)
* [[JD Souther]] – backing vocals (4)
* Mark Safan – backing vocals (9)
* [[Jennifer Warnes]] – backing vocals (9)
== Production ==
* Andrew Gold – producer
* Brock Walsh – co-producer
* Dennis Kirk – engineer
* [[Greg Ladanyi]] – engineer
* Peter Granet – recording (8)
* George Ybarra – assistant engineer
* [[Bernie Grundman]] – mastering
* [[A&M Studios]] (Hollywood, California) – mastering location
* Melanie McDowell – production assistant
* [[John Kosh]] – art direction, design
* David Alexander – cover photography
* Charles William Bush – sleeve photography
* Norman Epstein – management
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="mercury">Freddie Mercury provided uncredited backing vocals per these sources:
*{{cite web |url=http://top500.smoothradio.com/2015/chart/position/318/ |title=Top 500 |publisher=[[Smooth Radio (2010)|Smooth Radio]] |access-date=2 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410033547/http://top500.smoothradio.com/2015/chart/position/318/ |archivedate=10 April 2015 }}
*Sweeting, Adam. [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/06/andrew-gold-obituary Andrew Gold obituary]. ''[[The Guardian]]''. June 6, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
*"Never Let Her Slip Away". ''[[Johnnie Walker (DJ)|Johnnie Walker's Sounds of the 70s]]''. [[BBC Radio 2]]. 5 Feb 2012.
*O'Neal, Sean. [https://www.avclub.com/r-i-p-andrew-gold-songwriter-of-lonely-boy-and-the-1798226005 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.
*[http://www.contactmusic.com/news/singersongwriter-andrew-gold-dies_1224195 Singer/Songwriter Andrew Gold Dies]. [[Contactmusic.com|Contactmusic]]. June 6, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
*[http://blogs.abc.net.au/wa/2011/06/andrew-gold-lonely-boy-.html Drive with Russell Woolf; Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310062618/http://blogs.abc.net.au/wa/2011/06/andrew-gold-lonely-boy-.html |date=2013-03-10 }}. [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]. June 16, 2011. Retrieved August 14, 2013.</ref>
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