Heartlight (album)

Heartlight is the fifteenth studio album by Neil Diamond. It was released in August 1982 on Columbia Records. The album spent 34 weeks on the charts and peaked at #9.[1] For shipments of a million copies it was certified Platinum by the RIAA.[2]

Heartlight
Studio album by
Neil Diamond
ReleasedAugust 27, 1982
Recorded1982
GenrePop
LabelColumbia
ProducerNeil Diamond, Carole Bayer Sager, Burt Bacharach, Tom Hensley, Richard Bennett, Michael Masser, David Foster
Neil Diamond chronology
On the Way to the Sky
(1981)		 Heartlight
(1982)		 Classics: The Early Years
(1983)

The title track peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1982. It was Neil Diamond's last top 10 pop hit and also his last #1 on the Easy Listening chart, while "I'm Alive" was his last top 40 hit, reaching #35. The song "Lost Among The Stars" has co-writer Burt Bacharach reproducing his melody from his hit "Trains & Boats and Planes" from 17 years prior.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heartlight"Neil Diamond, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager4:25
2."I'm Alive"Diamond, David Foster3:47
3."I'm Guilty"Diamond, Bacharach, Sager3:15
4."Hurricane"Diamond, Bacharach, Sager4:15
5."Lost Among the Stars"Diamond, Bacharach, Sager3:54
6."In Ensenada"Diamond, Bacharach, Sager3:49
7."A Fool for You"Tom Hensley, Alan Lindgren3:02
8."Star Flight"Hensley, Lindgren3:50
9."Front Page Story"Diamond, Bacharach, Sager4:29
10."Comin' Home"Neil Diamond2:34
11."First You Have to Say You Love Me"Diamond, Michael Masser2:45

Chart positions

Album
Year Chart Position
1982 US Album Chart 9

Singles
Release date Title CAN CAN AC US Hot 100 US AC
August 1982"Heartlight" 6 1 5 1
December 1982"I'm Alive" - 1 35 4
April 1983"Front Page Story" - 4 65 5

Certifications
Organization Level Date
RIAA – USA Platinum December 16, 1982

Personnel
  • Neil Diamond – lead vocals, guitar (uncredited)
  • Marty Walsh – guitar (1, 4), acoustic guitar (9)
  • Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar (2, 5, 7, 8, 10), electric guitar (2, 5, 7, 8, 10)
  • Doug Rhone – acoustic guitar (2, 5, 7, 8, 10), electric guitar (2, 5, 7, 8, 10), backing vocals
  • Dean Parks – guitar (3, 4), electric guitar (6, 9)
  • Lee Ritenour – guitar (4)
  • Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar (6)
  • David Foster – Fender Rhodes (1, 3)
  • Craig Hundley – synthesizers (1, 4, 6)
  • Michael Boddicker – synthesizers (2, 6)
  • Tom Hensley – acoustic piano (2, 5, 7, 8, 10), keyboards (2, 5, 7, 8, 10)
  • Alan Lindgren – acoustic piano (2, 5, 7, 8, 10), synthesizers (2, 5, 7, 8, 10), orchestra arrangements and conductor (2, 8)
  • Michael Omartian – acoustic piano (4)
  • Michael Lang – acoustic piano (6), Fender Rhodes (9)
  • Michael Masser – acoustic piano (11), arrangements (11)
  • Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar (1, 4, 6, 9, 11)
  • Reinie Press – bass guitar (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10)
  • Jim Keltner – drums (1, 3, 4, 6, 9)
  • Ron Tutt – drums (2, 5, 7, 8, 10)
  • Alex Acuña – drums (4)
  • Mike Baird – drums (11)
  • Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 4, 6)
  • Vince Charles – percussion (2, 5, 7, 8, 10)
  • King Errisson – percussion (2, 5, 7, 8, 10
  • Victor Feldman – percussion (9)
  • David Boruff – alto saxophone (3), Steinerfone electronic wind instrument (5)
  • Burt Bacharach – orchestra arrangements and conductor (1, 3-6, 9), acoustic piano (3, 5, 9)
  • Jeremy Lubbock – orchestra arrangements and conductor (11)
  • Richard Page – backing vocals
  • Linda Press – backing vocals
  • Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals
  • Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals
  • H.L. Voelker – backing vocals
  • Maxine Waters Willard – backing vocals

Production
  • Producers – Neil Diamond (Tracks 1-6 & 8-10); Carole Bayer Sager (Tracks 1-6 & 9); Burt Bacharach (Tracks 1-6 & 9); Tom Hensley (Tracks 7 & 8); Richard Bennett (Track 10); Michael Masser (Track 11).
  • Production Assistance – Barry Cardinale, Ann Mooney, Larry E. Williams and Alison Zanetos.
  • Production Coordinator – Sam Cole
  • Music Contractors – Jules Chakin, Frank DeCaro and John Rosenberg.
  • Recording Engineers – Dick Bogart, Joel Fein, Lee Herschberg, Ric Riccio, Bill Schnee, Allen Sides and Jeremy Smith.
  • Assistant Engineers – Michael Carver, Tony Chiappa, Steve Crimmel, Mark Ettel, Mike Hatcher, Clif Jones, Clyde Kaplan and Greg Russell.
  • Recorded at Ocean Way Recording and A&M Studios (Hollywood, CA); The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, CA); Evergreen Studios (Burbank, CA).
  • Mixing Engineers – Jim Behrendt, Steve Crimmel, Ron Hitchcock, Bill Schnee, Allen Sides and Jeremy Smith.
  • Mixed at The Mix Room (Burbank, CA) and Ocean Way Recording.
  • Mastered by Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).
  • Art Direction and Design – David Kirschner
  • Design Contributing – Jan Weinberg
  • Photography – Tom Bert

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top Pop Albums 1955-1985, Record Research Inc., 1985, p. 102.
  2. "RIAA – Searchable Database: Heartlight". Retrieved October 11, 2018.


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