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- Track listing
- Chart positions Album Singles
- Certifications
- Personnel
- Production
- References
{{Infobox album | name = Heartlight | type = Studio album | artist = Neil Diamond | cover = Heartlight cover.jpg | alt = | released = August 27, 1982 | recorded = 1982 | venue = | studio = | genre = Pop | length = | label = Columbia | producer = Neil Diamond, Carole Bayer Sager, Burt Bacharach, Tom Hensley, Richard Bennett, Michael Masser, David Foster | prev_title = On the Way to the Sky | prev_year = 1981 | next_title = The Early Years | next_year = 1983 }}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]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. Track listing{{tracklist | title1 = Heartlight | writer1 = Neil Diamond, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager | length1 = 4:25 | title2 = I'm Alive | writer2 = Diamond, David Foster | length2 = 3:47 | title3 = I'm Guilty | writer3 = Diamond, Bacharach, Sager | length3 = 3:15 | title4 = Hurricane | writer4 = Diamond, Bacharach, Sager | length4 = 4:15 | title5 = Lost Among the Stars | writer5 = Diamond, Bacharach, Sager | length5 = 3:54 | title6 = In Ensenada | writer6 = Diamond, Bacharach, Sager | length6 = 3:49 | title7 = A Fool for You | writer7 = Tom Hensley, Alan Lindgren | length7 = 3:02 | title8 = Star Flight | writer8 = Hensley, Lindgren | length8 = 3:50 | title9 = Front Page Story | writer9 = Diamond, Bacharach, Sager | length9 = 4:29 | title10 = Comin' Home | writer10 = Neil Diamond | length10 = 2:34 | title11 = First You Have to Say You Love Me | writer11 = Diamond, Michael Masser | length11 = 2:45 }}Chart positionsAlbumYear | Chart | Position | 1982 | US Album Chart | 9 | |
SinglesRelease 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 | |
CertificationsOrganization | Level | Date | RIAA – USA | Platinum | December 16, 1982 | |
Personnel- Alex Acuña – drums (4)
- Burt Bacharach – orchestra arrangements and conductor (1, 3-6, 9), piano (3, 5, 9)
- Mike Baird – drums (11)
- Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar (2, 5, 7, 8, 10), electric guitar (2, 5, 7, 8, 10)
- Michael Boddicker – synthesizer (2, 6)
- David Boruff – alto saxophone (3), Steinerfone electronic wind instrument (5)
- Vince Charles – percussion (2, 5, 7, 8, 10)
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 4, 6)
- Neil Diamond – lead vocals, guitar (uncredited){{citation needed|date=December 2017}}
- King Errisson – percussion (2, 5, 7, 8, 10)
- Victor Feldman – percussion (9)
- David Foster – piano (1), Fender Rhodes (3)
- Tom Hensley – piano (2, 5, 7, 8, 10), keyboards (2, 5, 7, 8, 10)
- Craig Hundley – synthesizer (1, 4, 6)
- Jim Keltner – drums (1, 3, 4, 6, 9)
- Mike Lang – piano (6), Fender Rhodes (9)
- Alan Lindgren – piano (2, 5, 7, 8, 10), synthesizer (2, 5, 7, 8, 10), orchestra arrangements and conductor (2, 8)
- Jeremy Lubbock – orchestra arrangements and conductor (11)
- Michael Masser – piano (11), arrangements (11)
- Michael Omartian – piano (4)
- Richard Page – backing vocals
- Dean Parks – guitar (3, 4), electric guitar (6, 9)
- Linda Press – backing vocals
- Reinie Press – bass guitar (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10)
- Doug Rhone – acoustic guitar (2, 5, 7, 8, 10), electric guitar (2, 5, 7, 8, 10), backing vocals
- Lee Ritenour – guitar (4)
- Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals
- Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar (1, 4, 6, 9, 11)
- Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar (6)
- Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals
- Ron Tutt – drums (2, 5, 7, 8, 10)
- H.L. Voelker – backing vocals
- Marty Walsh – guitar (1, 4), acoustic guitar (9)
- 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 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
References1. ^Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top Pop Albums 1955-1985, Record Research Inc., 1985, p. 102. 2. ^{{cite web|accessdate=October 11, 2018|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=heartlight#search_section|title=RIAA – Searchable Database: Heartlight}}
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