I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight

I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight
Studio album by Neil Diamond
Released	November 11, 1977
Recorded	1977
Studio	Scorpio Sound (London) Indigo Ranch (Malibu, California) United Western (Hollywood) Sound Factory (Hollywood) Producer's Workshop (Hollywood) Cherokee (Hollywood)
Genre	Pop
Length	39:20
Label	Columbia
Producer	Bob Gaudio
Neil Diamond chronology
Love at the Greek (1977) I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight (1977) You Don't Bring Me Flowers (1978)
Singles from I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight
"Desirée" Released: November 1977

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight is the eleventh studio album by Neil Diamond, released on Columbia Records in 1977. It includes a solo version of the song "You Don't Bring Me Flowers". Diamond would score a #1 hit with a new version recorded as a duet with Barbra Streisand the following year.

I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight was the second Neil Diamond album in a row to also garner a television special, which was broadcast on November 17, 1977, over the NBC television network. The television special received a Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety for Director Art Fisher, Associate Director David Grossman and Stage Manager Bob Graner. It was also nominated for three Emmy Awards. The special was a thematic and "behind the scenes" based program with interspersed live performances. It also features a pioneering segment with one of the earliest broadcasts of what would come to be known as a music video with its treatment of Diamond's song "Morningside".

Track listing

All songs written by Neil Diamond, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"God Only Knows"	Brian Wilson, Tony Asher	4:01
2.	"Let Me Take You in My Arms Again"		2:56
3.	"Once in a While"		3:34
4.	"Let the Little Boy Sing"	Diamond, Bob Gaudio	3:24
5.	"I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight"	Gaudio, Judy Parker	4:18

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Lament in D Minor"	Richard Bennett	1:10
2.	"Dance of the Sabres"		4:46
3.	"Desirée"		3:19
4.	"As If"		3:26
5.	"You Don't Bring Me Flowers"	Diamond, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman	3:08
6.	"Free Man in Paris"	Joni Mitchell	4:46

Personnel

Neil Diamond's Band

• Neil Diamond – main performer, writer, vocals, guitar
• Tom Hensley – orchestra arranger and conductor on "Dance of the Sabres", piano, keyboards
• Alan Lindgren – synthesizer, piano
• Linda Press – backing vocals
• Marilyn O'Brien – backing vocals
• Richard Bennett – acoustic and electric guitars
• Emory Gordy Jr. – guitar, keyboards
• Doug Rhone – guitar
• Reinie Press – bass guitar
• Dennis St. John – drums
• Vince Charles and King Errisson – percussion

Orchestra and guest musicians

• Alan Lindgren – orchestra arranger and conductor on all tracks except "Dance of the Sabres"
• The Sid Sharp Strings – strings
• Murray Adler, Arnold Belnick, Al Bruening, Sal Crimi, Isabelle Daskoff, Henry Ferber, Elliott Fisher, Ronald Folsom, Jimmy Getzoff, Meg Grabb, Lou Klass, Bernie Kundell, Bill Kurasch, Marvin Lamonick, Joy Lyle, Gordon Marin, Stan Plummer, Jay Rosen, Nate Ross, Sheldon Sanov, Marcia Van Dyke, and Tibor Zelig – violin
• Sam Boghossian, Richard Dickler, Pam Goldsmith, Alan Harshman, Myra Kestenbaum, Linda Lipsett, Mike Nowak, Dave Schwartz, Linn Subotnick, Herschel Weiss – viola
• Jesse Erlich, Armin Kaproff, Ray Kelly, Jerry Kessler, Harry Schultz, Gloria Strasner – cello
• Peter Mercurio, Buell Neidlinger, Bob Stone – double bass
• Gayle Levant – harp
• Bobby and Chuck Findley, Jack Laubach, Bobby Shew, Tony Terran – trumpet
• Charlie Loper, Bob Payne – trombone
• Ernie Tack – bass trombone
• Tommy Johnson – tuba
• Tom Scott – horn soloist
• Alan and Marnie Robinson – French horn
• Harold Diner, James A. Dseker, Bob Hardaway, Terry Harrington, Dick Hyde, Robert Jung  [ de ], Barbara Korn, Steven P. Madaio, Arthur N. Maebe, Lew McCreary, Oliver E. Mitchell, Brian Dennis O'Conner, William R. Perkins, Johnny Rotella, George B. Thatcher – reeds
• Tommy Morgan – harmonica

Production

• Bob Gaudio – producer
• David Kirschner – art direction, design
• Bill Schnee – audio engineering on basic tracks, vocals, strings, horns
• Chris Brunt – audio engineering on vocals and miscellaneous
• Mike Reese and Doug Sax – mastering
• Val Garay – remixing
• Jerry Barnes – horns tracking
• Mallory Earl and Dennis Kirk – overdubs and miscellaneous tracking
• Marge Johnson – production coordinator
• Beatrice Marks – producer's assistant
• Dennis Hansen and Neil Kernan – audio engineering assistants
• Tom Bert – photography
• Bob Maile – calligraphy

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1977–78) Peak position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [3] 5 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [4] 8 Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [5] 6 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [6] 4 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] 13 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [8] 1 UK Albums (OCC) [9] 16 US Billboard 200 [10] 6

Year-end charts Chart (1978) Position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [11] 20 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM) [12] 51 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [13] 89 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [14] 22

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [15]	Platinum	100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [16]	Gold	100,000^
United States (RIAA) [17]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Thomas, Stephen. "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
2. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 195.
3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
4. "Austriancharts.at – Neil Diamond – I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
5. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5551a". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
6. "Dutchcharts.nl – Neil Diamond – I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
7. "Offiziellecharts.de – Neil Diamond – I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
8. "Charts.nz – Neil Diamond – I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
9. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
10. "Neil Diamond Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
11. "Jahreshitparade 1978" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
12. "Top 100 Albums of '78". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. July 17, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
13. "Dutch charts jaaroverzichten 1978" (in Dutch). Dutch Charts . Retrieved January 25, 2022.
14. "Top Selling Albums of 1978 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand . Retrieved January 25, 2022.
15. "Canadian album certifications – Neil Diamond – I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight". Music Canada . Retrieved January 25, 2022.
16. "British album certifications – Neil Diamond – I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved January 25, 2022.
17. "American album certifications – Neil Diamond – I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved January 25, 2022.

External links

• I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight at Discogs