I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight

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I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight
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Studio album by
Neil Diamond
ReleasedNovember 11, 1977
Recorded1977
Studio
Genre Pop
Length39:20
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
  1. "Desirée"
    Released: November 1977
Professional ratings
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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.

Contents

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.TitleWriter(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.TitleWriter(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
Orchestra and guest musicians
Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [15] Platinum100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [16] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [17] 2× Platinum2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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