Heartlight (album)

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Heartlight is the fifteenth studio album by Neil Diamond. It was released in 1982 on Columbia Records.

Background

The album contains the song "Heartlight", which reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 on the adult contemporary chart in late 1982. The album has been certified platinum in the US.

Track listing

Heartlight

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

Personnel

• Alex Acuña – drums (4)
• Burt Bacharach – orchestra arrangements and conductor (1, 3-6, 9), acoustic 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)
• 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 (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 (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