Headed for the Future
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| Headed for the Future | ||||
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| Studio album by Neil Diamond | ||||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Pop/Rock | |||
| Length | 39:28 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Neil Diamond, David Foster, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Maurice White, Greg Phillinganes, Stevie Wonder | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Headed for the Future is the seventeenth studio album released by Neil Diamond in 1986. The album went to number 20 on the Billboard 200 and also heralded a return to the pop charts, when the uptempo, keyboard-heavy title track, "Headed for the Future" reached #53 (also cracking the top 10 on the Adult Contemporary chart). Another single, "The Story of My Life" narrowly missed the top ten on the adult contemporary charts[2] and has since become one of Neil Diamond's best-known and well-respected songs. Headed for the Future has been certified gold in the US by the RIAA.[3]
Track listing
| Side one | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Headed for the Future" | Neil Diamond, Tom Hensley, Alan Lindgren | 4:05 |
| 2. | "The Man You Need" | Neil Diamond, David Foster | 4:01 |
| 3. | "I'll See You on the Radio (Laura)" | Burt Bacharach, Neil Diamond, Carole Bayer Sager | 3:48 |
| 4. | "Stand up for Love" | Martin Page, Greg Phillinganes, Maurice White | 2:55 |
| 5. | "It Should Have Been Me" | Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance | 4:27 |
| Side two | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 6. | "Lost in Hollywood" | Neil Diamond, Stevie Wonder | 4:18 |
| 7. | "The Story of My Life" | Neil Diamond | 3:41 |
| 8. | "Angel" | Bobby Caldwell, Steve Kipner | 4:01 |
| 9. | "Me Beside You" | Burt Bacharach, Neil Diamond, Carole Bayer Sager | 3:54 |
| 10. | "Love Doesn't Live Here Anymore" | Bobby Caldwell, William Meyers | 4:18 |
Charts
| Year | Chart | Position | Country |
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| 1986 | Billboard 200 | 20 | US |
| Year | Single | Chart | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | "Headed for the Future" | Adult Contemporary | 10 | US |
| 1986 | "Headed for the Future" | Billboard Hot 100 | 53 | US |
| 1986 | "Story of My Life" | Adult Contemporary | 11 | US |
Credits
Musicians
- Neil Diamond - main performer on all tracks
"Headed for the Future"
- Alan Lindgren - synthesizer, piano
- Tom Hensley - piano, synthesizer
- Richard Bennett - guitar
- Doug Rhone - guitar
- Hadley Hockensmith - guitar
- Reinie Press - bass
- King Errisson - percussion, congas
- Vince Charles - percussion, steel drums
- Ron Tutt - drums
- Linda Press - backing vocals
(These musicians were at the time all members of Neil Diamond's official backing band, known as "Diamondville",[4][5])
"The Man You Need"
- Michael Landau - guitar
- David Foster - keyboards
- Reverend David Boruff - keyboard programming, saxophone
- Gregory Tristan Imboden - drum overdubs
- Bill Champlin - backing vocals
"I'll See You on the Radio (Laura)"
- Randy Kerber - keyboards
- Dann Huff - guitar
- Neil Stubenhaus - bass
- Carlos Vega - drums
- Paulinho da Costa - percussion
- Reverend David Boruff - saxophone
- Burt Bacharach - synthesizer
- Todd Cochran - Emulator programming
- Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Stephanie Spruill - backing vocals
"Stand Up for Love"
- Greg Phillinganes - keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals
- Bo Tomlyn - keyboards, synthesizer
- Steve Lukather - guitar
- Nathan East - bass
- John "J.R." Robinson - drums
- Maurice White - backing vocals
- Marva Barnes - backing vocals
"It Should Have Been Me"
- David Foster - keyboards
- Michael Landau - guitar
- Dann Huff - guitar
- Jason Scheff - bass, backing vocals
- Reverend David Boruff - keyboard programming
- Gregory Tristan Imboden - drum overdubs
- Bill Champlin - backing vocals
"Lost in Hollywood"
- Stevie Wonder - drums, piano, synthesizers, backing vocals
- Herbie Hancock - synthesizer solo
- Bob Bralove and Robert A. Arbittier - synthesizer programming
- Dwayne Roberson, Vincent Unto, Phillip Williams - backing vocals
"The Story of My Life"
- Lists the same musicians here as were listed for the "Headed for the Future" track; obviously, not all of those musicians performed on this track as well. It is possible that Diamond himself might have performed some of the instrumentation (such as piano and/or acoustic guitar) uncredited.
"Angel"
- Bobby Caldwell - Guitar, backing Vocals
- Dann Huff - additional guitar
- Greg Phillinganes - keyboards, synthesizers
- Bo Tomlyn - keyboards, synthesizers
- Neil Stubenhaus - bass
- John "J.R." Robinson - drums
- Nyle Steiner - additional synthesizer
- Paulinho da Costa - percussion
- Maurice White - backing Vocals
"Me Beside You"
- Randy Kerber - keyboards
- Dann Huff - guitar
- Neil Stubenhaus - bass
- Carlos Vega - drums
- Paulinho da Costa - percussion
- David Foster - synthesizer
- Burt Bacharach - synthesizer
- Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Stephanie Spruill, David Lasley - backing vocals
"Love Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
- Bobby Caldwell - guitar
- Dann Huff - additional guitar
- Greg Phillinganes - keyboards, synthesizers
- Bo Tomlyn - keyboards, synthesizers
- Neil Stubenhaus - bass
- John "J.R." Robinson - drums
- Paulinho da Costa - percussion
- Clare Fischer - string arrangements
Production
- Robert A. Arbittier - programming
- Reverend Dave Boruff - programming
- Bob Bralove - programming
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
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- ↑ Information from the Diamondville website
- ↑ Ron Tutt's entry in DrummerWorld; includes a photograph of the bandmembers a bit over halfway down the page
- ↑ Liner Notes of the Headed for the Future album
