1986 studio album by Neil Diamond
Headed for the Future is the seventeenth studio album released by Neil Diamond in March 1986 on Columbia Records.[3] The album went to number 20 on the US Billboard 200.[4] Headed for the Future has also been certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.[5]
Overview
The album's title track reached the top 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.[6] Another single, "The Story of My Life", reached No. 11 on the same chart.[7]
Personnel
Musicians
- Neil Diamond – main performer on all tracks
"Headed for the Future"
- Alan Lindgren – synthesizers, pianos, arrangements
- Tom Hensley – pianos, synthesizers, arrangements
- Richard Bennett – guitar
- Doug Rhone – guitar
- Hadley Hockensmith – guitar
- Reinie Press – bass
- Ron Tutt – drums
- King Errisson – percussion, congas
- Vince Charles – percussion, steel drums
- Linda Press – backing vocals
(These musicians were at the time all members of Neil Diamond's official backing band, known as "Diamondville"[8][9])
"The Man You Need"
"I'll See You on the Radio (Laura)"
"Stand Up for Love"
"It Should Have Been Me"
- David Foster – keyboards, arrangements
- David Boruff – keyboard programming
- Michael Landau – guitar
- Dann Huff – guitar
- Jason Scheff – bass, backing vocals
- Tris Imboden – drum overdubs
- Bill Champlin – backing vocals
"Lost in Hollywood"
- Stevie Wonder – acoustic piano, synthesizers, drums, backing vocals
- Herbie Hancock – synthesizer solo
- Bob Bralove and Robert A. Arbittier – synthesizer programming
- Dwayne Roberson, Vincent Unto and 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"
- Greg Phillinganes – keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements
- Bo Tomlyn – keyboards, synthesizers
- Nyle Steiner – additional synthesizer
- Bobby Caldwell – guitar, backing vocals
- Dann Huff – additional guitar
- Neil Stubenhaus – bass
- John Robinson – drums
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
- Maurice White – backing vocals, arrangements
"Me Beside You"
- Randy Kerber – keyboards
- Burt Bacharach– synthesizers, arrangements
- David Foster – synthesizers
- Dann Huff – guitars
- Neil Stubenhaus – bass
- Carlos Vega – drums
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
- Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Stephanie Spruill and David Lasley – backing vocals
"Love Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
- Greg Phillinganes – keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements
- Bo Tomlyn – keyboards, synthesizers
- Bobby Caldwell – guitar
- Dann Huff – additional guitar
- Neil Stubenhaus – bass
- John Robinson – drums
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
- Clare Fischer – string arrangements
- Maurice White – arrangements
- Assa Drori – concertmaster
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