I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight

I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight is a Neil Diamond album released by Columbia Records in 1977. It includes a solo version of the song "You Don't Bring Me Flowers". Neil Diamond would score a number one 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.^[2] 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".

Another song from this album, "Desiree" was the first long-distance dedication in the history of American Top 40.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Neil Diamond; except where indicated

Side 1

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, J. Parker) 4:18

Side 2

1. "Lament In D Minor" (Richard Bennett) 1:10/"Dance Of The Sabres" 4:46
2. "Desiree" 3:19
3. "As If" 3:26
4. "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (Diamond, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) 3:08
5. "Free Man In Paris" (Joni Mitchell) 4:46

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327061/