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Diamond Days (The Outfield album)

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Diamond Days
Studio album by
Released30 October 1990
RecordedWildlife Studio, Ipswich, Suffolk
GenrePop rock, power pop
Length35:01
LabelMCA
ProducerJohn Spinks
The Outfield chronology
Voices of Babylon
(1989)
Diamond Days
(1990)
Rockeye
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Diamond Days is the fourth album by the British band the Outfield. The album reached No. 90 on the Billboard 200 album chart.[2] Diamond Days was the first album the band released under the MCA record label, having previously recorded for Columbia Records. Drummer Alan Jackman left the band prior to this album's recording,[1] so this album featured a new session drummer in Simon Dawson.[3]

The song "For You" was released as the first single from the album, and was the band's highest charting single in four years, reaching No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[4] It was also the band's only song to reach the Adult Contemporary chart, reaching the same No. 21 position.[5] "Take It All" was released as the second single, but failed to chart.

Track listing

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All tracks by John Spinks except where noted.

  1. "Take It All" – 3:47
  2. "Eye to Eye" (Spinks, Tony Lewis) – 2:58
  3. "For You" – 4:26
  4. "John Lennon" – 3:27
  5. "Magic Seed" – 3:23
  6. "Unrespectable" – 2:45
  7. "Burning Blue" – 3:37
  8. "Raintown Boys" – 3:31
  9. "One Night in Heaven" – 4:24
  10. "After the Storm" – 4:43

Two additional tracks were recorded during the sessions - "It's Only Love" was released as an extra track on the CD single for "For You", while "One Hot Country" was featured on the soundtrack for the film If Looks Could Kill

Personnel

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Band members

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  • Tony Lewis - vocals, bass
  • John Spinks - guitar, keyboard, lead vocals on "John Lennon"

Additional personnel

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  • Alvin Lee - lead guitar on "One Night in Heaven"

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Diamond Days at AllMusic
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Pop Albums 1955-2001. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 657. ISBN 0-89820-147-0.
  3. ^ Proefrock, Stacia. "The Outfield - Biography". All Music Guide. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 529. ISBN 0-89820-155-1.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2007). Billboard Top Adult Songs 1961-2006. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 211. ISBN 0-89820-169-1.