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Genre
  
Pop, rock, pop rock

Diamond Sun (1988)
  
Simple Mission (1991)

Release date
  
13 April 1988

Label
  
EMI International

Length
  
46:54

Artist
  
Glass Tiger

Producer
  
Jim Vallance

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Released
  
April 13, 1988 (1988-04-13)

Recorded
  
1987-1988 at Le Studio, Morin-Heights, Quebec, Canada, Distorto Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Phase One, and Eastern Sound Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Windmill Lane, Dublin, Ireland

Nominations
  
Juno Award for Album of the Year

Similar
  
Simple Mission, The Thin Red Line, Air Time: The Best of Glass Tiger, Then Now Next

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Diamond Sun is the second album by Canadian band Glass Tiger. It was released by Capitol Records April 13, 1988 (1988-04-13). It went certified Double Platinum in Canada.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Diamond Sun" (Alan Frew, Jim Vallance) – 5:22
  2. "Far Away From Here" (Frew, Michael Hanson, Sam Reid) – 4:08
  3. "I'm Still Searching" (Frew, Hanson, Reid) – 3:58
  4. "A Lifetime of Moments" (Frew, Hanson) – 4:58
  5. "It's Love U Feel" (Frew, Reid, Vallance) – 5:32
  6. "My Song" (featuring The Chieftains) (Frew, Reid, Vallance) – 3:26
  7. "(Watching) Worlds Crumble" (Frew, Reid, Vallance) – 4:53
  8. "Send Your Love" (Frew, Hanson) – 4:28
  9. "Suffer in Silence" (Frew, Reid) – 3:35
  10. "This Island Earth" (Frew, Hanson, Reid) – 6:30

Trivia

Note: The ending of the album version of "Diamond Sun" is a parody of "Strawberry Fields Forever" by The Beatles. Just as the song fades out, the song fades in with only the percussion beat and fades out again with Alan Frew's voice saying "I buried Paul".

Glass Tiger

  • Alan Frew - vocals
  • Sam Reid - keyboards
  • Al Connelly - guitars
  • Wayne Parker - electric bass
  • Michael Hanson - drums, additional guitars

    • Additional musicians

  • Backing Vocals: Dalbello, Arnold Lanni, Sheree Jeacocke, Colina Phillips
  • Additional Guitars: Keith Scott
  • Additional Drums and Keyboards: Jim Vallance
  • Additional Fretless Bass: Rene Worst
  • Saxophone: Earl Seymour
  • Synclavier Programming: John Grier
  • Guitar Technician: Tony Lester

    • Production

  • Management: Derek Sutton (Los Angeles, California), Gary Pring, and Joe Bamford (Toronto, Ontario, CA)
  • Recording: Jim Vallance, Randy Staub, Tom Henderson, and Brian Masterson
  • Mixing: Ed Thacker
  • Assistance: Randy Staub, Paul Milner, Glen Robinson, Darren Millar, Joe Mancuso, and Ciaran Byrne
  • Producing on Track 6: Sam Reid
  • Mastering: Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk, NY
  • Tour Sound: Tracy Silverstone
  • Stage Sound: Greg Grace
  • Tour Lighting: Steve Baird
  • Art Direction, Design, and Sculpture: Heather Brown
  • Photography: Douglas Brown
  • Group Photography: Alison Wardman

    • Songs

    1Diamond Sun5:23
    2Far Away From Here4:08
    3I'm Still Searching3:58

    References

    Diamond Sun Wikipedia
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