''Diamond Sun'' is the second album by Canadian band

Glass Tiger Glass Tiger is a Canadian rock band from Newmarket, Ontario that formed in 1983. The band has released five studio albums. Its 1986 debut album, '' The Thin Red Line'', went quadruple platinum in Canada and gold in the United States. Two single ...

. It was released by EMI Manhattan Records on . The album was certified triple platinum in Canada and featured the single "I'm Still Searching", which peaked at No. 2 in Canada. The album was produced by

Jim Vallance James Douglas Vallance (born May 31, 1952) is a Canadian songwriter, arranger and producer. He is best known as the songwriting partner of Canadian musician Bryan Adams. Vallance began his professional career as the original drummer and main song ...

Critical reception

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'' deemed the album "melodic, vaguely anthemic pop-rock."

Track listing

Personnel

Glass Tiger

Alan Frew Alan Graham Frew (born November 8, 1956) is a Scottish-Canadian singer, songwriter, actor, and author, who is the lead singer of the Canadian rock band Glass Tiger. He has also released three solo albums. Early life Born 8 November 1956 in Coatb ...

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

* Sam Reid - keyboards *

Al Connelly Alan Connelly (born October 2, 1960) is a Canadian guitarist and songwriter. He is a founding member of the rock band Glass Tiger. He and his band received five Canadian music industry JUNO Awards and multiple Canadian songwriter SOCAN Awards, as ...

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

s * Wayne Parker -

electric bass The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an electric but with a longer neck and scale leng ...

* Michael Hanson -

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

, additional guitars

Additional musicians

* Backing Vocals:

Dalbello Lisa Concetta Dal Bello (born 22 May 1959), also known as Dalbello, is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She released three albums in the pop and pop/rock genre in her late teens, from 1977 through 1981 under her full name. In 1984, she re-e ...

Arnold Lanni Arnold David Lanni (born May 4, 1956) is a Canadian record producer and former member of Frōzen Ghōst and Sheriff. He wrote Sheriff's most successful song, " When I'm with You." History Lanni was a founding member of Canadian rock band Sheri ...

, 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

Production

* Management: Derek Sutton (

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), 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:

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, NY * Art Direction, Design, and Sculpture: Heather Brown * Photography: Douglas Brown * Group Photography: Alison Wardman

Certifications

Notes

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