Headed for the Future is the seventeenth studio album released by Neil Diamond in March 1986 on Columbia Records. The album went to number 20 on the US Billboard 200. Headed for the Future has also been certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.
Overview
The album's title track reached the top 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Another single, "The Story of My Life", reached No. 11 on the same chart.
Track listing
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")
"The Man You Need" David Foster – keyboards, arrangements David Boruff – keyboard programming, saxophone Michael Landau – guitars Tris Imboden – drums Bill Champlin – backing vocals
"I'll See You on the Radio (Laura)" Randy Kerber – keyboards Burt Bacharach – synthesizers, arrangements Robbie Buchanan – synthesizers Todd Cochran – E-mu Emulator programming Dann Huff – guitars Neil Stubenhaus – bass Carlos Vega – drums Paulinho da Costa – percussion David Boruff – saxophone Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters and Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals
"Stand Up for Love" Greg Phillinganes – keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals, arrangements Bo Tomlyn – keyboards, synthesizers Steve Lukather – guitars Nathan East – bass John Robinson – drums Maurice White – backing vocals, arrangements Marva Barnes – backing vocals
"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