''Here Comes the Night'' is the ninth studio album by singer-songwriter

Barry Manilow Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus; June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter with a career that spans seven decades. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", " Somewhere Down the Road", " Mandy", "I Write the Songs", " Can ...

, released in 1982 by

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. The United Kingdom release went by the title ''I Wanna Do It With You''. It received a Gold certification from the

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. The album was recorded at Sound City Recording Studios in Van Nuys, California. The album has yet to be released on CD in the US, but has had 2 CD releases in Japan: one was a 1987 incarnation that included a remix of "Oh Julie" (with added background vocals and additional instrumentation), and then in 1994, a new reissue came out in Japan that contained the original mix of "Oh Julie", as released in the US in 1982 on both EP and 45. The album contains three charting singles: " Memory" (#8 US AC, #39 US), "Some Kind of Friend" (#4 US AC, #26 US), and "Oh Julie" (#24 US AC, #38 US), which was found on the UK cassette version as a bonus track.

Track listing

US/UK album release

Side 1

#"I Wanna Do It with You" ( Layng Martine, Jr.) - 3:43 #"Here Comes the Night" (music: Barry Manilow; lyrics: John Bettis) - 3:50 #" Memory" (

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, Trevor Nunn) - 4:54 #"Let's Get On with It" (music: Manilow; lyrics: Manilow, Adrienne Anderson) - 4:52 #" Some Girls" ( Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman) - 3:04

Side 2

#"Some Kind of Friend" (music: Manilow; lyrics: Adrienne Anderson) - 4:02 #" I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" (music:

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; lyrics: Joe Young) - 3:12 #"Getting Over Losing You" ( Martin Briley, Brock Walsh) - 4:16 #"Heart of Steel" (music: Manilow; lyrics: John Bettis) - 2:50 #"Stay" (James Jolis, Kevin DiSimone, Manilow) - 3:52

UK cassette release

Side 1

#"I Wanna Do It with You" - 3:43 #"Here Comes the Night" - 3:50 #"Memory" - 4:54 #"Let's Get On with It" - 4:52 #"Some Girls" - 3:04 #" Oh Julie" ( Shakin' Stevens) - 2:18

Side 2

#"Some Kind of Friend" - 4:02 #"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" - 3:12 #"Getting Over Losing You" - 4:16 #"Heart of Steel" - 2:50 #"Stay" - 3:52 #"Heaven" (Manilow, Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman) - 3:20

Japanese release

Side 1

#"I Wanna Do It with You" - 3:43 #"Here Comes the Night" - 3:50 #"Memory" - 4:54 #"Let's Get On with It" - 4:57 #"Some Girls" - 3:04

Side 2

#"Some Kind Of Friend" - 4:02 #"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" - 3:12 #"Getting Over Losing You" - 4:16 #"Oh Julie" - 2:18 #"Heart of Steel" - 2:50 #"Stay" - 3:52

Personnel

*Barry Manilow - vocals, piano, synthesizer * Richie Zito, John Pondel, Robben Ford, Art Phillips,

Paul Jackson Jr. Paul Milton Jackson Jr. (born December 30, 1959) is an American fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist. He was born and raised in Los Angeles. Jackson knew by the age of fifteen that he wanted to become a professional musi ...

, John Goux, Mitch Holder, George Doering - guitar *Leon Gaer, Dennis Belfield - bass *Victor Vanacore, Bill Mays - piano * Ian Underwood, Gabriel Katona, Robert Marulla - synthesizer *John Ferraro, Ed Greene, Vinnie Colaiuta, Bud Harner - drums *Alan Estes - percussion *Gary Herbig - saxophone * Bill Champlin, Steve George, Tom Kelly, Richard Page, James Jolis, Kevin DiSimone, Muffy Hendrix, Pat Henderson - backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

* {{Authority control Barry Manilow albums 1982 albums Arista Records albums Albums recorded at Sound City Studios