Here Comes the Night (Barry Manilow album) explained

Here Comes the Night
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Barry Manilow
Cover:	Barryherecomesthenite.jpg
Released:	November 1982
Studio:	Sound City Studios (Van Nuys, California) Allen Zentz Recording (Encino, California)
Genre:	Pop, easy listening, soft rock
Length:	44:35
Label:	Arista
Producer:	Barry Manilow^[1]
Prev Title:	Barry Live in Britain
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	Greatest Hits Vol. II
Next Year:	1983

Here Comes the Night is the ninth studio album by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, released in 1982 by Arista Records. The United Kingdom release went by the title I Wanna Do It With You. It received a Gold certification from the RIAA. 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 in the US: "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, plus the UK top ten track "I Wanna Do it with You".

Track listing

US/UK album release

Side 1

1. "I Wanna Do It with You" (Layng Martine, Jr.) - 3:43
2. "Here Comes the Night" (music: Barry Manilow; lyrics: John Bettis) - 3:50
3. "Memory" (Andrew Lloyd Webber, T. S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn) - 4:54
4. "Let's Get On with It" (music: Manilow; lyrics: Manilow, Adrienne Anderson) - 4:52
5. "Some Girls" (Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman) - 3:04

Side 2

1. "Some Kind of Friend" (music: Manilow; lyrics: Adrienne Anderson) - 4:02
2. "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" (music: Fred E. Ahlert; lyrics: Joe Young) - 3:12
3. "Getting Over Losing You" (Martin Briley, Brock Walsh) - 4:16
4. "Heart of Steel" (music: Manilow; lyrics: John Bettis) - 2:50
5. "Stay" (James Jolis, Kevin DiSimone, Manilow) - 3:52

UK cassette release

Side 1

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

Side 2

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

Japanese release

Source:

Side 1

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

Side 2

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

Personnel

• Barry Manilow - vocals, piano, synthesizer
• Richie Zito, John Pondel, Robben Ford, Art Phillips, Paul Jackson Jr., 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

Year-end charts

References

1. CD packaging
2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 191.
3. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1983. Billboard. March 1, 2021.