Glorious (Gloria Gaynor album)

Glorious
Studio album by Gloria Gaynor
Released	February 18, 1977
Genre	Disco, Dance
Label	Polydor
Producer	Gregg Diamond, Joe Beck
Gloria Gaynor chronology
I've Got You (1976) Glorious (1977) Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound (1978)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Glorious is American singer Gloria Gaynor's fourth studio album.^[2] It was released in 1977 on Polydor Records.

The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2016 by Big Break Records.^[3]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Why Should I Pay"	Gregg Diamond	3:38
2.	"As Time Goes By" / "The Hands of Time" (Medley)	Herman Hupfeld / Gregg Diamond	5:05
3.	"Most of All"	Gregg Diamond	9:15

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"We Can Start All Over Again"	Joe Beck, George Flame	5:07
5.	"Sweet Sweet Melody"	Joe Beck, George Flame	4:52
6.	"Life Ain't Worth Living"	Melvin Seals	2:58
7.	"This Side of the Pain"	Gregg Diamond	3:15
8.	"So Much Love"	Joe Beck, George Flame	4:41

2016 remastered reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
9.	"Most of All" (Single Version)	3:26

Personnel

• Gloria Gaynor – lead vocals
• Kim Carlson, Jocelyne Shaw, Angela Howell – background vocals
• Steve Love – rhythm guitar (guitar solo on "Why I Should Pay")
• James Gregory – bass
• Allan Schwartzberg – drums
• Don Grolnick – piano, keyboards, Fender Rhodes, clavinet
• Jack Waldman – piano, keyboards, orchestration
• James Maelen – percussion, Latin percussion
• Joe Beck – guitar solos, orchestration
• Godfrey Diamond – percussion
• Gregg Diamond – percussion, piano, orchestration
• Joe Ferguson – alto saxophone solo on "This Side of the Pain"
• George Young, Eddie Daniels, George Marge – saxophone
• Marvin Stamm, Alan Rubin, John Frosk, Peter Ecklund – trumpet
• Wayne Andre, Alan Rhaph, Barry Rogers – trombone
• Gene Orloff – concertmaster, strings
• Brad Baker – orchestration

Production

• Gregg Diamond, Joe Beck – producers, arrangers
• Godfrey Diamond – engineer, mixing
• Woszczyk Wieslaw, Trudy Cali, Lucy Lauri, Tom Duffy, Michael Barbiero, Jonathan Kats – assistant engineers
• Dominick Romeo, Roy Jones – mastering
• David Croland – cover
• Beverly Parker – art direction

References

1. Henderson, Alex. Glorious review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
2. Glorious at AllMusic
3. BBR Records - CD re-issue of Glorius from 2016

External links

• Glorious at Discogs (list of releases)