Up on the Roof: Songs from the Brill Building

Up on the Roof: Songs from the Brill Building
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Studio album by Neil Diamond
Released	1993
Recorded	1993
Genre	Pop/Rock
Label	Columbia
Producer	Peter Asher
Neil Diamond chronology
The Christmas Album (1992)The Christmas Album1992 Up on the Roof: Songs from the Brill Building (1993) The Christmas Album, Volume II (1994)The Christmas Album, Volume II1994

Up On The Roof: Songs From The Brill Building is a cover album and also the twenty-first studio album released in 1993 by Neil Diamond on Columbia Records. It contains a duet with Dolly Parton, string arrangements by David Campbell, along with re-makes of tracks associated with the Brill Building, where Diamond had worked in the 1960s.

It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (duet with Dolly Parton)	Phil Spector, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil	4:31
2.	"Up on the Roof"	Gerry Goffin, Carole King	3:29
3.	"Love Potion Number Nine"	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	3:05
4.	"Will You Love Me Tomorrow"	Gerry Goffin, Carole King	3:29
5.	"Don't Be Cruel"	Otis Blackwell	3:46
6.	"Do Wah Diddy Diddy" (duet with Mary's Danish)	Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich	2:55
7.	"I (Who Have Nothing)"	Carlo Donida, Mogol, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	4:05
8.	"Do You Know the Way to San José?"	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	3:03
9.	"Don't Make Me Over"	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	3:37
10.	"River Deep"	Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich	3:58
11.	"A Groovy Kind of Love"	Toni Wine, Carole Bayer Sager	2:52
12.	"Spanish Harlem"	Jerry Leiber, Phil Spector	3:43
13.	"Sweets for My Sweet"	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	2:53
14.	"Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen"	Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield	3:39
15.	"Ten Lonely Guys"	Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer, Stanley Kahan, Eddie Snyder, Neil Diamond	4:16
16.	"Save the Last Dance for Me"	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	2:27

Personnel

• Dean Parks - guitar
• Bill Payne - piano
• Neil Diamond - vocals
• Bob Glaub - bass
• Carlos Vega - drums
• Larry Klein - bass
• Jim Cox - Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond B3 organ, bass
• Brandon Fields - saxophone
• Robbie Buchanan - piano, keyboards
• Oscar Brashear - trumpet
• Russell Kunkel - drums
• Bob Mann - guitar
• Greg Smith - saxophone
• Wayne Bergeron - trumpet
• Bill Bergman - saxophone
• Mike Fisher - percussion
• Dennis Farias - trumpet
• Don Markese - clarinets, flutes, saxophone
• M.B. Gordy - timpani, vibraphone
• Nicholas Lane - trombone

References

• All Music Guide entry