 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (August 2023) |
| On the Way to the Sky | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 9, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 42:09 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Neil Diamond | |||
| Neil Diamond chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Singles from On My Way to the Sky | ||||
| ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [2] |
On the Way to the Sky is the fourteenth studio album by Neil Diamond, released in 1981. It contains the hit "Yesterday's Songs", which reached number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100 (and number one on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart), title track which peaked at number 27 in the US and a third single, "Be Mine Tonight", which also reached the Top 40, peaking at number 35.
Cash Box said of "Be Mine Tonight" that "from the full production to the singer's unique charisma and delivery, everything works here."[3] Billboard said that it's a "bristling midtempo rocker with much of the energy and sass of 'America' or 'Longfellow Serenade.'"[4]
For shipments of a million copies, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA,[5] but underperformed the previous year's 5× Platinum Jazz Singer, which reached number three on the albums chart and spawned three Billboard Top 10 hits.
- ^ On the Way to the Sky at AllMusic
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 195.
- ^ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. May 15, 1982. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ^ "Top Single Picks". Billboard. May 15, 1982. p. 71. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- ^ "American album certifications – Neil Diamond – On the Way to the Sky". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 20 September 2022.