After the Outfield's Voices of Babylon album, drummer Alan Jackman parted ways, and the band released Diamond Days as a duo.
Even though the album's finest song "For You" made it to number 21, it was truly Diamond Days' only bright spot, with the rest of the album suffering from limp harmonies and a lack of pop energy which circulated through their past releases as well.
Both Tony Lewis and John Spinks fail to rekindle any of the avidity that was prevalent on earlier songs like "Your Love" or "Since You've Been Gone," coming up short and sounding like a tandem without any direction.
Absent is Lewis' vocal muscle and the guitar grind of Spinks, replaced by rather slipshod efforts like "Magic Seed" and "After the Storm." "John Lennon" shows a minute hint of promise but just can't get off the ground for full flight.
With Diamond Days, the Outfield attempted to simmer down their pop enthusiasm in order to please a somewhat older crowd, but it seems this route affected both their vehemency as a pop band as well as their songwriting strengths.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take It All | The Outfield | Play | 03:48 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 2 | Eye to Eye | The Outfield | Play | 03:00 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 3 | For YouJohn Spinks | The Outfield | Play | 04:27 | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| 4 | John Lennon | The Outfield | Play | 03:28 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 5 | Magic Seed | The Outfield | Play | 03:26 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 6 | Unrespectable | The Outfield | Play | 02:46 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 7 | Burning Blue | The Outfield | Play | 03:38 | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| 8 | Raintown Boys | The Outfield | Play | 03:33 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 9 | One Night in HeavenPaul Heard, Mike Pickering | The Outfield | Play | 04:26 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 10 | After the Storm | The Outfield | Play | 04:47 | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| 37 mins | 85 MB | |||||
| 37 mins | 237 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Bosley | Mixing |
| 2 | Dean Freeman | Photography |
| 3 | Paul Heard | Composer |
| 4 | Alvin Lee | Guest Artist, Guitar |
| 5 | David Leonard | Mixing, Producer |
| 6 | Tony Lewis | Bass, Vocals |
| 7 | The Outfield | Primary Artist |
| 8 | Nigel Palmer | Engineer |
| 9 | Mike Pickering | Composer |
| 10 | Scott Sanders | Mixing |
| 11 | Doug Sax | Mastering |
| 12 | John Spinks | Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Vocals |
| 13 | Andy Udoff | Mixing |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |