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

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]

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

Track listing

Personnel

• Gloria Gaynor – lead vocals
• Kim Carlson, Jocelyne Shaw, Angela Howell – backing vocals
• Steve Love – rhythm guitar (guitar solo on "Why I Should Pay")
• Jim Gregory – bass guitar
• Allan Schwartzberg – drums
• Don Grolnick – piano, keyboards, Fender Rhodes, clavinet
• Jack Waldman – piano, keyboards, orchestration
• Jimmy Maelen, Godfrey Diamond – percussion
• Joe Beck – guitar solo, orchestration
• 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 Raph, 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

Charts

Chart performance for Glorious

Chart (1977)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	183

References

External links

• Glorious at Discogs (list of releases)

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