Diamond

Diamond is the second studio album by the English band Spandau Ballet, released on 12 March 1982 by Chrysalis Records. As with their debut album, Journeys to Glory, all songs were produced by Richard James Burgess and written by band guitarist Gary Kemp.

Diamond was released on 12 March 1982, five months after the band had finished recording it. In an interview with New Sounds New Styles magazine in May of that year, Kemp was asked why it took so long to get the album finished and in stores and responded, "Oh, just record company rubbish. It always seems to happen – trouble with the artwork. Things like that." On 20 March Diamond began 17 weeks on the UK Albums Chart, during which time it reached number 15. It also charted at number 9 in New Zealand, number 22 in Sweden, number 39 in Australia and number 40 in Canada. The British Phonographic Industry awarded the album Silver certification on 30 April of that year and Gold certification 8 months later, on 9 December, for reaching the respective 60,000 and 100,000 units of shipment thresholds.