Glorious (Gloria Gaynor album)

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

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

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