You Were a Diamond is the debut album by the American band Clem Snide.

[3] It was released in 1998 on Tractor Beam Records, and later reissued on spinART.

It received favorable reviews and landed the band a following playing clubs in the Northeastern United States.

[4] The New York Daily News noted that Barzelay "sometimes gives into his sentimental streak, yet his mournful voice and elegant melodies make even his more gooey observations believable.

The spinART reissue contained the following bonus tracks: