THE BEST OF NEIL DIAMOND | 
| Artist: Neil Diamond
Label: Spectrum
Category: Music
List Price: £5.99
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 1829
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 82 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 19509
UPC: 766486498228
EAN: 0008811950927
ASIN: B00003OT8A
Release Date: October 23, 2000
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond, Tom Catalano, Don Randi | | • | I Am...I Said - Marty Paich, Neil Diamond, Larry Mahoberac, Tom Catalano | | • | Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond, Tom Catalano, Lee Holdridge | | • | Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show - Neil Diamond, Tommy Cogbill, Chips Moman | | • | Holly Holy - Neil Diamond, Tom Catalano, Tommy Cogbill, Lee Holdridge | | • | Soolaimon - Neil Diamond, Tom Catalano | | • | He Ain't Heavy ... He's My Brother - Neil Diamond, Tom Catalano | | • | Stones - Lee Holdridge, Neil Diamond, Tom Catalano | | • | Play Me - Neil Diamond, Tom Catalano, Lee Holdridge | | • | Walk On Water - Neil Diamond, Tom Catalano, Lee Holdridge | | • | And The Singer Sings His Song - Lee Holdridge, Neil Diamond, Tom Catalano, Tommy Cogbill | | • | Mr. Bojangles - Lee Holdridge, Neil Diamond, Tom Catalano | | • | Solitary Man - Neil Diamond, Tom Catalano, Lee Holdridge | | • | Kentucky Woman - Neil Diamond, Tom Catalano | | • | And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind - Neil Diamond, Tom Catalano | | • | Last Thing On My Mind - Lee Holdridge, Neil Diamond, Tom Catalano | | • | Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon - Neil Diamond, Tom Catalano, Lee Holdridge | | • | If You Go Away - Lee Holdridge, Neil Diamond, Tom Catalano | | • | Brooklyn Roads - Artie Schroeck, Chip Taylor, Neil Diamond | | • | Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond, Tom Catalano |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 10
 Cheesy but tasty January 16, 2006
Dizzy Miss Lizzy (UK)
95 out of 97 found this review helpful
I'll be honest, I've always regarded Neil Diamond as pure schmaltz. Sparkly blue shirts undone to the navel. Cheese with cheese on top. Austin Powers sings..... I said as much to a friend some years ago and he treated me to a lengthy and impassioned monologue about the finer points of Mr Diamond's music and my lack of taste not to appreciate them. Just before Christmas, I needed a "makeweight" to qualify for free Amazon postage and decided that since £3.33 was cheaper than paying £5.00 I'd buy this album so I could show my mate, from an informed position, just who was the tasteless one. I expected a quick spool through the songs before putting Sweet Caroline and Cracklin' Rosie onto my iPod, filing it under C for car boot and ringing him up to say "Ha! You tasteless scrote!". One month later I still can't stop listening to it.
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br /These songs may well be the cream of the crop, I don't know enough about Mr Diamond's oeuvre to tell but they all have something in common. No matter how simple they are, the arrangements are tip top quality, the musicians playing are of the highest calibre - especially drums, acoustic guitar and notably bass in Brother Love's Salvation Show - and as a band they are razor sharp and as together as it gets. Mr Diamond also has an excellent and expressive voice, which he uses to great effect. There is not a note out of place from him or the band anywhere on this album.
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br /I think the greatest test of an album is how long you play it before you're happy to listen to something else. I played this and nothing else for a week. The second part of the test is your reaction after you've let it rest for month or so and listened again. If the songs are like old friends, familiar and worn but just as damn good you know you're onto a winner. I have. They are. Be warned, these songs are of their time - '66 - '72, I'd be lying if I didn't admit that a couple of them lean towards the cheesy side but don't let that put you off. They are catchy and pretty and you'll be humming them for weeks. A class offering, thoroughly recommended.
His GREATEST Hits - Credible Music!! February 4, 2005
Mr. Christopher W. Barratt (Hull, UK)
80 out of 82 found this review helpful
Forgot your current image of Neil Diamond as a sparkly-shirted, Vegas cabaret superstar, these tracks from his greatest period. A cheap cd, packed full of classics (and all the right versions!), these date from a time when Diamond was a songwriter on top of his game producing fantastic, credible, contempory tracks. None of the over-produced schmaltz of the later CBS years, my only gripe is the absence of "Done Too Soon"
The Best Of Neil Diamond November 13, 2000
38 out of 44 found this review helpful
Well what can i say, just as good as (maybe) even better than the other albums. Of Neils other songs those in this collection include some of his most moving ballads powerful chorus numbers like walk on water, and the infectious sinalong of song sung blue I would strongly recommend it if you are a neil fan
Diamond still shines! June 11, 2008
Mr. R. C. Auty (England)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was a great fan many years ago, had all the tapes, and a few cd's. Then lost touch, his 80's and 90's stuff didn't do much, but recently with his newest and 12 Songs, my interest has been rekindled. Couldn't resist this at the rediculously low price, and it is great, and embarrasingly I know most of the words. brilliant.
Excellent music, exceptional value July 14, 2008
Stephen B. Peddie (Surrey, UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Having recently rediscovered Neil Diamond through his 12 Songs and Home Before Dark albums, I decided I wanted to replace a similar 'best of' album I bought years ago on vinyl. I searched all over Amazon, couldn't find anything well recommended so I bought Hot August Night. This was a mistake. The Greek concerts may have been something special but the recording is poor and the collection of songs not really what I was looking for. I then stumbled upon this Best Of in my local supermarket of all places. It is exactly what I wanted and exactly what you want if you're looking for a comprehensive collection of his early and so very well known hits. And at £2.98 it's such good value it would be almost rude not to buy it!
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