Music CD - Neil Diamond: "Neil Diamond - 12 Greatest Hits, Vol. 2"

	Music CD: "Neil Diamond - 12 Greatest Hits, Vol. 2" Artist: Neil Diamond List Price: $11.98 Our Price: $5.99 Your Save: $ 5.99 ( 50% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Sony
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Tracks: 1. Beautiful Noise 2. Hello Again 3. Forever In Blue Jeans 4. September Morn 5. Desiree 6. You Don't Bring Me Flowers 7. America 8. Be 9. Longfellow Serenade 10. If You Know What I Mean 11. Yesterday's Songs 12. Love On The Rocks
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0074643806824 Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: 1990-10-25 Studio: Sony
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Feel-good music from a golden age. Comment: Neil Diamond produced some really beautiful feel-good music, and really memorable stuff from the golden age of the 70's. His powerful voice combines with strong melodies to produce really immortal music. This collection showcases some of his materpieces from the late 70's. Notable is the powerful Beautiful Noise, the melancholy Hello Again, the laidback Hello Again, the romantic Desiree, the famous duet with Barbara Streisand, You Don't Bring Me Flowers, the triumphant patriotic America, and the passionate Love On The Rocks. This certainly is a mood lifter, and takes one back to a better, simpler time. Customer Rating: Summary: My favorites Comment: I listen to this one over and over and never tire of it. Actually had friends over and played it and one of the women agreed with me that this one puts us in the mood. His voice has a certain quality to it that makes me just sit back, forget what I'm doing, and just listen. The hits I remember him for are all here to bring back wonderful memories. Customer Rating: Summary: Nice CD Comment: I enjoyed this CD even though many songs were new to me. The more I listen, the better I like it. What's not to like about Neil Diamond? Customer Rating: Summary: All of my favorite Neil songs on here Comment: I recall this period of Neil Diamond's hits between about 1978 and 1982. I still like Yesterday's Songs and that smooth groove. I love September Morn and its relaxing pace--sounds like you could hear it on a quiet breezy day with the windows open. America means so much now in its patriotic theme. I still love Love On The Rocks--unlike anything I heard on the radio back in 1980--it's so adventurous when I hear it. I like the rock stomp on Forever In Blue Jeans. But let's cut the chase to his classic duet with Barbra Streisand in You Don't Bring Me Flowers. At times, it's humorous, playful, romantic and emotional. It probably led to a huge duets boom in music in the late '70s as a lot of artists did duets. These days, the term most used is collaborations for these kinds of duets. But it's a pretty song, one of Neil's best songs since his upbeat '60s pop. Diamond's new album "12 Songs" has been selling well and it might get him back on top like he did with these songs on Volume 2. Customer Rating: Summary: Diamond A Stalwart Pleaser Comment: It's easy to pick on Neil Diamond's work. As a culture, we've been conditioned to be sarcastic and "savvy". We expect our art dark and jaded. You could even say it is now more rebellious to embrace Neil Diamond's music than to embrace someone more "dangerous". This, of course, makes Diamond counter-culture, which makes him cool.Each song on this CD is enjoyable. Light? For the most part, yes, but light in a way that reveals the great skills of the singer/songwriter. Catchy, uplifting, or comfortably melancholy, these songs are wonderful examples of why Diamond has been a success for 40 years. Ignore anyone who tells you this is nothing but fluff. Put "Neil Diamond: 12 Greatest Hits, Vol. 2" in your CD player and ENJOY it. It's okay. It really is. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: While Diamond has never topped the work he did in the "Cherry, Cherry" days, some of his late-'70s adult-contemporary hits have aged better than they perhaps had a right to. If nothing else, his gruff voice can now be heard as a rebuke to Barry Manilow's chirpy tones. To paraphrase Neil Young, when Diamond answers Barbra Streisand on "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," he very nearly pushes the song out of the middle of the road and into the ditch. --Rickey Wright