Music CD - Neil Diamond: Classics: The Early Years

	Music CD: Classics: The Early Years 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. Kentucky Woman 2. Cherry, Cherry 3. Solitary Man 4. You Got To Me 5. I Got The Feelin' (Oh No, No) 6. Thank The Lord For The Night Time 7. I'm A Believer 8. Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon 9. Shilo 10. Do It 11. Red Red Wine 12. The Boat That I Row
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0074643879224 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: Neil Diamond SINGS brightly !!! Comment: Classics: The Early Years is a very solid CD by Neil Diamond. Neil can sing along with the very best of them; and we are better off for his sharing his artistry with us. The sound quality is excellent and the artwork is also very good. "Kentucky Woman" starts off the CD with a rockin' hit by Neil! The guitar work is great and the vocals by Neil Diamond couldn't sound better! Neil sounds pretty strong on this tune; his voice is in excellent form. "Cherry, Cherry" has an excellent melody and Neil sings this to perfection--and beyond! The percussion and keyboards mark the beat and the backup chorus enhances the beauty of this rocking ballad! I love it. "Solitary Man" again gives us Neil Diamond rockin' hard; and the brass complements his vocals perfectly. The subtle backup chorus harmonizes well and it all holds its own very well. "I Got The Feelin' (Oh No, No)" shines when Neil Diamond sings this; and there's yet another backup chorus to bolster Neil's performance. Honestly, however, Neil Diamond really didn't need any backup vocalists to make his numbers shine--his excellent sense of timing and his very good diction were more than enough to make his performances solid every time! "I'm A Believer" features Neil Diamond doing an excellent cover of this rock ballad originally performed by The Monkees; and I'm sure they were proud to hear Neil Diamond do such a fine rendition of their tune! Neil takes "I'm A Believer" and makes it his own by playing with the tempo and adding a few subtle key changes; and it works wonders for this tune. "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon" got a lot of airplay when I was a young kid; and Neil Diamond still sounds wonderful when I hear him sing this out! Neil Diamond handles complicated tempo changes effortlessly--but we know it wasn't really that easy. Neil's talents helped him immeasurably. "Do It" has some great percussion and guitar while Neil does this flawlessly; and listen also for Neil on "Red Red Wine." "Red Red Wine" slows down the tempo quite a bit and this torch song gets the royal treatment from Neil Diamond. The album ends nicely with Neil Diamond performing "The Boat That I Row." "The Boat That I Row" has an upbeat, rockin' flavor to it and Neil makes this a strong ending for this CD. People who love Neil Diamond will certainly want this for their collections if they don't have these classic songs already. In addition, people who enjoy that 1970s sound of high octane rock and roll will love this album as well. Customer Rating: Summary: His Early Works are His Best (IMHO) Comment: What an amazing songwriter! Neil Diamond wrote every song on this CD. He's not quite Bob Dylan, but Neil Diamond has earned his place in the ranks of great American songwriters. I love these recordings (all original). The sound quality of this CD is excellent. And some of these songs can still fill a dance floor. Highly recommended. Customer Rating: Summary: Quintisential ROCK AND ROLL ! ! ! Comment: Neil Diamond has got to be one of the greatest songwriter/performers of the rock and roll genre. I haven't heard anything by him that is less than a '10', whether he wrote it or not; (ie his album 'Stones') Customer Rating: Summary: No Clunkers Comment: Not many cds can boast of all killer, no filler. But this is one, with the possible exception of "Do It," which I had never heard before. Of course, the thing is only 30 minutes long, desperately needs remastering and lacks anything resembling adequate packaging. Still, for anyone who dismisses Neil Diamond based on his overblown schlock from the 70s, this will remind you that he was a great songwriter and recording artist when he first started out. I didn't realize he wrote "Red Red Wine," but I think he knew he wrote "I'm A Believer." The rest, I remember from '60s radio as hits in his own name. I picked this up used for 5 bucks, which is less than 50 cents per song. You should, too. Customer Rating: Summary: Neil Diamond at his very best Comment: These are the classic songs that established Diamond as the superstar he is. Amazingy feel good jazz/rock. If you feel a bit down,this is a great tonic to lift your spirits. And the sound here is crisp and clear. Features such gems as the rollicking Kentucky Woman, the get up and dance Cherry Cherry, the strum along Solitary Man, the rock n roll You Got To Me, the bluesy O Got The Feeling (Oh No, No), the hand-clapping Thank The Lord For The Night Time, the inspiring love song, I'm A Believer, the tender Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon, the song of loneliness and comfort, Shilo, the melancholy Red Red Wine and the emphatic The Boat That I Row. This is Neil Diamond at his very best. What really established him as a star.And this is from a simpler and happier era in the world, when we appreciated people for who they were, and knew what was important. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Originally recorded for legendary producer Bert Berns' Bang label, this collection documents the mid-'60s period when Neil Diamond was an emerging New York songwriter and apprentice pop star. Many of these hits have generated subsequent cover smashes--"I'm a Believer" (Monkees), "Kentucky Woman" (Deep Purple), "Red Red Wine" (UB40), "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" (Urge Overkill)--but the originals remain the greatest. Produced by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, sublime singles like "Solitary Man," "Cherry Cherry," and "Thank the Lord for the Night Time" kept Brill Building rock on the charts during the British Invasion. Diamond would go on to become a '70s megastar, but many believe he has never equaled these recordings. --Ben Edmonds