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Home Before Dark

by: Neil Diamond

Release Date May 12, 2008
I know Mr Diamond lets do another album together, says Mr Rubin and like the last one strip it back and bore everyone to death.

Dull, dull and dull. What are you all talking about i was asleep quicker this time than last time. Even live he tries to liven them up a bit.

I have seen Neil Diamond live many times and own all his albums including this one JUST BECAUSE YOU FEEL YOU HAVE TOO. Please bring back the old Neil Diamond maybe not the Heartlight one but the Forever in Blue Jeans one would be nice.

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The Jazz Singer: Original Soundtrack

by: Neil Diamond

Release Date January 07, 2008
Not as enduring or magical as the soundtrack for Jonathan Livingston Seagull, but then again this is a completely different type of film that he was composing for. JLS was more of a spiritual journey which was perfectly complimented in the music, whilst Jazz Singer is more of a commercial movie of a "Boy Done Good" scenario.

Personally, I preferred the songs on JLS, or should I say his genre of music, less anthemic, which probably isn't a word, and more beautifully crafted. However you can't argue with success, and there have been enough hits pulled off this album to back up any argument against it. Perhaps it's because I've heard "America" spouted from every radio station ever since that I probably should have written this review when I first ... Read More:

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Home Before Dark (CD & DVD)

by: Neil Diamond

Release Date May 12, 2008
Home Before Dark what can I say about this great album! Pure Neil, pure magic, can't stop playing it. I have loved his music since Solitary ManThe Essential Greatest Hits Collection, but I wondered how this would compare to those early hits. Having adored Three Chord OperaThree Chord Opera I was hoping I for a great album and of course was not disappointed. Each track very different, each telling a story we can all relate to. above all it reaches the soul as does all his music. Keep writing Neil, I love your music!!

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12 Songs

by: Neil Diamond

Release Date February 20, 2006
Let me say from the beginning that I am no Neil Diamond fan. Sure I love his voice and he has written some great music in the past but.. too often its all a little "Barry Manilow" for me.

This album is the exception and a total revelation. Raw, gritty and emotional, it has a depth and substance that we are not used to seeing from the artist.

A real slow burn.

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The Best Of (1)

by: Neil Diamond

Release Date October 23, 2000
As per most of the other reviews of this CD it's a good compilation, for a ridiculously cheap price, however i really only bought this CD for "Solitary Man" and "Girl, you'll be a woman soon". Sadly both tracks are taken from the Live album "Hot August Night", though this is not indicated by the usual "(Live)" on the track listing. So be warned, if you want studio versions of these or "Kentucky woman" which is taken from the album "Gold-Live" look elsewhere.

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Neil Diamond: The Greatest Hits 1966-1992

by: Neil Diamond

Release Date January 07, 2008
I wish I had read the reviews for this compilation before I bought it. I was looking for a best-of compilation of the original studio songs. When I played the first disc, I discovered a series of live performance recordings and some re-recordings - most of which are just not as good as the original songs; a couple are just horrible. If you like live performances then you may enjoy these, but beware these are not all the original songs.

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Little Dreamer

by: Beth Rowley

Release Date May 19, 2008
Was wondering what to buy recently when I saw a review of this album and an interview with the singer in a sunday magazine.Turns out that this is a brilliant album,and has traces of blues,gospel,pop,country,and a touch of the brilliant Karen Carpenter about it.

Stand-out tracks for me include the intense deep gospel of Nobody's Fault But Mine and One Cloud,and the lighter yet still uplifting pop of So Sublime and i Shall Be Released.

A varied collection then in some ways,yet with a pleasing undercurrent of blues running throughout the whole album to string it all together and give it a sense of identity.

Really uplifting and at times extremely powerful! For once the hype may be justified!

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Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends (Gatefold Digipack)

by: Coldplay

Release Date June 12, 2008
This, for me personally is my favourite Coldplay album yet.
I think they're finding their sound, expressing their personality and experimenting on this album making it much more interesting, daring and individual than X&Y and even A rush of Blood.
I like this new, evolving nature in Coldplay, more of the same please!

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Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Neil Diamond

by: Original Soundtrack

Release Date June 29, 1992
I purchased this album very recently having loved the songs I had heard Neil sing in concert, but wondering whether I would like the rest of the instrumentals. As usual I needn't have worried once again it was musical magic and loved instantly. It would give myself any many more fans I expect a great thrill if Neil would turn his hands to more film scores. Please carry on with the magic you create when you put your pen to paper, pick up your guitar. and sing from the heart. Love your music

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22 Dreams

by: Paul Weller

Release Date June 02, 2008
It strikes me how nobody is talking about how awful this record sounds. It is loud, compressed... It seems to have been mixed directly into an mp3 player; the saddest thing of all is that it has some of the better songs Weller has ever written... Someone has to do something with the awful sounding records released today, because nobody seems to notice.