The Essential Neil Diamond (CD)

With a career as a hitmaker stretching across the decades, Neil Diamond has purveyed catchy, three-chord pop/rock, progressive singer/songwriter material, middle-of-the-road balladry, and even traditional country. He started out as a Brill Building hitmaker; a songwriter for hire, he worked alongside the likes of Carole King and Gerry Goffin, and penned hits for the Monkees and Jay & the Americans. His solo career took off in the mid 1960s and made him one of America's most successful recording artists and concert attractions for a long time to come. Even decades down the road, younger groups such as UB40 in the '80s, Urge Overkill in the '90s, and Smash Mouth in the 2000's were still scoring hits with Diamond's evergreen compositions.

• Category:  Music  »  Pop Vocal  »  Contemp. Pop Vocals
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• Release Date: December 4, 2001
• Label: Legacy Recordings
• UPC: 696998568129
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106502578
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #1344 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
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Personnel includes: Neil Diamond (vocals, guitar); Barbara Streisand (vocals).

Producers include: Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwhich, Tommy Cogbill, Tom Catalano,

Neil Diamond.

Compilation producers: Neil Diamond, Al Quaglieri.

Engineers include: Phil Ramone, Brooks Arthur, Armin Steiner.

Recorded between February 1966 and October 2001. Includes liner notes by David Wild.

Digitally remastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York).

2001 gave Neil Diamond fans plenty to cheer about. A new album of all-original studio material (THREE CHORD OPERA), a speaking and singing cameo in the bawdy film SAVING SILVERMAN, and the hit-packed anthology THE ESSENTIAL NEIL DIAMOND. This two-disc set chronologically traces the Brooklyn native's career path over the span of four decades. Packed with mono versions of classic '60s hits, Disc One alone would be a considerable canon for the average musician, thanks to songs like "Solitary Man," "Cracklin' Rosie," "Song Sung Blue," "Kentucky Woman," "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon," "Sweet Caroline," and "I'm A Believer." For Diamond, this was just a start, as he leapt to MOR god-like status via his duet with fellow Erasmus High alumnus Barbra Streisand ("You Don't Bring Me Flowers") and other sentimental sides including "Heartlight," "Love On The Rocks," "September Morn," and the patriotic anthem "America".

A number of in-concert cuts quickly dispel any doubts that Diamond's skills are equally as impressive on stage as they are in the studio. One listen to live favorites like "He Aint' Heavy He's My Brother," "Shilo," and "Brooklyn Roads" cinches Diamond's legacy as an American musical treasure.

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