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Home Before Dark by: Neil Diamond List Price: $13.97 CD-Charts Price: $9.99 You Save: $3.98 (28%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0886971546521 Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: May 06, 2008 Studio: Sony Sales Rank: 285 MPN: 715465 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: Home Before Dark is the long awaited new album from legendary artist Neil Diamond. Home Before Dark was produced by legendary producer Rick Rubin who also produced Neil's critically acclaimed 12 Songs. Bonus DVD includes Neil in the studio performing songs. The songs are: 1. Pretty Amazing Grace 2. If I Don't See You Again 3. Forgotten 4. The Boxer (bonus track...this song is not on the album) Amazon.co.uk: Remarkably Home Before Dark is the first US chart topping album of Neil Diamond's forty year career. It appears to repeat the formula behind 2006's acclaimed 12 Songs--relatively understated arrangements and a subtle Rick Rubin production. But Diamond, though sixty-seven years old and the oldest recipient of a Number One so far, is no Johnny Cash, turning his unique voice to some well chosen contemporary material. Instead Home Before Dark is a collection of new Diamond songs, and though they might not match the boomers in his back catalogue they are hardly stripped back. These are songs designed to fill large venues alongside the showstoppers in Diamond's still energetic live show. "Pretty Amazing Grace" is in the great tradition of Diamond songs that defy their corniness with sheer catchiness, as is "One More Bite of the Apple" while "Don't Go There" features bracing backing vocals and a delightfully dated wobbly guitar hook. The duet with Natalie Maines, "Another Day (That Time Forgot)", would fit comfortably on American country radio while "The Power of Two" sounds like another hit in waiting. In fact this is more a conventional Diamond collection than a Rick Rubin production, dominated by lightly understated country rock arrangements played by a crack team including Smokey Hormel, Heartbreakers Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell and the usually experimental Matt Sweeney. This is a charming and consistently solid set, though Home Before Dark does lack the unexpected intensity that made 12 Songs stand out so. -—Steve Jelbert Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Best in years!This is Neil's best recording in years. I admit to being a big fan and love all of his music but this one is really special. The words are so full of meaning combined with beautiful music and his voice--Well, I just listen to it over and over. Rating:  - More of the same like "12 Songs", with slightly more instrumentsIn 2005, Neil Diamond released a sparse-sounding album called "12 Songs", produced by uber-producer Rick Rubin, mostly songs of just Neil and his acoustic guitar, and the album did surprisingly well commercially. Now comes this album, again produced by Rick Rubin. "Home Before Dark" (12 tracks; 64 min.) is generally speaking in the same vein as "12 Songs". Although additional instruments are featured,the album continues the same quiet sound of "12 Songs", and at times it sounds great (such as "Pretty Amazing Grace"), but at other times it cries out for more. Another issue for me is that a lot of the songs go on for what seems an eternity (check the opener 7+ min. "If I Don't See You Again"), in fact half of the album's songs are ... Read More: Rating: - great listeningenjoy all Neil Diamonds songs. this was new and refreshing and very enjoyable listening. would highly recommend. Rating: - Pretty amazing!!!I'm pretty new to Neil Diamond's music. In fact, before this CD, all I'd heard by him was "You don't bring me flowers" with Barbra Streisand. Blame that on radio in Nigeria. I decided to get this CD as I love Jakob Dylan's new CD "Seeing things" as well as Johnny Cash's American IV and V CDs which were all produced by Rick Rubin. Like those CDs, this was also produced by Rubin and is the same principle; stripped spare songs with strong songwriting and a laid back air. It also apparently gave Diamond the first US #1 album of his career and topped the UK charts as well. Opening cut "If I don't see you again" sets the tone for the most part; gently strummed guitars, some organ and piano, and Diamond's gently caressing (faintly ... Read More: Rating:  - neil diamondactually this was more of a musical album with back ground voice noise not singing he's just getting old like many artist he should write for a younger protege(sp)' |
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