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by: Neil Diamond
Release Date May 06, 2008
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:
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