Neil Diamond - The Neil Diamond Collection [Canada]

Title: The Neil Diamond Collection [Canada] Artist: Neil Diamond Release Date: 11/23/1999 Re-Released On: 6/20/2000 Label: MCA Records Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 008811229726 Genre: Rock Styles: Singer/Songwriter, Adult Contemporary, Soft Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, AM Pop Moods: Earnest, Rousing, Sentimental, Theatrical, Confident, Energetic, Poignant, Romantic, Sparkling, Sugary, Sweet, Cheerful, Gentle, Happy, Indulgent, Laid-Back/Mellow, Soothing, Sophisticated, Melancholy, Refined/Mannered, Autumnal, Innocent, Nocturnal, Reflective, Wistful, Cynical/Sarcastic, Detached, Eerie, Stylish, Sexy Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Sweet Caroline
2. I Am...I Said
3. Walk on Water
4. Solitary Man [Live]
5. Stones
6. Cracklin' Rosie
7. Soolaimon
8. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
9. Cherry, Cherry [Live]
10. Play Me
11. Brooklyn Roads
12. Kentucky Woman [Live]
13. Song Sung Blue
14. Shilo
15. Holly Holy
16. Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon [Live]
17. Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show
18. Thank the Lord for the Night Time [Live]
19. Crunchy Granola Suite
20. Red, Red Wine [Live]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2000 CD MCA Records 12297

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Although not as comprehensive an anthology of Neil Diamond's eight-album, four-year affiliation with MCA as 1992's 38-track double Glory Road, The Neil Diamond Collection is a definitive single-disc recap of one of his extensive career's most influential periods. It's a beautifully remastered, non-chronologically arranged 67 minutes of studio highlights from Diamond's most ambitious, if not his most commercially successful years. Only his version of "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother," the disc's lone cover, is a questionable choice, but since it charted at number 20 in 1970, its inclusion is justified. Otherwise, this non-stop, hit-filled collection shifts from one radio standard to another, easily replacing the existing and rather anemic 12 Greatest Hits with its sound quality, depth and breadth. Dramatic, classic mini pop-operas like "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show," "Cracklin' Rosie," and "Holly Holy" are as much a part of the late-'60s singer/songwriter rubric as work from the era's more feted artists. The thoughtfully compiled 16-page booklet includes detailed track documentation, an extensive essay, and some rare pictures of the young artist, making this the essential single-disc representation of Neil Diamond's short, yet significant, MCA tenure. [MCA's 1999 Canadian edition included two bonus tracks.] ~ Hal Horowitz, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Gorgoni Producer Barry Korkin Editorial Assistant Chip Taylor Producer Chips Moman Producer Geary Chansley Photo Research Michael Diehl Typography, Design Mike Ragogna Compilation Producer Neil Diamond Producer Stephen Price Mastering Tom Catalano Producer Tommy Cogbill Producer Vartan Art Direction