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	12 Songs - Neil Diamond, Music Downloads - Online
		Over the next two decades, he toured regularly, turning out a new album every three or four years, and their patchwork nature of a few covers and a few originals suggested that Diamond wasn't as engaged in either the writing or recording process as he was at the peak of his career.
		As Diamond's candid liner notes reveal, Rubin wasn't a co-writer, he was a precise and exacting editor, encouraging Neil to rework songs, abandon some tunes, and to keep writing.
		Diamond's writing is not only more ambitious than it has been in years, but it's also more fully realized; the songs are tightly written, with the melodies bringing out the emotions in the lyrics.
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	Neil Diamond
		Diamond's reputation as a song writer was enhanced when The Monkees recorded his tune, "I'm a Believer", which topped Billboard's charts for weeks.
		Diamond's first number one record as a performer came in 1972 with "Cracklin' Rosie", a song that was inspired by trip to an Indian reservation and not wine, as many of his fans first thought.
		Neil decided to re-record the song with Streisand herself, and within weeks of its release, the single went to number one in the U.S. Neil followed with "I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight", and "September Morn", to continue his streak of RIAA-certified platinum albums.
	www.classicbands.com /diamond.html (1270 words)

	Crutch Music Review: Neil Diamond - 12 Songs
		Those who are familiar with Neil Diamond’s previous work will hear this as a far cry from the synthesizers, horn sections, and strings found on the singer’s pop hits from the 60s and 70s.
		Neil reported being resistant to Rubin’s insistence that he play guitar on all of the 14 tracks on 12 Songs, but admitted later that he was glad Rubin forced him to do so.
		While 12 Songs is not an album you should choose to play at high volume in your car with the windows down in any neighborhood, it is a very strong contribution from a visionary producer and an artist who has truly honed the craft of songwriting.
	www.thecrutch.net /musicreview/neildiamond-12songs.html (552 words)

	HYBRIDMAGAZINE.COM \| REVIEWS \| Neil Diamond - 12 Songs album review
		Diamond still writes lyrics that are as hairy-chested dramatic as ever they were, and likely as emotive.
		Songs like "Evermore" and "Oh Mary" will remind you of the smoky-eyed Diamond of erstwhile cheesy album covers - but as you smile at the camp, you also appreciate the candor.
		Diamond sings with characteristic gusto, prematurely self-eulogizing: "He found the life that he was after / Filled it up with love and laughter /Finally gotta it right and made it fit/ Hell Yeah He Did".
	www.hybridmagazine.com /reviews/0206/neildiamond.shtml (508 words)

	Neil Diamond - 12 Songs - Columbia Records - CD
		It could even be stated that Rubin is the un-credited “and” addition to this album of songs that has all of Neil Diamond’s many fans enjoying what they always knew existed beneath the surface of all those sequins.
		With 12 Songs, Diamond, with the help of Rubin, returned to the element that endeared him to fans, that of his ability to song-craft.
		Diamond’s voice is strong and quite reminiscent throughout the album, allowing for us to easily reposition this album among his best works, certainly amongst our favourites.
	www.musictap.net /Reviews/DiamondNeil12SongsCD.html (614 words)

	Neil Diamond MP3 Downloads - Neil Diamond Music Downloads - Neil Diamond Music Videos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Calling 12 Songs Neil Diamond's best album in three decades may be a little misleading: truth be told, it doesn't have much competition in his discography.
		Columbia records billed Neil Diamond's Three Chord Opera as his first album of all-original material in 27 years (since 1974's Serenade), which was true, but deceptive.
		Neil Diamond mounted a major comeback with Tennessee Moon, his first collection of new material in nearly five years.
	www.mp3.com /neil-diamond/artists/3458/songs.html (1062 words)

	Neil Diamond - Wikipedia Mirror US (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Diamond was born and raised in Brooklyn, attending high school with Barbra Streisand (and singing with her in the school choir).
		The song was covered by Barbra Streisand on her album Songbird, which led one disc jockey to combine the two in a virtual duet.
		Diamond is one of a small number of performers such as Paul Simon and Johnny Rivers who have their name as the copyright owner on the phonograph records they perform.
	www.wiki-mirror.us /index.php/Neil_Diamond (1205 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Music: 12 Songs, Neil Diamond, CD, Bonus Tracks / Digi-Pak / Special Packaging
		Neil Diamond, "the Jewish Elvis," has been phoning it in for decades, but he owes his success to a bunch of great songs delivered with singular swagger and conviction.
		Here are the songs as they emerged and became clear to the songwriter; they become full-bodied in his voice as he moves and struggles to come to grips with them and make them real.
		This is Neil Diamond not as a self satisfied musician looking through his past, but the sound of a songwriter hungry for the spark, with an editor, Rubin, who won't let him veer from the path.
	music.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?z=y&btob=,&EAN=886970395823&itm=3 (1300 words)

	Neil Diamond Album Overview 1981-2003
		Most of the MCA songs are represented by late-period live tracks- none of them particularly exceptional (look- buy the original Hot August Night to hear the same songs in their definitive live form!).
		It just so happens that Neil was in the middle of a major tour at the time, so Sony added six “live” previously unreleased tracks from his current tour to the set, replacing some of the original tracklist.
		Neil’s voice had changed considerably since his 70’s hitmaking heyday, and it is jarring to hear his newer live recordings interspersed with 25-30 year old studio hit recordings.
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	REVIEW: Neil Diamond - 12 Songs
		Diamond actually plays some guitar on this album though, which he hasn't in a long time.
		Still, that's at least a couple of outstanding songs, and two or three others that are good.
		Looking at it in terms of current records by contemporaries, these 12 Songs would go at least head-to-head with Paul McCartney's Chaos and Creation in the Backyard.
	www.morethings.com /music/neil_diamond_12_songs.htm (803 words)

	Rolling Stone : Neil Diamond: 12 Songs : Music Reviews
		NEIL DIAMOND: 12 SONGS (American / Columbia) It was inevitable really, that after resuscitating Johnny Cash's career with a string of beautiful, sparse records, Rick Robin would move on to dust off another American music treasure.
		Always the writer first, Diamond scribbled all the notes and verses himself, proving he still has the pen; then Rubin coaxed an extraordinary performance from the gent to prove he still had the voice.
		12 songs is a monumental achievement that harkens back thirty years when Diamond was a leather-jacketed troubadour incapable of writing hookless tunes.
	www.rollingstone.com /artists/neildiamond/albums/album/8750525/review/8758117 (495 words)

	MTV News \| How Jay-Z's Producer Brought Neil Diamond Back To The Future
		He's sold millions of albums, serenaded crowds for four-plus decades and given the world classic sing-alongs like "Sweet Caroline," "Red, Red Wine," and "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon." But until last month, there was one thing Neil Diamond had never done: See one of his albums debut in the top 10.
		Fittingly, 12 Songs is a return to the stripped-down, acoustic sound that jump-started Diamond's career back in the mid-'60s.
		While 12 Songs has already gained wide critical praise and is introducing Diamond to an even broader audience, it doesn't mean, however, that he's going to abandon his notorious sequined stage outfits or the sing-alongs.
	www.mtv.com /news/articles/1517445/20051205/diamond_neil.jhtml?headlines=true (697 words)

	Amazon.ca: Christmas Album: Music: Neil Diamond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Neil Diamond has always fancied himself a man of many styles, which probably helps explain why he tries to flaunt each and every one of them on this diverse, sometimes dizzying Christmas disc.
		Diamond even expands his palette to include a choir-accompanied take on John Lennon's pacifist classic "Happy Christmas (War is Over)." It's the kind of intermingling that makes his fans go wild, but casual admirers should watch out for those stylistic U-turns.
		Diamond has no right to produce a holiday album if he can't take an old fashioned song and sing it as it should be done.
	www.amazon.ca /Christmas-Album-Neil-Diamond/dp/B0000028R7 (746 words)

	Amazon.com: 12 Songs: Music: Neil Diamond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Diamond's songwriting skills have disappeared over the decades as he's turned to sequins, larger than life stages, big, big orchestras and an audience that has aged and aged.
		I prefer the first version, Diamond alone with no other voices, to the echo sounds of Brian Wilson in the extra cut...this too, would be picked out by anyone as a Diamond song, but unlike some of his 80's stuff, this song really does have heat, as well as some delicious guitar playing.
		I am a Neil Diamond fan who loves everything from his old rock originals to his Adult contemory stints in the 80's to his cover stuff in the 90's and to his emotionally stressful album "three cord opera" I like it all...
	www.amazon.com /12-Songs-Neil-Diamond/dp/B000CD0P7S (2030 words)

	Diamondhead Thoughts - Page 12
		The excitement that Neil generated in these songs overwhelmed me. If the seeds of my "fandom" were sown with the Gold album, they quickly matured with the release of Neil's Moods album.
		Neil has even inspired me to craft my own songs in a style similar to his.
		To me Neil Diamond is the most down to earth, from the soul singer/entertainer I have had the pleasure in my life to hear..I only wish he would perform closer to my home so I can enjoy him in person.
	www.soultones.com /diamind/diamondfeel12.html (2066 words)

	12 Songs: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		Calling 12 Songs Neil Diamond 's best album in three decades may be a little misleading: truth be told, it doesn't have much competition in his discography.
		While Diamond never stopped making albums, he did seem progressively less interested in recording sometime after the Robbie Robertson -produced 1976 album Beautiful Noise.
		But if 12 Songs does occasionally come across as slightly affected in its intent and presentation, it also is inarguably Neil Diamond 's best set of songs in a long, long time.
	www.music.com /release/12_songs/5 (761 words)

	www.myspace.com/neildiamond
		Disc One of the newly-expanded edition of "12 Songs" includes the original version of Neil's heralded album in its entirety plus two bonus tracks -- "Men Are So Easy" and "Delirious Love" (with Brian Wilson) -- originally available only in a limited first edition of the album released in November 2005.
		Originally released on November 8, 2005, "12 Songs" entered the Billboard 200 best-selling album chart at #4, making it Neil's first-ever album to debut in the Top 10 and first album to chart in the Top 10 in more than a decade.
		Song Sung Blue is one of he many I use to sing along to.
	myspace.com /neildiamond (1255 words)

	Floridian: Review: Neil Diamond, reinvented and re-energized
		On the new 12 Songs, the most ballyhooed Neil Diamond album in decades, the balladeer's love life is still stranded on the rocks, but the grandiose sonic cheese he so often likes to slather has been replaced by a stark, stripped bleakness and the pure power of That Voice.
		Diamond is the King of Crescendoes, of course, and seeing as how he wrote the words and the music for the entire album, Hell Yeah and several other cuts slow-build to relatively rousing finishes.
		And then there's the downright spectacular Evermore, in which Diamond hints that the lovers in Captain of a Shipwreck didn't survive the storm after all: "Promises got left behind, and reason fell between the lines," he sings in a wavering basso profundo.
	www.sptimes.com /2005/12/11/Floridian/Review__Neil_Diamond_.shtml (536 words)

	Neil Diamond: 12 Songs (2005): Reviews
		It’s not that Diamond has recorded a masterpiece, since quite a good portion of this is decidedly B material.
		The new album sounds great, but it has its share of filler, and Rubin's narrow vision means he lets some songs lie motionless when they might be improved by old-fashioned sweetening.
		There seemed to be a little more instrumentation added to each song as the album progressed, resulting in a subtle hour long crescendo.
	www.metacritic.com /music/artists/diamondneil/12songs (756 words)

	NewBeats.com: Neil Diamond
		For those who were put off by Diamond's bombast and glitz will hear on 12 Songs a thoughtful singer and songwriter" The songs on the album are really reflective stark in tone in which the emphasis is on Diamond's distinctive vocals, dominant guitar playing, and sometimes confessional lyrics ("Oh Mary," "Evermore").
		12 Songs is the best thing that Diamond has done since his '60s prime.
		Use of any of the material from and reference to the magazine and website is strictly prohibited without expressed written permission from the publisher.
	www.newbeats.com /neildiamond12songs.html (194 words)

	Neil Diamond (12 Songs) mxdwn.com review by Adam Blyweiss
		12 Songs begins with "Oh Mary" and "Hell Yeah," recalling a street guitarist with enough passion to overcome any struggles with timing and memorized lines.
		This is Neil Diamond trading decades of schmaltz for a bit of heart and soul, so accept the occasional mistake like "We," the happy-go-lucky lark closing the album.
		Neil Diamond isn't the antihero Johnny Cash was, so 12 Songs won't develop a mythology like the Rubin-Cash collaborations.
	www.mxdwn.com /reviews/2005/Neil_Diamond/12_Songs (290 words)

	The Truth Hurts: Neil Diamond - 12 Songs (a review)
		As soon as I heard that Neil Diamond has a MySpace profile, I grinned with excitement.
		Neil was my first big concert ever, so he'll always hold a special place in my heart.
		Most of the songs are quiet, thoughtful tunes--the first track is especially fantastic.
	www.heresyourwater.com /blog/2005/11/neil-diamond-12-songs-review.html (277 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Music: 12 Songs, Neil Diamond, CD, Jewel Case
		I've been a Neil Diamond fan for about 5 years now, and it was exciting to see him live in October.
		What a genuine surprise to hear a Neil Diamond album that doesn't make me instantly wish I was listening to one of his golden hits of the early 1970's.
		Rubin obviously forced Diamond's hand in abandoning the performer's predilection for overproduction and variety showmanship in favor of a leaner sound that allows him to move toward a more introspective and resonant direction.
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	Amazon.co.uk: 12 Songs: Music: Neil Diamond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Unlike the Cash albums, this is all new material from Diamond's pen; with its stately air of melancholy, some critics have called it his best album ever.
		I never knew Neil Diamond could sound like this, this is an amazing album, true songs, deep melodies and sadness all over the place...
		I thoroughly recommend this album, it's not Neil Diamond as you expect him to be, it's Neil Diamond as he should be.
	www.amazon.co.uk /12-Songs-Neil-Diamond/dp/B000DZV6IW (1285 words)

	Neil Diamond World Tour Dates, Live Appearances Schedule and Interviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Twenty fans, winners of a QVC contest, along with their guests, were present in the live studio audience for this first public appearance in nearly a year.
		On The Today Show, Neil Diamond sang "Sweet Caroline," "We," and "Save Me a Saturday Night." The "Sweet Caroline" performance was the stripped down version that was more in keeping with the original version of the song nearly forty years earlier.
		While on The View, Neil Diamond was interviewed by hostesses Barbara Walters, Joy Behar and Rosie O'Donnell and performed "Save Me A Saturday Night," from "12 Songs." It was most impressive when Joy Behar referred to Neil Diamond as an "icon".
	www.tomsadge.com /neil_diamond_world_tour.html (210 words)

	12 Songs - Neil Diamond - Music Reviews
		While Diamond never stopped making albums, he did seem progressively less interested in recording sometime after the Robbie...
		"That's right, 12 Songs (it's actually 14 songs, but who's counting?) is the album even Neil Diamond must have thought he no longer had in him.
		That's right — Rubes spruced up the 12 songs on Diamond's first studio record in four years called, uh, "12 Songs." The Digipak version defies the album title with two bonus cuts: "Men Are So Easy" and an alternate take of "Delirious Love" with Brian Wilson.
	www.mp3.com /albums/20076142/reviews.html (1722 words)

	Muzzle of Bees » Neil Diamond - 12 Songs
		You are just going to have to trust me. The new Neil Diamond album, “12 Songs” which hits stores tomorrow is great.
		Much like what Rubin did for the late Johnny Cash, “12 Songs” sounds fresh and finds a rejuvenated Diamond with only his voice and guitar on most of the tracks.
		The album was streaming at Neil Diamond’s MySpace page, but the streams to not seem to be showing up right now.
	www.muzzleofbees.com /2005/11/07/neil-diamond-12-songs (253 words)

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