Neil Diamond: Neil Diamond - His 12 Greatest Hits (CRC Pressing) CD Track Listing
Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond - His 12 Greatest Hits (CRC Pressing) (1974)
Neil Diamond - His 12 Greatest Hits (CRC Pressing)\n\nOriginally Released 1974\nCD Edition Released \nGold CD Edition (MCA) Released December 7, 1993\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Actually, this is 12 songs that were hits for Diamond on Uni between 1969 and 1972. "Cracklin' Rosie" is here, along with Diamond's other chart-topper of the period, "Song Sung Blue," and the Top Ten hits "Sweet Caroline" and "Holly Holy." -- William Ruhlmann\n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nOutstanding Songs; Some Poor Versions, December 15, 2000 \nReviewer: Nathan Southern from Santa Monica, CA \nWhy does Neil Diamond, one of the most gifted pop singers/composers of the past four decades, always insist on including live cuts of his most popular songs in Greatest Hits collections?\n\nHis 30+-track, Columbia double-disc set, The Greatest Hits 1966-1992, is a prime example: nearly ten of the songs are live versions. The All-Music Guide has a reasonable explanation for this. Columbia, it says, only owns the rights to his studio versions of his *earliest tunes* (Kentucky Woman, Shilo, Girl You'll Be a Woman Soon, etc.) but failed to purchase the rights to studio versions of MCA-label songs during the early 1970s, (such as the wonderful "Sweet Caroline", "Cracklin' Rosie"), and decided to include substandard live cuts.\n\nBut this doesn't explain why the original, twelve-track MCA Greatest Hits album, released in the early seventies, contains live versions of "Caroline" and "Soolaimon." I purchased this album, on vinyl, for the original, studio cut of both songs... and didn't get either. \n\nThe songs are, of course, masterful -- in *any* version. But while Neil gives a jaw-dropping performance in person -- a spectacle, with lasers, a revolving stage, etc., Neil Live on record is often atrocious, out-of-control, and campy. This isn't a poor album -- just a little deceptive. Just know what you're in for, and if you're looking for the studio cuts of "Sweet Caroline" and/or "Soolaimon," look elsewhere. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\npretty good compilation for its time, September 15, 2003 \nReviewer: Ruben Rodriguez from Miami, Florida United States \nI own the LP record of this album and i think somebody else who reviewed it doesn't because they said that sweet caroline and soolaimon were live. Right about the former but not the latter. Holly Holy is live and not a bad live version either. Anyway i see the point people have made about Neil's greatest hits albums containing live versions. This was made by MCA and all the versions should be studio as it is not a live album. Since this came out in the age of vinyl i suppose 12 songs was the most they could fit and its a pretty good 12 songs. Although when it was released on CD they should have added bonus tracks like Atlantic did with Rod Stewart best of Vol.1 and 2. Instead MCA just released a separate album called the Neil Diamond Collection which has all these songs plus five more from that era and the Hot August Night version of Cherry Cherry. I give it 3 stars because of the live tracks and because they did not add anything on CD \n\nHalf.com Album Notes\nProducers: Tom Catalano, Tommy Cogbill, Chips Moman, Chip Taylor, Neil Diamond.\n\nAll tracks have been digitally remastered.
This rock cd contains 12 tracks and runs 42min 4sec.
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- Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline (03:33)
- Neil Diamond - Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show (03:27)
- Neil Diamond - Shilo (02:57)
- Neil Diamond - Holly Holy (04:40)
- Neil Diamond - Brooklyn Roads (03:40)
- Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie (02:59)
- Neil Diamond - Play Me (03:51)
- Neil Diamond - Done Too Soon (02:41)
- Neil Diamond - Stones (03:05)
- Neil Diamond - Song Sung Blue (03:15)
- Neil Diamond - Soolaimon (04:18)
- Neil Diamond - I Am... I Said (03:32)
