The Essential Neil Diamond

The Essential Neil Diamond
Head shot of a man whose dark hair blends into the black background
Compilation album by Neil Diamond
Released December 4, 2001 (2001-12-04)
Recorded February, 1966 – October 28, 2001
Genre Pop rock
Length 2:21:09
Label Columbia
Neil Diamond chronology
Three Chord Opera
(2001)		 The Essential Neil Diamond
(2001)		 Play Me: The Complete Uni Studio Recordings...Plus!
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The Essential Neil Diamond is a two-disc compilation album by Neil Diamond. It was released by Sony Music in 2001.

Diamond and his collaborator Al Quaglieri personally chose the 38 tracks that appeared in the collection. Nine selections were from Diamond's early period with Bang Records (1966–68) while 14 were from his Columbia years, which began in 1973. The Bang recordings are now owned by Sony, Columbia's parent company. For the five top ten hits that Diamond record for Uni Records (1968–73) Columbia leased the right for their appearance on this collection. Nine recordings that were used for the album were not the original studio recordings but live renditions from concerts.[2] "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", Diamond's 1978 duet with Streisand is included in The Essential Barbra Streisand as well as this compilation.[3] The Essential Neil Diamond reached number 90 on the Billboard 200 chart and was awarded double platinum status by the RIAA on March 3, 2016.[4][5]

In 2009 Columbia issued an expanded version of the album entitled The Essential Neil Diamond 3.0 which featured the original two discs and a bonus third disc containing eight more selections.[6]

Track listing (original release: The Essential Neil Diamond)

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Solitary Man"  Neil Diamond2:32
2."Cherry, Cherry"  Neil Diamond2:42
3."I Got the Feelin' (Oh No, No)"  Neil Diamond2:13
4."Kentucky Woman"  Neil Diamond2:26
5."Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon"  Neil Diamond2:55
6."You Got to Me"  Neil Diamond2:48
7."Red Red Wine"  Neil Diamond2:41
8."Thank the Lord for the Night Time"  Neil Diamond3:00
9."I'm a Believer"  Neil Diamond2:43
10."Sweet Caroline"  Neil Diamond3:21
11."Song Sung Blue"  Neil Diamond3:13
12."Holly Holy"  Neil Diamond4:30
13."I Am... I Said"  Neil Diamond3:33
14."Cracklin' Rosie"  Neil Diamond2:59
15."Play Me" (live recording)Neil Diamond4:21
16."Morningside" (live recording)Neil Diamond5:25
17."Crunchy Granola Suite" (live recording)Neil Diamond4:05
18."Brooklyn Roads" (live recording)Neil Diamond5:29
19."Soolaimon" (live recording)Neil Diamond5:06
Total length:1:06:02
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."America"  Neil Diamond4:19
2."Hello Again"  Neil Diamond, Alan Lindgren3:39
3."Love on the Rocks"  Gilbert Bécaud, Neil Diamond3:40
4."Captain Sunshine" (live recording)Neil Diamond3:20
5."He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (live recording)Bob Russell, Bobby Scott3:46
6."Yes I Will " / "Lady Magdalene" (live recording; medley)Neil Diamond7:01
7."Shilo" (live recording)Neil Diamond3:57
8."Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show" (live recording)Neil Diamond5:02
9."If You Know What I Mean"  Neil Diamond3:43
10."Beautiful Noise"  Neil Diamond3:26
11."You Don't Bring Me Flowers"  Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Neil Diamond3:16
12."Desiree"  Neil Diamond3:17
13."Forever in Blue Jeans"  Richard Bennett, Neil Diamond3:39
14."September Morn"  Gilbert Bécaud, Neil Diamond3:52
15."I've Been This Way Before"  Neil Diamond3:48
16."Yesterday's Songs"  Neil Diamond2:51
17."Heartlight"  Burt Bacharach, Neil Diamond, Carole Bayer Sager4:26
18."Headed for the Future"  Neil Diamond, Tom Hensley, Alan Lindgren4:06
19."You Are the Best Part of Me"  Neil Diamond3:59
Total length:1:15:07

Track listing (re-issue: The Essential Neil Diamond 3.0)

The Essential Neil Diamond 3.0
Sepia-tinted head shot of a man whose dark hair blends into the black background
Compilation album by Neil Diamond
Released December 15, 2009 (2009-12-15)
Recorded February, 1966 – October 28, 2001
Genre Pop, rock
Length 2:48:16
Label Columbia
Neil Diamond chronology
A Cherry Cherry Christmas
(2009)		 The Essential Neil Diamond 3.0
(2009)		 Hot August Night/NYC
(2009)

Discs one and two are the same as the original release.

Disc three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Boat That I Row"  Neil Diamond2:41
2."Do It"  Neil Diamond1:53
3."Longfellow Serenade"  Neil Diamond3:51
4."And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind" (live recording)Neil Diamond4:10
5."Done Too Soon" (live recording)Neil Diamond2:53
6."Glory Road" (live recording)Neil Diamond3:37
7."Pretty Amazing Grace" (live recording)Neil Diamond3:29
8."Hell Yeah"  Neil Diamond4:33
Total length:27:07

References

  1. ↑ The Essential Neil Diamond at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. The Essential Neil Diamond at AllMusic. Retrieved March 9, 2014..
  3. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. The Essential Barbra Streisand at AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
  4. ↑ Diamond, Neil. "Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
  5. ↑ Diamond, Neil. "RIAA Neil Diamond". RIAA. Retrieved 19 November 2016. Note: Enter advanced album search for "The Essential Neil Diamond"
  6. ↑ The Essential Neil Diamond 3.0 at AllMusic
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