Beneath the Big Singles, Neil Diamond’s “Songs of Life” Gave The Jazz Singer Its 1980 Pulse
Beneath the hits of The Jazz Singer, Songs of Life carries the quiet idea that...
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The Softer Hit in the Shadow: Neil Diamond’s Say Maybe Became a 1979 AC Top 5 from You Don’t Bring Me Flowers
In the afterglow of a blockbuster album, Neil Diamond found a quieter kind of drama...
Neil Diamond’s Lady-Oh, the 1976 Beautiful Noise Album Track That Whispered Beneath the Big Songs
On Beautiful Noise, Neil Diamond could fill a room with drama, but Lady-Oh proved how...
Before the Spotlight Widened, Neil Diamond’s A Modern Day Version of Love Brought Restless 1968 Energy to Velvet Gloves and Spit
Before the grand choruses and packed arenas, “A Modern Day Version of Love” caught Neil...
Before the Big Duet, Neil Diamond’s Let Me Take You In My Arms Again Carried His 1977 Album’s Ache
On a 1977 album filled with grand romantic shadows, Neil Diamond’s Let Me Take You...
After Midnight, Neil Diamond’s Midnight Dream Finds a Deeper Glow on 2001’s Three Chord Opera
On a 2001 album built from plain chords and grown-up questions, Neil Diamond’s Midnight Dream...
The Storm Inside Neil Diamond’s Heartlight: How Hurricane Cuts Through His 1982 Pop Glow
On Hurricane, Neil Diamond lets the polished surface of Heartlight carry rougher weather: desire, tension,...
Before the Big Choruses: Neil Diamond’s The Long Way Home Reveals His Restless 1967 Just for You Era
Before Neil Diamond became a voice built for arenas, The Long Way Home caught him...
Nashville Changed the Weather: Neil Diamond’s Gold Don’t Rust on 1996’s Tennessee Moon
In Gold Don’t Rust, Neil Diamond used the Nashville frame of Tennessee Moon to ask...
A City Song Caught Fire: Neil Diamond’s Street Life on 1977’s Love at the Greek
On Love at the Greek, Neil Diamond turned Street Life from an album cut into...
Before the Big Singalongs, Neil Diamond’s Dig In Fired Up 1969’s Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show
In Dig In, Neil Diamond sounds like an artist still close enough to the street...
The 1991 Promise Inside Neil Diamond’s All I Really Need Is You on Lovescape
On All I Really Need Is You, Neil Diamond turned the polished sound of the...
A Hitmaker Suddenly Roars: Neil Diamond’s “I Am the Lion” Inside Tap Root Manuscript’s African Trilogy
On Tap Root Manuscript, Neil Diamond stepped past the comfort of the hit single and...
Neil Diamond Found a Softer Truth in Buffy Sainte-Marie’s ‘Until It’s Time for You to Go’ on Touching You, Touching Me
Neil Diamond’s 1969 reading of Buffy Sainte-Marie’s farewell song turns restraint into its own kind...
Before the Arena Roar, Neil Diamond’s And The Singer Sings His Song Found Quiet Power at the Troubadour
At the Troubadour in 1970, Neil Diamond let a singer’s public role turn inward, making...
A Proposal With Years Behind It: Neil Diamond’s Marry Me Now on Melody Road With Don Was
On Marry Me Now, Neil Diamond turns a proposal into a late-career act of presence,...
Neil Diamond Sounded Unusually Wired on Primitive, the 1984 Title Track of His Sixteenth Studio Album
In Primitive, Neil Diamond met the glossy pressure of 1984 without surrendering the restless pulse...
The Song Neil Diamond Let Whisper Last: The Gift of Song Closed 1974’s Serenade With Quiet Grace
As the final track on Serenade, The Gift of Song lets Neil Diamond step away...
Restless glamour had a price in Neil Diamond’s “High Rolling Man” from Moods
On High Rolling Man, Neil Diamond let the smooth surface of his Moods era reveal...
The Silence Gets Heavier in Neil Diamond’s 2010 Bill Withers Cover “Ain’t No Sunshine” on Dreams
In Neil Diamond’s 2010 reading of Ain’t No Sunshine, Bill Withers’ spare ache becomes a...
A Guitar Answered Neil Diamond on Blue Highway, Where Chet Atkins Deepened Tennessee Moon
In Blue Highway, Neil Diamond does not simply visit Nashville; he lets Chet Atkins turn...
One Last Hunger in Neil Diamond’s One More Bite of the Apple, a 2008 Rick Rubin-Produced Home Before Dark Cut
On Home Before Dark, Neil Diamond let late-career hunger breathe without disguise, and One More...
A Softer Storm Emerged When Neil Diamond Covered Randy Newman’s I Think It’s Gonna Rain Today on 1971’s Stones
In Neil Diamond’s 1971 hands, Randy Newman’s rain became less ironic and more openly human,...
The Soft 80s Ache Inside Neil Diamond’s 1986 “Me Beside You” with Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager
In a bright 1986 pop setting, Neil Diamond’s “Me Beside You” turns companionship into something...
A Spotlight Full of Doubt: Neil Diamond’s “Amazed and Confused” in the 1980 The Jazz Singer Soundtrack
Neil Diamond’s “Amazed and Confused” sits inside the 1980 The Jazz Singer soundtrack like a...
The 1984 Nerve in Neil Diamond’s “Crazy,” the Primitive Cut Richard Perry Helped Sharpen
On “Crazy”, Neil Diamond let the sleek surface of 1984 carry something more restless underneath....
A Rougher Neil Diamond Breaks Through on 1968’s “Two-Bit Manchild” from Velvet Gloves and Spit
In 1968, Neil Diamond’s “Two-Bit Manchild” caught the sound of a songwriter pushing past his...
Neil Diamond Found a Private Goodbye in Don’t Turn Around on 1991’s Lovescape
On Lovescape, Neil Diamond turns Don’t Turn Around from a farewell song into a study...
Before the Singalongs, Neil Diamond’s The Pot Smoker’s Song Put 1968 Unease on Velvet Gloves and Spit
Before his name became tied to communal choruses and polished stage warmth, Neil Diamond cut...
Two Voices, One Silence: Neil Diamond and Natalie Maines’ Home Before Dark Duet “Another Day (That Time Forgot)”
In Neil Diamond’s 2008 duet with Natalie Maines, memory is not a place to return...