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Home Before Dark
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Price: $5.95
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0886971546521
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: 2008-05-06
Studio: Sony
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Customer reviews of Home Before Dark
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Customer Rating:  
Summary: A dreary disappointment
Comment: I have loved Neil Diamond since I saw him at the Bitter End in New York City in 1967. Since then I have seen him in concert at least 10 times and I will also always be grateful for the autographed photo he sent my 8th grade students in 1972. It therefore pains me to say this long awaited follow-up to "12 Songs" is a deep disappointment.
I admired the work Rick Rubin did with Johnny Cash, especially his last CD. I've come to the conclusion, however, that Neil's songs benefit from more accompaniment. Because Neil uses only simple basic chords in his compositions, the songs begin to sound repetitious when other instruments do not add some varied texture. For example, can you imagine his landmark "I Am I Said" without the glorious and blood chilling brass and strings? Another problem with this CD is the length of the songs. They just go on and on and on. Without arrangements to provide some color, the songs become tiresome and dreary. Finally, this time around Neil's lyrics sound like bits of essays put to music -- I find little poetry.
I think one of the reasons this CD tanked so quickly after the initial sales was the poor word of mouth. As my friend said to me recently, "I haven't played it in months."
Customer Rating:
Summary: AWESOME
Comment: Being a baby boomer and having listened to Neil Diamond for years, it is nice to get some new stuff. He is "eternal" and this new DVD is awesome.
Some good stuff....
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Summary: Home before producing a listenable CD
Comment: It's not the worst CD you could buy at Wal-Mart. And Neil shows an occasional spark of the genius of his early years with Bang and Uni Records. But this sounds like a crude demo tape he recorded in his Malibu home basement. Every song has a bum chord change or bad lyric that needed a little more work. The sparse production is dreadful. Neil's gruff, constipated vocals NEED a fuller arrangement. He isn't Mario Lanza. Neil needs to tap back into his prime sound, that folk/gospel/pop/Brill Building concoction that grooved the public 40 years ago and still sounds bright. Who wants to hear a world-famous rich guy sound like he's ready to call the Suicide Hot Line? This one's a downer. C'mon, Neil, get on board.
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Summary: Four good songs
Comment: And they are "If I Don't See You Again" (with some Lennon and McCartney feel), "The Power Of Two", "Slow It Down", and "Whose Hands Are These?". All listenable, memorable, respectful of his still incredibly voluminous fan base. Additional instrumentation is done with taste; though the duet on "Another Day" is hardly successful: Natalie Maines sounds like..."Hey Rick, you really think this will sell?".
There are two tracks which must have been written at Starbuck's just prior to entering the studio: "No Words" and "Don't Go There". Gimme a break...please.
I'll take Neil's Greatest Hits, from "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show" to "Heartlight", over this melancholy melange.
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Summary: "One More Bite Of The Apple" For Neil Diamond Fans
Comment: Neil Diamond is my favorite secular male vocalist, and has been for nearly three decades. I always loved his voice, as well as his music. This project has the intensity you associate with Diamond, as well as great vocals.
Gone are the great string arrangements of "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" or the rock 'n' roll of "Crunchy Granola Suite" or "Desiree". This is basically an unplugged project, but it has a great sound.
Some of the songs remind you of old Neil Diamond songs, such as "Act Like A Man" and "No Words".
My favorites on this project are "If I Don't See You Again", "Pretty Amazing Grace", "Whose Hands Are These", and "No Words".
Let me switch hats from being a music reviewer to being a theologian. Neil Diamond is an artist that I wonder about where he is at religiously, and this project feeds a lot of those questions. There is something that reflects faith in several of the songs, but one wonders if they are of the Christian faith or something similar.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Home Before Dark is the long awaited new album from legendary artist Neil Diamond. Home Before Dark was produced by legendary producer Rick Rubin who also produced Neil's critically acclaimed 12 Songs.
Bonus DVD includes Neil in the studio performing songs.
The songs are:
1. Pretty Amazing Grace
2. If I Don't See You Again
3. Forgotten
4. The Boxer (bonus track...this song is not on the album)
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