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Home Before Dark [Digipak]
Neil Diamond
Release Date: 05/06/2008
Original Release:  2008
# of Discs:   1
J&R Item # 1020679_CD
UPC # 886971546521
Label: Columbia (USA)
 
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1. If I Don't See You Again sound samples  real  |  windows media
2. Pretty Amazing Grace sound samples  real  |  windows media
3. Don't Go There sound samples  real  |  windows media
4. Another Day (That Time Forgot) sound samples  real  |  windows media
5. One More Bite of the Apple sound samples  real  |  windows media
6. Forgotten sound samples  real  |  windows media
7. Act Like a Man sound samples  real  |  windows media
8. Whose Hands Are These sound samples  real  |  windows media
9. No Words sound samples  real  |  windows media
10. Power of Two, The sound samples  real  |  windows media
11. Slow It Down sound samples  real  |  windows media
12. Home Before Dark sound samples  real  |  windows media

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Performer: Neil Diamond
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Neil Diamond's 2005 collaboration with Rick Rubin, 12 SONGS, found the latter stripping the pop legend's work down to a sparse, acoustic-based sound, as he'd famously done for Johnny Cash in the '90s. Apparently the experience impressed Diamond enough to warrant a second go-round with the producer. HOME BEFORE DARK takes a similar sonic approach as its predecessor; on most of these songs Diamond is backed by little more than Tom Petty's Heartbreakers, Mike Campbell's acoustic guitar and Benmont Tench's piano (the pair contributed to Cash's recordings too), but in restrospect, 12 SONGS almost seems like a warm-up for this one. There's a sense of emotional nakedness here, as the 67-year-old Diamond peers deeply into the intricacies of his life, delivering penetrating insights in a highly reflective mode while never losing sight of his gifts as a master pop melody-maker. While most of the songs here are slow-to-medium ruminations on deep subjects, each one comes fully equipped with expert melodic turns that make these tunes as pleasing to the ear as they are to the mind.
Rolling Stone (p.68) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Like Johnny Cash's Rubin-produced AMERICAN RECORDINGS series, HOME BEFORE DARK cuts the music down to its essence..." Q (Magazine) (p.110) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[H]e can still convey a tale of male insecurity and longing with just an unplugged guitar for company. The closing title track, a beautiful downbeat number, is testament alone to the benefits of less as more." Mojo (Publisher) (p.104) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The songs are edgier, more rock -- no drums, it's Diamond's acoustic guitar providing the rhythmic thrust....Fans of dramatic Diamond are well taken care of here..."
With a career as a hitmaker stretching across the decades, Neil Diamond has purveyed catchy, three-chord pop/rock, progressive singer/songwriter material, middle-of-the-road balladry, and even traditional country. He started out as a Brill Building hitmaker; a songwriter for hire, he worked alongside the likes of Carole King and Gerry Goffin, and penned hits for the Monkees and Jay & the Americans. His solo career took off in the mid 1960s and made him one of America's most successful recording artists and concert attractions for a long time to come. Even decades down the road, younger groups such as UB40 in the '80s, Urge Overkill in the '90s, and Smash Mouth in the 2000's were still scoring hits with Diamond's evergreen compositions.
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