Lovescape

Performer: Neil Diamond
Artist: Kim Carnes; Andrew Gold
Engineer: Dan Bosworth; Daren Klein; Lawrence Brown; Guy DeFazio; Matt Gruber; Nathaniel Kunkel; Val Garay; Bernie Becker; Brett Swain
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Personnel includes: Neil Diamond (vocals, acoustic guitar); Kim Carnes (vocals); Doug Rhone, Hadley Hockensmith, Andrew Gold (guitar); Dan Dugmore (pedal steel guitar); Benjamin Tench (organ); Alan Lindgren, Tom Hensley, Robbie Buchanan (keyboards); Robby Buchanan (bass, drums); Reinie Press, Lee Sklar (bass); Ron Tutt, Vince Charles, Kenny Aronoff (drums); King Errisson (congas); Peter Asher (tambourine); Linda Press (background vocals). Producers: Neil Diamond, Don Was, Albert Hammond, Peter Asher. Personnel: Neil Diamond (acoustic guitar); Kim Carnes (vocals); Doug Rhone (guitar, background vocals); Hadley Hockensmith, Mark Goldenberg, Michael Thompson, Andrew Gold, Rusty Anderson (guitar); Robbie Buchanan (piano, keyboards); Jimmy Johnson , Larry Knechtel (piano); Benmont Tench (organ); Claude Gaudette, Alan Lindgren, Tom Hensley, Randy Kerber (keyboards); Carlos Vega (acoustic bass, drums); Bob Magnusson (electric bass); Ron Tutt (drums, background vocals); Kenny Aronoff (drums); King Errisson (congas); Peter Asher (tambourine); Vince Charles (percussion); Simon Franglen (programming); Andrea Robinson, Joe Turano, Carmen Twilley, Linda Press, Wendy Fraser, Kate Markowitz, Raven Kane, Sally Dworsky, Arnold McCuller, Sir Harry Bowens, Stephanie Spruill, Susan Boyd, Terry Wood, Valerie Carter, Jean McClain (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Ed Cherney; Frank Wolf; Humberto Gatica; Val Garay; Alejandro Rodriguez . Recording information: 440 Sound, Los Angeles, CA; Arch Angel Recording Studios; At The Hop; EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England; Evergreen Recording; Ground Control Studios, Santa Monica, CA; Lion Share Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Ocean Way Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; Record One; Studio F; Westlake Audio, Hollywood, CA. Photographer: Matthew Rolston. Arrangers: David Campbell ; Alan Lindgren; Robbie Buchanan; Tom Hensley. Something of a concept album about love (although a Neil Diamond album that didn't center on the subject of love wouldn't be much of a Neil Diamond album at all), LOVESCAPE uses a variety of producers, like Diamond's fellow singer-songwriter Albert Hammond, the talented Don Was, and Diamond himself, to craft its multi-faceted message. Love is found ("Someone Who Believes in You"), treasured ("All I Really Need Is You"), and lost ("Hooked on the Memory of You"), over the course of this 15-song cycle. LOVESCAPE features some of Diamond's most impassioned performances on songs like the Was-produced "Wish Everything Was All right," and a sensitively realized version of Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein's "One Hand, One Heart," from WEST SIDE STORY.

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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