Forever [Limited] [Remaster]

Performer: Neil Diamond
Distributor: Madacy Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Neil Diamond (vocals). While Madacy issues some pretty dodgy compilations, this three-disc set is simply the reissue of three pre-Columbia-period Neil Diamond recordings: Stones, Moods, and Touching You, Touching Me from his Uni period. There are as many covers as originals on these recordings, but as albums they all work -- and well. As is usual with Madacy, the cover photo is very misleading. This is the pre-crooner Diamond, when he was still a theatrical rock & roll singer. There are numerous hits collections available that document the many highlights of this period of Diamond's work, but many of those same tracks are here, from "Holly Holy," "I Am, I Said," and "Song Sung Blue" to some tremendous covers, including his nearly definitive reading of Jerry Jeff Walker's "Mr. Bojangles." ~ Thom Jurek

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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