Primitive

Performer: Neil Diamond
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Personnel includes: Neil Diamond, Linda Press (vocals); Richard Bennett, Doug Rhone (guitar); Tom Hensley (piano, keyboards); Alan Lindgren (piano, synthesizers); Burt Bacharach (piano); David Foster (keyboards); Robbie Buchanan (synthesizers); Reinie Press, Neil Steubenhaus (bass); Ron Tutt, John Robinson (drums); King Errisson, Paulinho Da Costa, Vince Charles (percussion). Producers: Denny Diante, Neil Diamond, Richard Bennett, Richard Perry. Engineers: Allen Sides, George Massenburg, Jeremy Smith. PRIMITIVE blends smooth ballads like "Turn Around" with more uptempo material like "Brooklyn on a Saturday Night" and the title track in an impeccably performed collection of sophisticated mid-1980s pop. It's a confident, optimistic-sounding record, where disco-influenced tracks like "Crazy" sit side-by-side with songs like the beautifully understated "My Time With You" and the romantic "You Make It Feel Like Christmas," and Diamond's reined-in vocals give the album a direct, personal feel.

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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