| His 12 Greatest Hits |  | Artist: Neil Diamond
Label: Mca
Category: Music
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 255728
Format: Gold Cd
Media: Audio CD
UPC: 008811095529
EAN: 0008811095529
ASIN: B000002OQU
Release Date: December 7, 1993
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| Tracks:
| • | Sweet Caroline | | • | Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show | | • | Shilo | | • | Holly Holy | | • | Brooklyn Roads | | • | Cracklin' Rosie | | • | Play Me | | • | Done Too Soon | | • | Stones | | • | Song Sung Blue | | • | Soolaimon | | • | I Am.. I Said |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
Neil Diamond wanted the best of both worlds. Determined to prove himself as a serious singer-songwriter, the former Brill Building denizen made a portentous stab at African music on the same album that held the awesome Top 40 hit "Cracklin' Rosie" (Tap Root Manuscript) and alternated autobiography ("I Am... I Said") with simple singalongs ("Song Sung Blue"). While not up to the level of the Bang Records singles collected on Classics: The Early Years, these often fine tracks hardly deserve to be dismissed. --Rickey Wright
Album Description
Import 12-track collection, originally released in 1974. Universal.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Don't waste your money October 14, 2008
Alan Brodie (Knoxville TN)
If you really love Neil Diamond you probably won't mind buying this album. But if you're looking for his 12 Greatest Hits, you'll only find maybe two or three of them here. The problem is Neil changed record labels several times in his career. First he was with Bang, then Uni which became MCA, then Columbia, etc. etc. This album is twelve tracks MCA threw together and called it his greatest hits assuming we'd forget he had other songs. One of his songs, Shilo was a hit for Bang records so MCA saw fit to include a newer re-recorded version he'd cut for them. What's even harder to understand is that two other tracks, Sweet Caroline and Holly Holy are included here as live recordings of songs that MCA owned the hit versions of! There are better collections of Neil Diamond's hits out there. Steer clear of this one.
 what is it with guys named neil May 15, 2008
G. dale (s.f.)
neil young neil diamond neil sadaka..... well 2 out of three ain't bad
affectionately referred to as the " jewish Elvis " neil diamond kicks major arse..... he saved me when i used to travel with my folks and we had a limited amount of 8 tracks. there used to be a live version of holly holy on the vinyl that i just loved but the studio version is just fine.
check out the new stuff he has been doing with rick rubin. neil is back in the saddle
cheers
g.d
 Great songs July 28, 2007
Pieter (Johannesburg)
Four stars because by now there are many more extensive Neil Diamond compilations available. This set of 12 classic songs demonstrates Diamond's compositional skills and great voice with catchy tunes, heartfelt delivery and impressive arrangements. The many cover versions of these tracks are proof of their enduring appeal. A song like I'm A Believer has more depth of feeling in Diamond's own version than the more popular Monkees cover, while on the ballads like Shilo his voice has a certain haunting tone that still gives me gooseflesh after all these years. Sweet Caroline, Holly Holy, Cracklin' Rosie and I Am I Said are my personal favorites on this collection. These are classy pop songs by a great composer and lyricist.
 Misleading item May 29, 2007
K. Berger (New York, NY United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As previously stated, this is a remaster of a previous Vinyl LP. It is a very SMALL improvement of the previous CD, MCAD 37252, ASIN No. B00000DWHI. Failing to hear a significant difference on my stereo, I used Sonic Foundry's Sound Forge Studio to measure it. At best, it is a 10% improvement. I recommend against replacing your current CD if you already own MCAD 37252.
The First and the Best December 2, 2005
10 Dollar Dreamer (Boston)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
There have been many Best-Of Neil Diamond Compilation albums
released by MCA.But this is the first,and by far the best.Every track fits the track before and after it.The studio versions instead of live recordings.All his MCA hits are here,and they still sound great.
Many of MCA's other compilation have lacked the simple focus of this album.These are Neil's big MCA Hits soon after they were hits.The compilations from later years have been more about non-singles that became concert favorites.
The late 60's/early 70's was the best period of Neil's career:Powerful songs with personal lyrics and soaring arrangements.And great rockers with a distinctive honey-and-toast flavour.
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