Greatest Hits Pop Music : Home Before Dark (CD & DVD)

Home Before Dark (CD & DVD)

£9.79

  1. If I Don t See You Again
  2. Pretty Amazing Grace
  3. Don t Go There
  4. Another Day That Time Forgot (featuring Natalie Maines)
  5. One More Bite Of The Apple
  6. Forgotten
  7. Act Like A Man
  8. Whose Hands Are These
  9. No Words
  10. The Power Of Two
  11. Slow It Down
  12. Home Before dark
  13. Without Her
  14. Make You Feel My Love

Remarkably Home Before Dark is the first US chart topping album of Neil Diamond s forty year career. It appears to repeat the formula behind 2006 s acclaimed 12 Songs--relatively understated arrangements and a subtle Rick Rubin production. But Diamond, though sixty-seven years old and the oldest recipient of a Number One so far, is no Johnny Cash, turning his unique voice to some well chosen contemporary material. Instead Home Before Dark is a collection of new Diamond songs, and though they might not match the boomers in his back catalogue they are hardly stripped back. These are songs designed to fill large venues alongside the showstoppers in Diamond s still energetic live show. Pretty Amazing Grace is in the great tradition of Diamond songs that defy their corniness with sheer catchiness, as is One More Bite of the Apple while Don t Go There features bracing backing vocals and a delightfully dated wobbly guitar hook. The duet with Natalie Maines, Another Day (That Time Forgot), would fit comfortably on American country radio while The Power of Two sounds like another hit in waiting. In fact this is more a conventional Diamond collection than a Rick Rubin production, dominated by lightly understated country rock arrangements played by a crack team including Smokey Hormel, Heartbreakers Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell and the usually experimental Matt Sweeney. This is a charming and consistently solid set, though Home Before Dark does lack the unexpected intensity that made 12 Songs stand out so. -—Steve Jelbert

One of The Best Yet - Home Before Dark what can I say about this great album! Pure Neil, pure magic, can t stop playing it. I have loved his music since Solitary ManThe Essential Greatest Hits Collection, but I wondered how this would compare to those early hits. Having adored Three Chord OperaThree Chord Opera I was hoping I for a great album and of course was not disappointed. Each track very different, each telling a story we can all relate to. above all it reaches the soul as does all his music. Keep writing Neil, I love your music!!

IS IT JUST ME? - To put it in 1 sentence - The CD notes are as boring as the songs.Why is it Cool to dismiss Neil Diamonds work before his work with Rick Rubin?...Any one of his non Rubin produced albums are far better than this. YES....any one! Try Lovescape to start.....15 songs, mostly cowritten by members of his long standing band. Who agrees? REVIEW BY MR C WILLIAMS, NOT MRS J

One of the best - Neil Diamond was on TV the other evening, An Audience with Neil Diamond. I do hope that Channel 4 make a DVD of it.He was as wonderful as ever. How lovely to see him back and I cannot believe that you say he is 67, he has worn well, his voice is as good as ever. I cannot wait to go and see him.

ANOTHER AMAZING DIAMOND ALBUM - EVERY SONG ON THIS ALBUM IS A REAL GEM. THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN WELL WORTH WAITING FOR. NEIL DIAMOND IS A CLASSIC SONGWRITER/SINGER AND SHOWS ONCE AGAIN HOW BRILLIANT THIS MAN STILL IS. THE BEST SONG ON THE ALBUM IS AMAZING GRACE AND NEIL SINGS IT WITH SUCH HEART. CANNT WAIT TILL HE RELEASES ANOTHER ALBUM!!!!!!

Diamond in the rough - Literally never listened to a Neil Diamond album in my life, and then heard this and love it. My impression is that age has served Neil well, adding depth of sinceretly and experience to his lyrics, as well as an almost Johhny Cashe-seque grit to his voice. Like listening to a teacher singing you a lesson.




Home Before Dark (CD & DVD)