Home Before Dark
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Music : Home Before Dark |
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Back Related Items:      see moreBinding: Audio CD EAN: 0886971546521 Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: 2008-05-06 Studio: Sony Rating:  - Neil Diamond: Home Before DarkNeil Diamond--what a master song writer, singer, musician. This albumn is absolutely golden! (Has he every had one that wasn't?) The songs speak; the music is REAL! I particularly enjoy PRETTY AMAZING GRACE and ONE MORE BITE OF THE APPLE. 10 STAR ALBUMN. KMcCALL Rating: - Best in years!This is Neil's best recording in years. I admit to being a big fan and love all of his music but this one is really special. The words are so full of meaning combined with beautiful music and his voice--Well, I just listen to it over and over. Rating:  - More of the same like "12 Songs", with slightly more instrumentsIn 2005, Neil Diamond released a sparse-sounding album called "12 Songs", produced by uber-producer Rick Rubin, mostly songs of just Neil and his acoustic guitar, and the album did surprisingly well commercially. Now comes this album, again produced by Rick Rubin. "Home Before Dark" (12 tracks; 64 min.) is generally speaking in the same vein as "12 Songs". Although additional instruments are featured,the album continues the same quiet sound of "12 Songs", and at times it sounds great (such as "Pretty Amazing Grace"), but at other times it cries out for more. Another issue for me is that a lot of the songs go on for what seems an eternity (check the opener 7+ min. "If I Don't See ... Read More Rating: - great listeningenjoy all Neil Diamonds songs. this was new and refreshing and very enjoyable listening. would highly recommend. Rating:  - Pretty amazing!!!I'm pretty new to Neil Diamond's music. In fact, before this CD, all I'd heard by him was "You don't bring me flowers" with Barbra Streisand. Blame that on radio in Nigeria. I decided to get this CD as I love Jakob Dylan's new CD "Seeing things" as well as Johnny Cash's American IV and V CDs which were all produced by Rick Rubin. Like those CDs, this was also produced by Rubin and is the same principle; stripped spare songs with strong songwriting and a laid back air. It also apparently gave Diamond the first US #1 album of his career and topped the UK charts as well. Opening cut "If I don't see you again" sets the tone for the most part; gently strummed guitars, some ... Read More |
Nick Bradbury just had a tumor removed from his head. Glad to hear he's doing well:
The fact that I'm able to type this blog entry less than a week after the operation has me hopeful that recovery will be quicker than I was led to believe, but it will still be a few weeks before I'm able to really tackle any serious work.