Neil Diamond - His 12 Greatest Hits (1974)

This is the same torrent that was uploaded to Demonoid in September 2011.


Neil Diamond - His 12 Greatest Hits (1974)

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Includes:
Files by track, ripped at FLAC 8 using Easy CD-DA Extractor (www.poikosoft.com) DVD-ROM: LG GDR816B
Tracks have full tags (including embedded thumbnail)
AMG Bio.txt
AMG Review.txt
info.txt (which is simply these notes included in the torrent)

First biography paragraph from All Music (by William Ruhlmann):

In a career that began in the 1960s, Neil Diamond became a major recording artist, an internationally successful touring act, and a songwriter whose compositions produced hits for himself and others. His earliest recognition, in fact, came as a songwriter associated with the Brill Building era of Tin Pan Alley in the early '60s. But he soon branched out into recording and performing, and by the early '70s was topping the charts with the self-written singles "Cracklin' Rosie" and "Song Sung Blue." This enabled him to be one of the more noticeable figures in the singer/songwriter movement of the period, as he made a transition to more of an album artist and those albums began to earn gold and platinum certifications. He also developed into a dynamic concert performer, as demonstrated on his 1972 album Hot August Night. At the same time, however, his music became generally softer, which broadened his appeal while earning him opprobrium, when he was considered at all, by the rock critics who dominated pop music journalism. But his millions of fans didn't care about that, and they flocked to his shows and bought his albums in big numbers until well into the 1980s. After that, while his concert tours continued to post high grosses, his record sales became more modest. Still, as of 2001, he claimed worldwide record sales of 115 million copies, and as of 2002 he was ranked third, behind only Elton John and Barbra Streisand, on the list of the most successful adult contemporary artists in the history of the Billboard chart.

Read all of the bio at:
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/neil-diamond-p4083/biography

All Music Album Review (by William Ruhlmann):

Actually, His 12 Greatest Hits consists of 12 songs that were hits for Neil Diamond on Uni between 1969 and 1972. "Cracklin' Rosie" is here, along with Diamond's other chart-topper of the period, "Song Sung Blue," and the Top Ten hits "Sweet Caroline" and "Holly Holy."

Taken from: http://www.allmusic.com/album/his-12-greatest-hits-r35297

Amazon.com's page: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000002P4F

Track List:

01. Sweet Caroline
02. Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show
03. Shilo
04. Holly Holy
05. Brooklyn Roads
06. Cracklin' Rosie
07. Play Me
08. Done Too Soon
09. Stones
10. Song Sung Blue
11. Soolaimon
12. I Am ... I Said