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November 3, 2005

Diamond Life

With help from Rick Rubin, Neil Diamond is ditching kitsch
November 3, 2005

Neil Diamonds' Jewels

Our guide to the Solitary Man's essential musical moments
September 23, 1976

Cover Story: The Frog Who Would Be King

The importance of being Neil Diamond

Recordings and Reviews

Home Before Dark

"I hated sleeping around," a forlorn Neil Diamond sings on the opener from his second collaboration with Rick Rubin. "God knows it's lonely out there." The stripped—bare, acoustic song sets the tone for an album in which an emotionally naked Diamond repeatedly suggests that without his girlfri...

2008 RS: 3of 5 Stars

12 Songs

2005

Three Chord Opera

2001

The Greatest Hits 1966-1992

1992

On The Way To The Sky

1981

You Don't Bring Me Flowers

1978

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Biography

Pop songwriter Neil Diamond, a veteran of the Brill Building song factory, became one of the best-selling MOR performers of the '70s. Singing his own melodramatic quasi-gospel songs in a portentous baritone, he has sold over 92 million records worldwide, amassing over 35 Top 40 singles and 18 platinum albums.

Diamond recorded his first single soon after graduating from Brooklyn's Erasmus Hall...

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