Monday, 7 Nov 2005
You are just going to have to trust me. The new Neil Diamond album, “12 Songs” which hits stores tomorrow is great. Produced by Rick Rubin, Neil Diamond returns to his old singer songwriter ways. Much like what Rubin did for the late Johnny Cash, “12 Songs” sounds fresh and finds a rejuvenated Diamond with only his voice and guitar on most of the tracks. The album was streaming at Neil Diamond’s MySpace page, but the streams to not seem to be showing up right now. I will keep you posted, and try to get an MP3 up for you sometime this afternoon.
I know you never thought that Muzzleofbees.com would promote a Neil Diamond album, but I am not alone in singing its praise:
Stereogum leads the pack as usual.
Brooklyn Vegan likes it as well.
So does MorrocanRole.
November 8th, 2005 at 12:40 am
what? neil diamond has a myspace page?!?!?!
i guess that makes it official. time for me to phase mine out.
while i’m here, ryan, i wanted to ask you if you ever got that mix cd project put together? i’d still be interested in giving it a listen.
alright…cool, man. later.
November 9th, 2005 at 9:40 am
You know, this is really not all that surprising. As anyone knows who has listened to Neil Diamonds Greatest Hits CD, the man made some really great pop songs. It’s entirely believable to think he could update his sound to something similiar to Belle and Sebastian, Josh Ruse, or Mr. Wright.