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Neil Diamond Announces Dream Album

09/21/2010
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Columbia Records has set a November 2 release date for Neil Diamond's Dreams, a new 14-song collection of the singer/songwriter's interpretations of his favorite songs of other composers from the rock era.

"You never know how long you've got and a lot of these songs have been waiting for me to record them for 40 years," says the soon-to-be-70-year-old musical legend.

Known primarily as a quintessential songwriter and record-breaking stage performer, Diamond showcases his distinctive skills as a singer on Dreams.

The album includes music that deeply influenced Diamond as a young man growing up in Brooklyn, starting with "Let It Be Me," popularized by the Everly Brothers in 1960. The listener gets to time travel with Neil as he beautifully renders The Beatles' stunning and spare "Blackbird" and the mournful "Yesterday," Leon Russell's underrated classic "A Song for You," Gilbert O'Sullivan's heart-stopping "Alone Again (Naturally)," Bill Withers soulful "Ain't No Sunshine" and other well-known classics from the '60s and '70s.

Diamond also tackles hidden gems from his musical contemporaries including "Don't Forget Me," from the late Harry Nilsson, and the Randy Newman compositions, "Feels Like Home" and the poignant "Losing You."

Diamond gets down to the basics on this album, accompanied by a single guitar for Glenn Frey and Don Henley's cautionary "Desperado" and a breathtaking performance of Leonard Cohen's celebrated "Hallelujah."

Diamond even includes a never-before-heard reinterpretation of his own evergreen, "I'm a Believer," the biggest selling record of 1966 and a massive hit for The Monkees in a year when The Beatles dominated the airwaves.

"Neil is performing others' songs he's always loved and in doing so it shows us why his instantly recognizable voice has made him one of rock and pop music's most consistently vital and beloved artists," says Steve Barnett, Chairman, Columbia Records. "His song choices reflect the songwriting qualities he admires most, while his sublime vocals reveal his deeply-felt connections to this music. Dreams is an important addition to Neil's amazing catalog."


track listing
Ain't No Sunshine
Blackbird
Alone Again (Naturally)
Feels Like Home
Midnight Train To Georgia
I'm A Believer
Love Song
Losing You
Hallelujah
A Song For You
Yesterday
Let It Be Me
Desperado
Don't Forget Me

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