Neil Diamond

Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good) / Dig In

Born

24 January 1941, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Currently

Beverly Hills, CA, United States

Also Known As

Neil Leslie Diamond [birth name]

Genres

Singer-Songwriter, Pop Rock, Pop, Adult Contemporary, Soft Rock, Baroque Pop

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Discography

553

Credits 439 Filmography 5

Album

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Release Date

3.39

175

175
10

The Feel of Neil Diamond

1966

3.62

423

423
15

Just for You

1967

+11

3.20

168

168
9

Velvet Gloves and Spit

1968

+13

3.33

227

227
12

Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show

1969

+12

3.26

194

194
9

Touching You, Touching Me

1969

+18

3.10

267

267
10

Tap Root Manuscript

1970

+13

3.27

231

231
12

Stones

1971

+20

3.11

196

196
8

Moods

1972

+13

3.16

277

277
11

Jonathan Livingston Seagull [motion picture soundtrack]

1973

+13

3.02

175

175
6

Serenade

1974

+12

3.19

250

250
16

Beautiful Noise

1976

2.91

122

122
4

I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight

1977

3.16

159

159
5

You Don't Bring Me Flowers

1978

2.67

124

124
8

September Morn

1979

+17

3.18

291

291
18

The Jazz Singer [motion picture soundtrack]

1980

2.95

82
2

On the Way to the Sky

1981

2.80

100

100
3

Heartlight

1982

2.76

67
5

Primitive

1984

2.37

70
1

Headed for the Future

1986

2.79

67
4

The Best Years of Our Lives

1988

2.44

62
3

Lovescape

1991

2.91

53
-

The Christmas Album

1992

2.42

40
2

Up on the Roof: Songs From the Brill Building

1993

2.77

69
2

Tennessee Moon

1996

2.43

38
1

The Movie Album: As Time Goes By

1998

2.83

56
3

Three Chord Opera

2001

3.53

362

362
27

12 Songs

2005

3.42

230

230
13

Home Before Dark

2008

2.70

29
-

A Cherry Cherry Christmas

2009

3.04

79
3

Dreams

2010

3.16

74
4

Melody Road

2014

2.85

24
1

Acoustic Christmas

2016

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Live Album

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+14

3.71

131

131
7

Gold: Recorded Live at the Troubadour

1970

+37

3.56

423

423
31

Hot August Night

1972

3.05

100

100
3

Love at the Greek: Recorded Live at the Greek Theatre

1977

3.11

55
5

Hot August Night II

1987

3.35

24
1

Live in America

1994

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Release Date

3.28

11
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Sweet Caroline

1969

3.65

6
-

Solitary Man

1972

3.38

4
-

Neil Diamond

Single

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3.71

217

217
7

Cherry, Cherry / I'll Come Running

1966

3.78

308

308
8

Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon / You'll Forget

1967

3.49

99
2

Kentucky Woman / The Time Is Now

1967

3.26

100

100
2

Red Red Wine / Red Rubber Ball

1968

2.92

631

631
9

Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good) / Dig In

1969

3.51

91
2

Holly Holy / Hurting You Don't Come Easy

1969

3.57

86
2

Shilo / La Bamba

1970

+12

3.83

250

250
6

Solitary Man / The Time Is Now

1970

+11

3.53

265

265
4

Cracklin' Rosie / Lordy

1970

3.53

148

148
3

I Am... I Said / Done Too Soon

1971

3.04

169

169
5

Song Sung Blue / Gitchy Goomy

1972

2.49

134

134
5

You Don't Bring Me Flowers

1978 • Barbra & Neil

Barbra Streisand
Neil Diamond

3.00

86
5

Forever in Blue Jeans / Remember Me

1979

3.03

101

101
3

Love on the Rocks / Acapulco [motion picture soundtrack]

1980

2.98

99
4

America / Songs of Life

1981

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-

Nothing but a Heartache

2014

-
-

Something Blue

2014

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+24

4.00

2,533

2,533
74

The Last Waltz [live]

1978 • Album • The Band

3.31

70
4

Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits: Volume 2

1978 • Compilation • Barbra Streisand

+13

3.24

106

106
3

Memories

1981 • Compilation • Barbra Streisand

2.73

114

114
3

Duets II

1994 • Album • Frank Sinatra

3.63

97
3

The Essential Barbra Streisand

2002 • Compilation • Barbra Streisand

4.37

33
-

The Last Waltz

2003 • Video • The Band

4.00

1
-

What Matters Most:Barbra Streisand Sings the Lyrics of Alan and Marilyn Bergman

2011 • Album • Barbra Streisand

3.00

3
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Duets

2013 • Album • Sinatra

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Compilation

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+19

3.75

180

180
9

His 12 Greatest Hits

1974

3.93

157

157
14

Classics, the Early Years

1983

3.53

128

128
7

The Essential Neil Diamond

2001

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V/A Compilation

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3.45

52
2

Auto Express October, '89

1989

4.14

46
1

Magic Moments: The Definitive Burt Bacharach Collection

2008

3.88

365

365
1

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood [motion picture soundtrack]

2019

3.44

3
-

Now Yearbook '79

2022

3.00

2
-

Now Yearbook '80 - '84: The Final Chapter

2022

3.00

1
-

Now That's What I Call Unforgettable

2024

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Bootleg / Unauthorized

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3.84

10
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Black Sabbath / Neil Diamond

1970 • Black Sabbath / Neil Diamond

4.37

24
1

Appears on: Skate 3 [game soundtrack]

2010 • Various Artists

3.83

3
-

Live from Erasmus Hall High School [live]

2014

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Video

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3.86

8
2

Greatest Hits Live

1988

4.34

4
-

Thank You Australia Concert

2008

4.09

7
1

Hot August Night: NYC

2010

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Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good) / Dig In

Ellison

"Neil Diamond titled one of his albums Three Chord Opera - a title that succinctly sums up his modus operandi. A graduate of the Brill Building songwriting factory, his early hits were tight, two-and-a-half minute slices of pure pop that are held in even higher regard now than they were when they first hit the charts. But even then, his dramatic voice gave his songs a gravity that was almost operatic in tone. This was fine as long he was applying his voice to great songs like "Solitary man" or "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon". But his songwriting eventually got cheesy as the strings got increasingly overbearing. There were occasional signs of life in the '80s and '90s, but he didn't completely find the plot again until he hooked up with Rick Rubin (rock music's Certified Career Saver) for 12 Songs. Neil Diamond has been called many things - 'The King of Housewife Rock' and 'The Jewish Elvis', to name two - but he is also one of the relatively few people in popular music to whom the word 'legend' actually applies."

RYM Rough Guide for Neil Diamond

Biography

Brookyn-born singer-songwriter who first achieved success when The Monkees sold 6 million copies of their cover of "I'm a Believer" in 1966. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, Lulu scored a big hit with her version of Diamond's "The Boat That I Row." The stage was now set for a string of hits he recorded himself: from "Cherry Cherry" and "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon" (later a hit for Urge Overkill) in the 60's through to "America" and "Heartlight" in the early 80's. Career highlights in between include an impressive performance on The Last Waltz; the title duet on You Don't Bring Me Flowers with Barbra Streisand; and his feature film debut, costarring with Laurence Olivier in the 1980 remake of The Jazz Singer.

Diamond continues to draw large audiences to his concert appearances and maintains a sizable, if aging, fanbase who continue to swoon for his unique brand of smouldering sensuality.

Neil Diamond

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