| Artist | Neil Diamond |
|---|---|
| Cover | The Essential Neil Diamond.jpg |
| Released | December 4, 2001 |
| Recorded | February, 1966 – October 28, 2001 |
| Genre | Pop rock |
| Length | 141:09 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Compiler | Neil Diamond, Al Quaglieri |
| Prev year | 2001 |
| Next year | 2002 |
The Essential Neil Diamond is a two-disc compilation album by Neil Diamond. It was released by Sony Music in 2001.
Diamond and his collaborator Al Quaglieri personally chose the 38 tracks that appeared in the collection. Nine selections were from Diamond's early period with Bang Records (1966–68) while 14 were from his Columbia years, which began in 1973. The Bang recordings are now owned by Sony, Columbia's parent company. For the five top-ten hits that Diamond recorded for Uni Records (1968–73), Columbia leased the rights for their appearance on this collection. Ten recordings on the album were not the original studio recordings but live renditions from concerts.[1] "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", Diamond's 1978 duet with Barbra Streisand, is included in The Essential Barbra Streisand as well as this compilation.[2] The Essential Neil Diamond reached number 90 on the Billboard 200 chart and was awarded double platinum status by the RIAA on March 3, 2016.[3][4]
In 2009, Columbia issued an expanded version of the album entitled The Essential Neil Diamond 3.0, which featured the original two discs and a third disc containing eight more selections.[5]
Track listing
All songs written by Neil Diamond, except where noted.
References
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- ^ Diamond, Neil. "Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
- ^ Diamond, Neil. "RIAA Neil Diamond". RIAA. Retrieved 19 November 2016. Note: Enter advanced album search for "The Essential Neil Diamond"
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