Neil Diamond - All Time Greatest Hits (Deluxe) (2-Disc Set)

All-Time Greatest Hits was released on Capitol Records, a label Neil Diamond never recorded for, but Universal -- who owned the recordings Diamond made for both Uni and MCA -- selected this as the imprint for 2014's All-Time Greatest Hits, a generous collection of hits from the '60s and '70s. A consistent bugaboo with Diamond compilations has been licensing, but this one does a very nice job of sampling from all of Neil's major labels, including Bang, Uni, MCA, and Columbia. The late-'70s hits -- "Forever in Blue Jeans," "Beautiful Noise," "America" -- are scattered throughout the compilation; the Uni/MCA sides ("Cracklin' Rosie," "Sweet Caroline," "Holly Holy," "Shilo," "Play Me") are the anchor of the comp, and the Bang singles are grouped together toward the end. True, the collection might've been better served if it was sequenced chronologically, but this has the vast majority of the big hits, and that's been hard to find in Diamond's catalog. ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Album: All Time Greatest Hits (Deluxe) (Disc 1)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 71:41

Size: 164.1 MB

Styles: Adult Contemporary, Soft rock

Year: 2014

[3:37] 1. Brooklyn Roads

[3:22] 2. Shilo (Single Version)

[3:28] 3. Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show

[3:16] 4. Glory Road

[3:19] 5. Sweet Caroline (Single Version)

[4:39] 6. Holly Holy (Single Version)

[2:32] 7. Solitary Man (Single Version)

[3:24] 8. Forever In Blue Jeans (Single Version)

[3:29] 9. And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind

[4:30] 10. Soolaimon

[3:31] 11. I Am...I Said (Single Version)

[2:52] 12. Crunchy Granola Suite (Single Version)

[3:00] 13. Stones

[3:49] 14. Play Me

[2:40] 15. Done Too Soon

[2:23] 16. Kentucky Woman (Single Version)

[4:19] 17. Morningside

[3:09] 18. You Don't Bring Me Flowers (Solo Version)

[3:14] 19. Song Sung Blue (Single Version)

[4:01] 20. Something Blue

[2:56] 21. Cracklin' Rosie (Single Version)

All Time Greatest Hits (Deluxe) (Disc 1)

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Album: All Time Greatest Hits (Deluxe) (Disc 2)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 72:48

Size: 166.7 MB

Styles: Adult Contemporary, Soft rock

Year: 2014

Art: Front

[2:43] 1. Cherry, Cherry (Single Version)

[2:42] 2. I'm A Believer

[2:59] 3. Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon (Single Version)

[2:48] 4. You Got To Me (Mono)

[3:36] 5. Love On The Rocks

[3:52] 6. Longfellow Serenade (Single Version)

[3:47] 7. I've Been This Way Before

[3:14] 8. Beautiful Noise

[2:39] 9. Red Red Wine

[3:53] 10. September Morn

[4:02] 11. Hello Again

[4:19] 12. America

[3:18] 13. Desirée (Single Version)

[3:46] 14. We

[2:52] 15. Yesterday's Songs

[4:25] 16. Heartlight

[3:53] 17. Pretty Amazing Grace

[2:37] 18. The Boat That I Row (Mono)

[3:00] 19. Thank The Lord For The Night Time (Single Version)

[4:31] 20. Hell Yeah

[3:42] 21. If You Know What I Mean

All Time Greatest Hits (Deluxe) (Disc 2)

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