Neil Diamond – All-Time Greatest Hits (2014/2016) [HDTracks FLAC 24bit/192kHz]

The original studio recordings from America’s quintessential singer-songwriter. 23 of Neil Diamond’s best loved hits. Includes the rare solo version of ‘You Don’t Bring Me Flowers.’

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 23 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 on a single disc, and that’s been hard to find in Diamond’s catalog. ~~ AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Tracklist:
01 – Cracklin’ Rosie
02 – Forever In Blue Jeans
03 – Song Sung Blue
04 – Sweet Caroline
05 – Holly Holy
06 – Red Red Wine
07 – Hello Again
08 – Beautiful Noise
09 – America
10 – September Morn
11 – Love On The Rocks
12 – Shilo
13 – You Don’t Bring Me Flowers
14 – Morningside
15 – Soolaimon
16 – Play Me
17 – Kentucky Woman
18 – Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon
19 – Solitary Man
20 – I’m A Believer
21 – Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show
22 – Cherry, Cherry
23 – I Am…I Said