Product Description

Get the most comprehensive Neil Diamond collection! For decades, his songs have been written on the walls of our hearts. Enjoy 71 of his most dazzling hits!

Songs include: Solitary Man America Girl, Youll Be a Woman Soon I Am, I Said Heartlight Jonathan Livingston Seagull Suite: Prologue Love on the Rocks You Dont Bring Me Flowers, with Barbra Streisand Song Sung Blue Sweet Caroline Im a Believer Cracklin Rosie He Aint Heavy, Hes My Brother Brother Loves Traveling Salvation Show Kentucky Woman Cherry, Cherry Holly Holy Red, Red Wine Soolaimon More!

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. In My Lifetime
2. Hear Them Bells
3. Blue Destiny
4. Million Miles Away
5. Good Kind of Lonely
6. What Will I Do? - Neil Diamond, Jack Parker
7. At Night
8. Clown Town
9. Flame
10. Straw in the Wind
11. Solitary Man
12. Cherry Cherry
13. Cherry Cherry [Alternate Version]
14. I Got the Feelin' (Oh No, No)
15. I'm a Believer
16. Kentucky Woman
17. Boat That I Row
18. Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon
19. You Got to Me
20. Thank the Lord for the Night Time
21. Red, Red Wine
22. Shilo
23. Brooklyn Roads
24. And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind
25. Sweet Caroline
26. Holly Holy
27. Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show

Disc 2:

1. Cracklin' Rosie
2. Done Too Soon
3. Morningside
4. Soolaimon
5. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
6. Crunchy Granola Suite
7. Play Me
8. I Am...I Said
9. Song Sung Blue
10. Jonathan Livingston Seagull Suite: Prologue
11. Jonathan Livingston Seagull Suite: Lonely Looking Sky
12. Jonathan Livingston Seagull Suite: Skybird
13. Jonathan Livingston Seagull Suite: Dear Father
14. Jonathan Livingston Seagull Suite: Be
15. I've Been This Way Before
16. Longfellow Serenade
17. Beautiful Noise [Home Demo]
18. Beautiful Noise [Album Master]
19. If You Know What I Mean
20. Dry Your Eyes
21. Desirée
22. September Morn'
23. Forever in Blue Jeans
24. You Don't Bring Me Flowers - Neil Diamond, Barbra Streisand

Disc 3:

1. America
2. Love on the Rocks
3. Scotch on the Rocks
4. Hello Again
5. Yesterday's Songs
6. I'm Alive
7. Heaven Can Wait
8. Heartlight
9. Just Need to Love You More
10. You Make It Feel Like Christmas
11. Falling
12. Dancing to the Party Next Door
13. Story of My Life
14. I'm Sayin' I'm Sorry
15. If There Were No Dreams
16. Headed for the Future
17. Hooked on the Memory of You
18. Angel Above My Head
19. Everybody
20. In My Lifetime

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11116 in Music
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 1996-10-29
• Number of discs: 3
• Formats: Box set, Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: 1.02 pounds

Features

• Get the most comprehensive Neil Diamond collection! For decades, his songs have been written on the walls of our hearts. Enjoy 71 of his most dazzling hits! ? M01422

Amazon.com
The three-CD box set In My Lifetime marks the first time songs from all phases (and all labels) of Neil Diamond's career have been gathered in one place. The 71 tracks include 5 unreleased songwriting demos from 1958-64, 3 flop singles from 1960-63 on Duel and Columbia, 11 of the Bang sides, 14 Uni cuts, 25 samples from the Columbia years, his contribution to "The Last Waltz," 11 unreleased outtakes, 1 new song, and a live version of the first song he ever wrote. It's all arranged chronologically to tell the story of his career from aspiring Brill Building songwriter to less interesting adult-contemporary superstar. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews

Neil Diamond Gets the Royal Box-Treatment He Deserves
I can't say that I'm a huge Neil Diamond fan (I don't have a single album of his, in fact). But when I recently heard "Cracklin' Rose" and "Sweet Caroline" back-to-back on the radio, I realized the man has some truly great songs, which eventually lead me to this collection.

"In My Lifetime" (71 tracks, 227 min.) is thankfully organized chronolgically, so that one can follow and understand the musical evolution of Neil Diamond. Not surprisingly CD1 is the most interesting of the collection, with the early demos and songs, near-hits and finally, hits. Be aware, 20 of the 27 tracks on CD1 are in mono. If CD1 is the most interesting, then CD2 is the "greatest hits" of the greatest hits. Blockbuster song after blockbuster song rolls along. Fascinating is "Dry Your Eyes", Neil's contribution to "The Last Waltz" farewell concert of the Band. You didn't know that Neil was part of that show? Me neither. Included also is a 5 song suite from the "Jonathan Livingstone Seagul" concept album, wich I owned and loved in the good ol' vinyl days. CD3 starts with the hits from "The Jazz Singer" remake (America, Love on the Rocks, Hello Again), and coast along following the lines of "Heartlight", which is admittedly not my favorite Diamond stuff.

If there is one surprise in this collection, it's that there is nothing in here from either the original and very successful "Hot August Night" live album, which I believe is Neil's biggest selling album ever, or any other of his live albums such as Live at the Greek and HAN 2. That aside, this collection gives the proper due to a truly gifted singer-songwriter.

Here is an exhaustive collection of hits and rarities.
With the exclusion of Neil Diamond's 'Stones', this set has all the important Neil Diamond songs. It kinda goes through Neil Diamond's career chronologically beginning with the title track 'In My Lifetime' and then moving to the first song that Neil wrote, Hear Them Bells. This song clearly points the way to a career for Neil writing catchy pop tunes. The set moves through his years at Bang records where he wrote rock and bubble gum pop. Then on into his MCA years where Neil developed a little more independence as a writer and we begin to hear more introspective lyrics and personal songs. A bulk of the material on these three CDs comes from Neil's years at Columbia Records where he still maintains a contract, along with a brief stint from Capitol Records which The Jazz Singer was released on. Throughout the compilation, one gains an insight into a career that has been phenominal. You realize, my gosh this man wrote so many songs that have been part of American culture. He is an icon, a symbol of America in a way. His songs have meant much to us over the years. This box set presents the man and his music.

A mixed bag
This is great for the early (Bang) period - original, untampered-with mono mixes all; but the great MCA/Uni years are over too quickly (it cost 'em to liscence the songs!) and we don't get to hear "Stones" which is one of my faves. There's a nice truncated suite of J. Livingstone Seagull tunes, but the third disc doesn't hold up so well - in fact, after The Jazz Singer, Mr Diamond's muse seems to have deserted him for good and most of this last disc is awful, or worse, plain embarrasing.