Best Of Don Cherry, The (The Columbia & Monument Sides) - Don Cherry

Advantages: It's Neil Diamond
Disadvantages: It's Neil Diamond

...Warning! Two warnings.... One, I've never done a music review. Two, it shows. Ah and a third warning. I speak very fast but when it's written down it goes on and on and I take longer to get to the point than an Eddie Izzard routine. If novellas are not your bag please feel free to leave it here! I won't be offended. I have been seduced by the dark side. Let me explain... Yes, I've become an easy listening addict. I've knowingly, voluntarily, bought a Neil Diamond album and worse, I absolutely love it! How did this happen? Heaven knows. I'm still reeling in shock. I don't think I'm having a mid-life crisis, I mean, I'm not quite 40 yet. Perhaps it's that predilection for anti-cred I've always had but anti-cred is easy when you... Read review

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Advantages: Evocative pop
Disadvantages: A bit lightweight

...This is an album that split opinion so far: my other half loves it, and she's a pretty good judge, while the critics have generally panned it. Its problem is that it's tuneful and melodic and will probably go down well with music buyers, but it’s also a bit insubstantial. One of those where you can’t say you love it but you don’t feel able to pan it, either. Cherry Ghost are kind of like England's answer to the Steve Miller Band, chiefly because the vocalist sounds a bit like him in places but also because they produce timeless tunes that veer between folk-influenced pop and rock, rather like Mr Miller. The downside is that they sound like The Coral rather than an American band, because of their Merseyside roots. No songs leap out as standouts, but they're all of a quality. A lot of the appeal is vocalist Simon Aldred... Read review

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Advantages: It's Neil Diamond
Disadvantages: He's Mr Un Cool

...on the Columbia record label, this album chronicles the very best of Neil Diamond. I’d be surprised if there isn’t a track or two that each and every one of you reading this are familiar with, whether you’ll admit to it or not, is a different matter. Several of the tracks have a similarity to the earlier musical compositions of Billy Joel.... the soft background beats, and piano melodies, at times bare an almost uncanny resemblance. Billy Joel is widely accepted as a superb musical artist, you wouldn’t be ashamed of his album in your collection, yet Neil Diamond gets hidden behind that veil of embarrassment.... strange, but true. It’s perhaps because Billy Joel moved on with his music, that he’s accepted. His style changed with the times, yet whether you listen to Neil Diamond’s 60’s or 90’s... Read review

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