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Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark (2008) WV (image + .cue)

Artist: Neil Diamond | Album: Home Before Dark | Released: 2008 | Label: Columbia | Catalog #: 88697154652 | Genre: Acoustic, Pop Rock, Vocal | Country: US | Duration: 01:03:00

Home Before Dark is Neil Diamond's second collaboration with producer Rick Rubin. It follows the fine but ill-fated 12 Songs, which was sabotaged by Sony's "Rootkit" program scandal: a nefarious bit of "copy protection" software that invaded the operating system of PCs and wreaked havoc. 12 Songs had to be recalled from store shelves just as Diamond received better reviews than he had in a decade. Sony reissued it in 2007, but the damage was done. Diamond, disappointed but undaunted, sought out Rubin. Rubin enlisted Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench and lead guitarist Mike Campbell, studio guitarist/bassist Smokey Hormel, and former Chavez guitar slinger Matt Sweeney. There are no drums. David Campbell did some skeletal string arrangements, but that's it. In addition, Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks duets on the track "Another Day (That Time Forgot)." Home Before Dark is a more exposed Diamond than listeners have ever heard. He's out there, bashing on his guitar and singing from a position of extreme vulnerability; he's on a wire without a net. His musicians understand what is so dynamically and poetically evident in the songs, and use painterly care in adorning them. Diamond is not a young man anymore and, thankfully, he doesn't write like one -- though he sounds lean and hungry for something just out of reach. "Forgotten" has a rock & roll progression worthy of his Bang singles. Its lyric reflects the travails of a protagonist whose heart bears hurt without the grace and wisdom that age is supposed to bring. The grain in his voice is fierce; it quavers just a bit in the refrain, and Sweeney's electric guitar nails it to the wall. It follows "One More Bite of the Apple," another rollicking rocker, but this one is about reuniting with his true beloved -- songwriting itself.

Tracklisting:

01. If I Don't See You Again (7:13)
02. Pretty Amazing Grace (4:53)
03. Don't Go There (6:04)
04. Another Day (That Time Forgot) [with Natalie Maines] (6:12)
05. One More Bite Of The Apple (6:39)
06. Forgotten (4:22)
07. Act Like A Man (4:04)
08. Whose Hands Are These (3:12)
09. No Words (4:49)
10. The Power Of Two (4:35)
11. Slow It Down (4:56)
12. Home Before Dark (6:00)