In My Lifetime (3CD)

by Sony

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Release Date:1996-10-29
Label:Sony
UPC:074646501320
Binding:Audio CD
Published By:Sony
ASIN:B000002AF7
Category:Music

Tracks on In My Lifetime (3CD) by Sony

  1. In My Lifetime
  2. Hear Them Bells
  3. Blue Destiny
  4. A Million Miles Away
  5. A Good Kind of Lonely
  6. What Will I Do?
  7. At Night
  8. Clown Town
  9. Flame
  10. Straw in the Wind
  11. Solitary Man
  12. Cherry Cherry
  13. Cherry Cherry
  14. I Got the Feelin' (Oh No, No)
  15. I'm a Believer
  16. Kentucky Woman
  17. The 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
  28. Cracklin' Rosie
  29. Done Too Soon
  30. Morningside
  31. Soolaimon
  32. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - Neil Diamond, Russell, Bob
  33. Crunchy Granola Suite
  34. Play Me
  35. I Am...I Said
  36. Song Sung Blue
  37. Jonathan Livingston Seagull Suite: Prologue
  38. Jonathan Livingston Seagull Suite: Lonely Looking Sky
  39. Jonathan Livingston Seagull Suite: Skybird
  40. Jonathan Livingston Seagull Suite: Dear Father
  41. Jonathan Livingston Seagull Suite: Be
  42. I've Been This Way Before
  43. Longfellow Serenade
  44. Beautiful Noise
  45. Beautiful Noise
  46. If You Know What I Mean
  47. Dry Your Eyes
  48. Desirée
  49. September Morn'
  50. Forever in Blue Jeans - Neil Diamond, Bennett, Richard
  51. You Don't Bring Me Flowers - Neil Diamond, Bergman, Alan
  52. America
  53. Love on the Rocks
  54. Scotch on the Rocks
  55. Hello Again
  56. Yesterday's Songs
  57. I'm Alive
  58. Heaven Can Wait
  59. Heartlight
  60. Just Need to Love You More
  61. You Make It Feel Like Christmas
  62. Falling
  63. Dancing to the Party Next Door
  64. The Story of My Life
  65. I'm Sayin' I'm Sorry
  66. If There Were No Dreams
  67. Headed for the Future
  68. Hooked on the Memory of You
  69. Angel Above My Head
  70. Everybody
  71. In My Lifetime

Editorial Reviews and Product Descriptions

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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

As a boxed set this kind of disappointed me - Reviewed on 2008-06-28
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1 customer found this review not to be helpful.
This boxed set is in a beautiful case with an impressive colour booklet and his comments on all the songs. I can't fault the lovely presentation, and yet as a product it falls short of what it could have been. Instead of 3 disks, why not use the space in the large box for 4 disks? And why include all the songs that every fan or even casual listener already knows? The truly fascinating ones were the demos and rarities. The set should have contained ONLY demos, rarities and alternate takes. We already have all the other songs and do not need them again! In fact I have THREE different greatest hits compilations besides this one, because I was trying to get all the tracks I did not have. Even this "definitive" collection does not have everything so it's just another, except for the booklet, the case, and the few rarities!

I have to say, in reviewing the "new" material, the previously unreleased tracks (very few), that these were highly enjoyable and just made me want more. In fact I loved Scotch on the Rocks a lot more than the final version, Love on the Rocks. And I loved hearing his daughters join in with his early rehearsal of Beautiful Noise.

I guess for some this could be fun just as it is, and listened to straight through as a retrospective, but to me it's just another collection missing a lot of tracks, and I bought it JUST for the couple of rare tracks, and it was quite pricy for that!



Wonderful album! - Reviewed on 2008-01-16
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I love every song on the album and he really is a great singer. I will treasure this set of CDs for many years to come.
Neil Diamond was one of the highlights of my lifetime and was a very pleasant part of my era.
In My Lifetime - Neil Diamond - Reviewed on 2007-10-28
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I haven't opened this yet, as I purchased it for a Christmas gift. However, I do want to say that it contains almost everything Neil Diamond has recorded, and some that I haven't heard. I know my husband will be thrilled on Christmas morning.
Diamond box set has lots of gems for little money. - Reviewed on 2007-06-28
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4 customers found this review helpful, 1 did not.

Well, I finally got old enough to let myself buy and listen to whatever I want whether or not it's considered "cool". I rememberd I always enjoyed the earlier Neil Diamond classics when I heard them on the radio years ago, and then I wondered why I never actually bought any of his music.

Some may think that this guy is corny, but let's face it, he's got a great voice and he wrote some classics, and the arrangements are often excellent too, so why not load up on Neil Diamond at this price? Anyway, I looked at all the options, the greatest hits CDs and various compilations, and I settled on this one.

I must say it's great to hear these old classics without the DJ talk over the beginning and the end, and on a high quality sound system. It's also great to hear some of his not so well knows stuff thrown in there too. It's plenty listenable, but I won't get sick of it quite as much as if it was just the "favorites" one after another. Great stuff!
Good compilation, but one big mistake... - Reviewed on 2007-01-27
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2 customers found this review helpful, 4 did not.

..Neil Diamond obnoxiously assumed we would be entertained/intrigued/touched by letting his little kids be present on a few songs. It killed the CD set for me. I have copied the best songs and sold it already. Very disappointing. Otherwise he was great and his songs bring back alot of memories from the '70s.
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