I really liked this album, and am very happy with having bought it. Have played many times and love this CD.

I haven't heard Neil Diamond for years but he is the same. I bought this because of the song Pretty Amazing Grace but the rest of the cd is just as good. If you are not a Diamond u will be after this.

My husband and I received as gifts from our three children tickets to see Neil Diamond perform next week. I was eager to receive his latest CD as I knew he would perform some of the songs - it deserves to be NO. 1 on the charts - love it.

Neil just keepsgetting better nd better with each album. HOME BEFORE DARK
is the latest arrival in my ND collection...Neil looks great, sounds great, and like a vitage wine, he keeps getting better and better. Its a
good album. Check it out!!! Teri

This the One of the Best Of Neil Diamond.


There are 4 Studios Videos with this and Let me tell you that at 67 Years Young Neil is the Most Talented Music and Songwriter, I can see and feel both. He is Beautiful/Sexy and has Aged Gracefully. His Voice Is and Always Will be Best.

Thank You Neil Diamond and Everyone Involved in Making this Excellent Cd/Dvd.
It is Awesome!!

I Love all the Tracks, But....

My Favs:If I Don't See You Again and Forgotten.


See you Neil 8/23/08 at the Home of the 2007 World Champions Boston Red Sox!!! Fenway Park! YIPEE!!!


"The Basher" was the Nickname Neil Diamond was Dubbed During the Making of this Awesome Cd. If you want to know why you Must Buy it to found out.

You will not in Any Way be Disappointed.

Both CD & DVD were in excellent shape, even though the seller advertized them as, "Used." They also shipped promptly after payment was made.

Robert Christgau wrote a great review during a slump in Elton John's career: Rock and Roll those blues away. For most of us fans, it was his melodies and hooks that grabbed us. I am I said has some of the dumbest lyrics of all times, but that beginning just wouldn't let go. So, many of us hoped that this would be a time to find those chords again. I appreciate that the muted arrangements avoid the dreck of most of Three Chord Opera, but what I really want is a album of great melodies. You think if Neil begged, Lee Holdridge would come back? I do think that it is amazing that at 67, Another Day stands as one of his greatest songs; how many guys who started in the 60's have pulled THAT off?

I'm glad Neil has been recognized with a Number One album, but "Home Before Dark" is not my favorite. It is great music, but I still find his earlier music (late 60's to early 70's) to be more fun and enjoyable to listen to. I am very excited to see him in concert this fall.

There is no one singer like Neil Diamond. I enjoyed this newest CD with only one reservation...he needs to put more "life" into his music. I've given it a four star rating because it's Neil but I hope his next endeavor will have some of his earlier "life."

Home Before Dark (Deluxe Edition with DVD)

True Diamond fans will enjoy this album . " If I Don't See You Again" especially touched my heart . Keep them coming Neil - I will always want to see you again!!!! I am very pleased with my purchase , CD and DVD.

Neil Diamond has done it again. It's been awhile since I've loved an entire CD and this is it. Beautifully written and sung, it will lift your heart with the lyrics and music. Pretty Amazing Grace can mean a lot of different things to different people and that is the beauty of that song. Another Day with Natalie Maines astounds me with the beauty of the lyrics, music and one of the best piano parts I've heard in a long time. Hearing a piano sound exactly like the words just spoken is pure genius. Whether you get the special edition or not. This CD is REAL music.

His creativity is very unique and this recording is another example. From the first piece that begins with a single instrument and Neil's voice, the entire album comes alive with numerous rhythms and creative text. The harmony of the guitars and synthesizer is fantistic and a pleasure to experience.

This was a longed for comeback album, though it can be paired with 12 Songs, as both were influenced totally by Rick Rubin. And the songs have a Johnny Cash/Rick Rubin produced sound. Almost as if Neil sat there and wrote songs and arranged them according to Rick's specifications. Something was just off for me, and the overall tone was - and I hate to say this, but it was indulgent. I could see Rick telling Neil to just let it all hang out, so this does not seem like Neil's own idea. I love Neil Diamond, and have for over 40 years, but in buying these 2 latest albums I realized I loved Cherry Cherry, Solitary Man, Forever in Blue Jeans, Kentucky Woman, and about 5 other songs, but the rest, not so much. Why? I find these new songs are not so memorable. Yes, they are deeply philosophical and confessional, but it is not enjoyable listening to them. It's uncomfortable, for the most part. So I won't say anymore. I'll just play my Solitary Man - one of the most perfect songs ever written - and put the new ones back on the shelf for now.

What I did enjoy on 12 Songs was the duet with Brian Wilson, and on this one, Pretty Amazing Grace. It's a beautiful song and the only truly memorable one. I was blown away by it. Maybe if I listen a few more times the rest will grow on me?

Home Before Dark (Deluxe Edition with DVD)
I am a Neil Diamond fan. I saw him at the London Palladium in the eighties and it was the only time I have ever purchased a ticket from a scalper. I have never had a bad word to say about one of his records and have only praise about his new production.

Love it, send first one back and found out it was my fault, I tried playing DVD in CD slot, didn't work, read a little further and now absolutely love it.

If you liked 12 Songs, you'll love this CD.
I can't wait for his next collaboration with Rick Rubin.

Having grown up on Neil Diamond and Jimmy Buffett, I have continued to support these artists as I have grown. This album was good, but it could have used a little more variety for me. It is a good acustical album.

One of Neil Diamond's best CD's. Great purchase, fast shipping and awesome customer service.

This set was well worth the extra money. Although the dvd is only 4 songs it is awesome to see Neil singing. The cd is excellent - Neil Diamond's voice is just as great as ever. Now we are just hoping for a concert not too far away - the only thing better than a ND cd is a ND concert.

Been a Neil Diamond fan for 40 years and we really love his new CD with all his new songs. Can't wait to see him in person in September!!

Not one of Neil Diamond's best, not even close to his earlier recordings. Neil's voice is shot and he should consider hanging up the mic and concentrate on writing music.

When my Grandmother read in the paper that Neil's new cd was being released, she couldn't wait to get a copy. I went on amazon and much to my delight saw that the new cd came with a short dvd. I bought it immediately and she was thrilled to receive it in the mail. She loves loves loves Neil Diamond. She's shared it with all of her friends.

I am a true Neil Diamond fan. This album is excellent. It is simple and beautiful with a touch of Nashville thrown in.

I couldn't wait to get my hands on this new album. Great promotion and marketing by his production company. I really love listening to Neil and his songs. I was a little disappointed by the fact that all the songs are sung with accoustic guitar and perhaps a piano, organ or string bass thrown in. No percussion at all. No electric music at all. No amazing arrangements and orchestration that we usually find in his work. Nevertheless, a good compilation of songs from the heart. Can't wait to see him in concert in August!

EXCELLENT CD. BOUGHT 1 FOR MY HOME AND 1 FOR MY TRUCK.
OUTSTANDING IS ALL I CAN SAY.

Neil did it once again. Age may have affected his voice a little but the same raspy tones are still their in a more moderate mode. Definitely worth adding to anyone's collection.

I absorbed every Neil Diamond album and song he recorded in the 60's and 70's. He seemed to lose his edge after that and I drifted away. I bought Home After Dark because of the advance reviews. On the first listen, I thought Neil sounded like a derivative of himself! I could hear glimpses of his great melodies on "Moods" and some of his playfulness of "Velvet Gloves and Spit". But I did not feel that this new album rose to either of those efforts. I listened again, and some things began to reveal themselves to me. I especially like the way he took the 3 note motif of "Don't Go There" and used it again in "Another Day That Time Forgot".
And I listened a few more times. You know how it is... Some tunes stick with you and play over in your head and some drift away. This album is like that. I can't say that I like every song, like I used to from the 70's, but I do like some of them, and Neil remains one of my lifelong favorites.

Gave this CD to my mom for Mother's Day. She and I have followed Neil Diamond's songs over the years. This CD is equal's his past hits.

Home Before Dark is even better than his previous 12 Songs...I didn't think that was possible.

There are few if any current day pop musicians who can match the musical ability of Neil Diamond. This CD is super!!! Melodies that have the unique blends and arrangements we would expect from ND, with lyrics that have meaning, yet are clever. You'll find these songs still playing in your head for days after you hear them. This CD is an absolute MUST BUY for us Baby Boomers who grew up with Neil Diamond, but also anyone younger who wants to listen to truly GOOD music!!

THIS IS THE SECOND EDITION OF A NEW NEIL DIAMOND ERA. DIAMOND SOUNDS GREAT AND SINGS FROM THE HEART."IF I DON'T SEE YOU AGAIN" IS MY FAVORITE SONG.

I've listened to this once, and that's probably the only time I'll ever listen to it. From a songwriter of Neil Diamond's caliber the lyrics sound like they were written by a high school freshman in his first creative writing class.
Example:
All I want
Is to do it once more
Let me get through that door
Cause I still do believe that I can
Want that one more bite of the apple
And just a chance to taste it once again
Been around the world a time or two
Everywhere I've been I thought of me and you
I was hoping you'd remember how it used to be
And maybe that you'd still remember me
And that apple just as sweet as it could be
Reach right up and pick one of that apple tree

Just vague "you" and "me." Who's singing here about apples, Adam to Eve? "Remember how it used to be." What is "it?" The Garden of Eden before The Fall? His recording career? A relationship between two people? I want back through "that door?" First mention of a door comes at the end of the song. What's that about?

Neil's voice has never sounded better, but it's frustrating that it's wasted on such inane lyrics.

Things are gonna get serious.
What a waste of a chance for the two of us.
What can I do?
Is it so mysterious?
I would be much less than I am
if I couldn't have you.

Neil, you say you would be "less than I am," but you never say exactly what that is. What is it that this other person did that made you what you are? S/he was your "friend" and "by your side," but why, specifically--in the set of circumstances that precipitated this song--did you need a friend by your side? Rick Rubin also produced Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt," and he should've made Neil listen to it every day, forcing him to tighten up his songwriting.

Neil seems to be drawing from a well-used group of metaphors and similes: "I was an empty vessel, you filled me up inside." Plato was using "empty vessel" as a metaphor way back then.

Some of my first albums growing up were Neil Diamond albums. I'd listen to "Hot August Night" through headphones, over and over. Compared to that album, this just seems like phoning it in.

Five stars for Neil's voice, zero stars for the album averages two stars, rounding down, just because I can.

What Fun! It may take many years, but Neil Diamond is really Cool again.
His music has always struck a wonderful chord with me personally, and I know for others too. But, this CD - is surely his best. What beautiful music, what beautiful lyrics and the Wow in arrangments. All of the songs on the "Home Before Dark" are songs we can all sing to. They all keep ringing in my head. I just can't seem to keep them out.

I am so happy that this CD finally made the Number #1 Album. I am hoping that he will receive his just rewards; an emmy, and finally I hope that he will be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but I will not hold my breath on that one.

It all started with "12 Songs" I loved "12 Songs" and it began at the Number # 4 on the charts, but because of spyware trouble it had to be taken off the shelves which did harm to Neil's CD, and to the computer's. That was just a terrible time for Neil. But, he kept at it and now he is receiving the kudo's he so rightly deserves. I beleive so much that "12 Songs is very much connected to "Home Before Dark", and it is a way of saying "Yes, to Neil". You are Number 1, and it is also Number 1 in the UK, and no dobut Number 1 will continue while he is in Europe touring and singing his beloved songs. Horray for Neil Diamond.

We Love You Neil.....the Poet of our Time.

Being a Neil Diamond fan all my adult life, this review may be a little biased. But, I find myself listening to this CD over and over and over again. Yes, it is a melancholy album, but that is where he is at his best.

Neil Diamond continues to pull from his heart and soul a masterful treat in presenting his newest music. Love it, love Neil and looking forward to hearing him in concert in Omaha, NE on July 24th!