12 Songs
by Neil Diamond

12 Songs by Neil Diamond
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-11-08
Overall rank: 16,773rd   
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 28 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (313th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (3,060th)
Award Best albums of all time (16,773rd)

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Neil Diamond bestography

12 Songs is ranked 6th best out of 53 albums by Neil Diamond on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Neil Diamond is Just For You which is ranked number 7569 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 166.

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12 Songs rankings

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Overall rank: 16,773rd | 2000s rank: 3,060th | 2005 rank: 313th

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This is without doubt, the best album Neil Diamond has ever released. It's a wonderful set of excellent acoustic songs, far and above the most consistent record he has ever made. A lot of credit must go to producer Rick Rubin, who challenged Diamond to wrote a set of songs without the negative aspects of the artist's work, I.e; middle of the road crap. There's no weak tracks here, from the lovely opener, hey Mary, the contemplative, hell yeah, and the cool jazz/rock of, I'm on to you. Other great tracks are, captain of a shipwreck, the rollicking, delirious love, and the enjoyable, we. It's all good stuff, and if there's anybody out there who has always avoided Neil Diamond, and you're a fan of singer/songwriter music, then I urge you to get this album, you will not be disappointed.
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