12 Songs
by Neil Diamond
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Neil Diamond bestography
12 Songs is ranked 6th best out of 54 albums by Neil Diamond on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Neil Diamond is Just For You which is ranked number 7576 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 169.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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12 Songs track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
12 Songs rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | AllMusic Guide Best Albums 2005 | 14/50 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | People Magazine Best Albums 2005 | 5/10 | - |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 86 Music Albums of 2005 | 86/86 | 0 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 97 Music Albums of 2005 | 87/97 | 1 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 25/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | davidhuret | Top 17 Music Albums of 2005 | 8/17 | 3 |
| 2022 | arnellarsen | Top 88 Music Albums of the 2000s | 12/88 | 18 |
| 2022 | arnellarsen | BubblingUnder100Greatest201-300 | 40/51 | - |
| 2022 | arnellarsen | Top 84 Music Albums of 2005 | 64/84 | 1 |
| 2021 | davidhuret | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 74/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 30 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 70 | |||
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12 Songs ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/09/2026 09:59 | Leginlists | 3,837 | 83/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2025 12:22 | RemainInLight | 3,758 | 35/100 |
| ! | 08/29/2023 19:00 | Jibb | 1,394 | 82/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.2/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.3.
Forum mentions
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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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