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 7507 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 171.
(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).
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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 | 3,708 | 83/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2025 12:22 | RemainInLight | 3,573 | 35/100 |
| ! | 08/29/2023 19:00 | Jibb | 1,392 | 82/100 |
| ! | 12/09/2021 16:31 | Markstar1 | 277 | 87/100 |
| ! | 09/13/2021 04:01 |  zags7000 | 20,565 | 64/100 |
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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.
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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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