Album info

• Title Sweet Caroline
• Artist Neil Diamond
• Year 1969
• Genre Pop

Tracklist

Side one

1. Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show
2. Dig In
3. River Runs, Newgrown Plums
4. Juliet
5. Long Gone
6. And the Grass Won’t Pay No Mind

Side two

1. Glory Road
2. Deep in the Morning
3. If I Never Knew Your Name
4. Memphis Streest
5. You’re So Sweet, Horseflies Keep Hangin’ ‘Round Your Face
6. Hurtin’ You Don’t Come Easy
7. Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)

Thoughts

I only know a couple of Neil Diamond songs, and so for my first album of his, it was lucky that it had one song on it that I knew. The album reminded me quite a lot of Johnny Cash - not in terms of sound, but just the sort of genre. Shorter songs, quite odd topics (the horseflies round your face thing really confused me, I think he thinks it’s a compliment). I quite liked it but I’m not sure I’d particularly seek it out again.

Rating: 2 / 5