Neil Diamond - September Morn (1979) (LP) - €10,00

September Morn is the thirteenth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Neil Diamond. Released in 1979, the album includes a disco version of the Motown song "Dancing in the Street" and a remake of "I'm a Believer".

On September Morn, Neil Diamond began to push the borders of easy listening, concentrating more on immaculately polished studiocraft than songcraft. 

The songs are quite inconsistent, and even the best songs -- "Dancing in the Street," "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore," "Stagger Lee" -- are given inappropriately stiff and colorless arrangements. 

The title track nearly reaches the adult contemporary heights of "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," but overall the record demonstrates little personality.

 A good portion of the songs on September Morn are either written by industry songwriters or cowritten with them. While the title track is great, the majority of the memorable tracks on there, such as "The Shelter of Your Arms" or "The Good Lord Loves You", were not written by Neil.

Largely he sounds like he was dragged into the studio to put this together and really wished he was somewhere else. It was during this time that he was working on the movie version of You Don't Bring Me Flowers, which ultimately never materialized and instead led to him starring in the 1980 remake of The Jazz Singer. 

The quality of the movie aside, at least it lit a bit of a fire under him and moved him away from this schlock - at least briefly. Unfortunately, though, September Morn pretty much represents the final nail in the coffin of the Neil Diamond everyone loved, and set up a pattern of one or two truly good songs per album surrounded by forgettable tunes. 

It was a trend that would set in for the next three decades of his career, no matter how great he still was live.

Side A

A1.  September Morn - 3:51

A2.  Mama Don’t Know - 3:55

A3.  That Kind - 3:18

A4.  Jazz Time - 3:30

A5.  The Good Lord Loves You - 4:42

Side B

B1.  Dancing In The Street - 4:09

B2.  The Shelter Of Your Arms - 4:05

B3.  I’m A Believer - 2:23

B4.  The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore - 3:39

B5.  Stagger Lee - 4:10

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
• Copyright © – CBS Inc.
• Published By – Chappell
• Published By – EMA-Suisse
• Published By – Begonia Melodies
• Published By – Unichappell Music
• Published By – All Seasons Music
• Published By – Jobete Music Co., Inc.
• Published By – Print Music, Inc.
• Published By – Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc.
• Published By – Seasons Four Music
• Published By – Saturday Music
• Published By – Unart Music Corp.
• Published By – Stonebridge Music
• Pressed By – CBS, Haarlem – 01-86096
• Recorded At – Arch Angel Studios
• Recorded At – Indigo Ranch Studios
• Recorded At – Sunset Sound
• Recorded At – A&M Studios
• Recorded At – Cherokee Studios
• Recorded At – Dawnbreaker Studios
• Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
• Lacquer Cut At – The Mastering Lab

Credits

• Acoustic Guitar [Acoustic Guitars], Electric Guitar [Electric Guitars] – Doug Rhone, Richard Bennett
• Arranged By [Background Vocals Arranged By] – Bob Gaudio
• Art Direction, Design – David Kirschner
• Backing Vocals [Background Vocalists] – Becky Lopez Lewis, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Shirley Mathews, Venetta Fields
• Bass – Reinie Press
• Concertmaster – Sid Sharp
• Coordinator [Production Coordinators, Mr. Diamonds Personal Secretary] – Alison Zanetos
• Coordinator [Production Coordinators] – Beatrice E. Marks
• Drums – Dennis St. John
• Engineer [Assistant Engineers] – Corey Bailey, Debra Thompson, Dennis Hansen, Ellis Sorkin, Frank D'Amico, Mark Sackett, Richard Leech, Tony D'Amico
• Engineer [Mixing Engineers] – Bill Schnee, Dave Evans, Ron Hitchcock
• Engineer [Recording Engineers] – Andy Bloch, Rick Ruggieri, Ron Hitchcock
• Mastered By [Mastering] – Lois Walker, Mike Reese
• Percussion – King Errisson, Vince Charles
• Photography By, Cover [Photography (Cover)] – Tom Bert
• Photography By, Sleeve [Photography (Sleeve)] – Ed Caraeff
• Piano, Keyboards – Tom Hensley
• Piano, Synthesizer – Alan Lindgren
• Producer – Bob Gaudio
• Rhythm Guitar – Neil Diamond
• Vocals – Linda Press

Notes

Released:  1979

Format:  Vinyl, LP

Genre:  Soft Pop

Label:  CBS ‎Records

Catalog#  86096

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)

Cover:  Goed (VG)

Prijs: €10,00