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Lovescape frames Neil Diamond's typically strong, if a little over-dramatic, vocal style with plinking keyboards, cooing backup singers, and hissing, breathy synthesizers. It's all drenched in the kind of reverb that screams "lite rock radio sap." Fortunately, Diamond's wine-stained voice is still full of emotion and more than capable of closing the album's gaping holes with a just-right emphasis here and a plaintive growl there. "Mountains of Love"'s sanitized world beat groove and keening horns would shrivel in anyone else's hands. But when Neil sings "Come on let's go/We've got room on that mountain of love," you want to believe in his feed-the-world message and follow him right to the top of the peak (how does he climb in those ankle boots?). A strummed acoustic guitar slows down the Hammond/Warren composition "Don't Turn Around," letting it breathe like the classic "Red Red Wine" -- Diamond's take has none of the mechanization of Ace of Base's later hit version. He has written or co-written 11 of Lovescape's 15 tracks, and it's his lilting, bruised heart duet with Kim Carnes that's the obvious standout. Elsewhere, he covers "One Hand, One Heart" from West Side Story, refueling the ballad with his typical message of unification and peace, and buoys the faint country feel of "When You Miss Your Love" with a deft vocal touch, never letting it drift into dangerous Elton John territory. Although heaping helpings of synthesizer do their worst to slow him down, Diamond does his best with Lovescape's material, and salvages a handful of memorable moments for longtime listeners or the casual fan.
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
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Alan Lindgren, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Hensley, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Val Garay, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Neil Diamond, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - George Marino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Bosworth, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michel Legrand, ComposerLyricist - ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - BRETT SWAIN, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nathaniel Kunkel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATTHEW GRUBER, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Eldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy de Fazio, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1991 Neil Diamond
Alan Lindgren, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Humberto Gatica, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Hensley, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Neil Diamond, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - George Marino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Bosworth, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Franglen, Unknown, Other - BRETT SWAIN, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nathaniel Kunkel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATTHEW GRUBER, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bernie Becker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Eldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy de Fazio, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Assa Drory, Unknown, Other
℗ 1991 Neil Diamond
Humberto Gatica, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Robbie Buchanan, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Diane Warren, ComposerLyricist - Neil Diamond, MainArtist - George Marino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Bosworth, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Albert Hammond, Producer, ComposerLyricist - ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - BRETT SWAIN, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nathaniel Kunkel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATTHEW GRUBER, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Darren Klein, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Eldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy de Fazio, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1991 Neil Diamond
Alan Lindgren, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Humberto Gatica, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Neil Diamond, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - George Marino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Bosworth, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - BRETT SWAIN, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nathaniel Kunkel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATTHEW GRUBER, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bernie Becker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Eldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy de Fazio, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1991 Neil Diamond
Peter Asher, Producer - Neil Diamond, MainArtist - Frank Wolf, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Marino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Bosworth, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gavin Wright, Unknown, Other - BRETT SWAIN, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nathaniel Kunkel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry E. Williams, ComposerLyricist - MATTHEW GRUBER, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Eldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy de Fazio, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1991 Neil Diamond
Alan Lindgren, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Humberto Gatica, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Hensley, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Neil Diamond, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - George Marino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Bosworth, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - BRETT SWAIN, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nathaniel Kunkel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATTHEW GRUBER, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bernie Becker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Eldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy de Fazio, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Assa Drory, Unknown, Other
℗ 1991 Neil Diamond
Alan Lindgren, Unknown, Other - Peter Asher, Producer - Leonard Bernstein, Author - Neil Diamond, MainArtist - Stephen Sondheim, Composer - Frank Wolf, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Marino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Bosworth, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gavin Wright, Unknown, Other - BRETT SWAIN, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nathaniel Kunkel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATTHEW GRUBER, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Eldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy de Fazio, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1991 Neil Diamond
Kim Carnes, MainArtist - Alan Lindgren, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Humberto Gatica, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Hensley, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Val Garay, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Neil Diamond, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - George Marino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Bosworth, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - BRETT SWAIN, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nathaniel Kunkel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATTHEW GRUBER, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Eldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy de Fazio, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1991 Neil Diamond
Doug Rhone, ComposerLyricist - Don Was, Producer - Neil Diamond, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - George Marino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Bosworth, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ed Cherney, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BRETT SWAIN, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nathaniel Kunkel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hadley Hockensmith, ComposerLyricist - MATTHEW GRUBER, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Eldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy de Fazio, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1991 Neil Diamond
Alan Lindgren, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Humberto Gatica, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Hensley, ComposerLyricist - Neil Diamond, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - George Marino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Bosworth, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - BRETT SWAIN, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nathaniel Kunkel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATTHEW GRUBER, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bernie Becker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Eldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy de Fazio, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Assa Drory, Unknown, Other
℗ 1991 Neil Diamond
Humberto Gatica, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Doug Rhone, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Neil Diamond, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - George Marino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Bosworth, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - BRETT SWAIN, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nathaniel Kunkel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATTHEW GRUBER, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bernie Becker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Eldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy de Fazio, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1991 Neil Diamond
Alan Lindgren, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Humberto Gatica, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Hensley, ComposerLyricist - Neil Diamond, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - George Marino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Bosworth, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - BRETT SWAIN, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nathaniel Kunkel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATTHEW GRUBER, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bernie Becker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Eldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy de Fazio, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Assa Drory, Unknown, Other
℗ 1991 Neil Diamond
Alan Lindgren, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Humberto Gatica, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Neil Diamond, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - George Marino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Bosworth, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - BRETT SWAIN, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nathaniel Kunkel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vince Charles, ComposerLyricist - King Errisson, ComposerLyricist - MATTHEW GRUBER, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bernie Becker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Eldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy de Fazio, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1991 Neil Diamond
Humberto Gatica, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Hensley, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Neil Diamond, Producer, MainArtist - George Marino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Bosworth, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - BRETT SWAIN, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nathaniel Kunkel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATTHEW GRUBER, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Cole, ComposerLyricist - Bernie Becker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Eldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy de Fazio, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1991 Neil Diamond
Alan Lindgren, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Humberto Gatica, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Hensley, ComposerLyricist - Neil Diamond, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - George Marino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Bosworth, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - BRETT SWAIN, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nathaniel Kunkel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATTHEW GRUBER, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bernie Becker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Eldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy de Fazio, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Assa Drory, Unknown, Other
℗ 1991 Neil Diamond
Album review
Lovescape frames Neil Diamond's typically strong, if a little over-dramatic, vocal style with plinking keyboards, cooing backup singers, and hissing, breathy synthesizers. It's all drenched in the kind of reverb that screams "lite rock radio sap." Fortunately, Diamond's wine-stained voice is still full of emotion and more than capable of closing the album's gaping holes with a just-right emphasis here and a plaintive growl there. "Mountains of Love"'s sanitized world beat groove and keening horns would shrivel in anyone else's hands. But when Neil sings "Come on let's go/We've got room on that mountain of love," you want to believe in his feed-the-world message and follow him right to the top of the peak (how does he climb in those ankle boots?). A strummed acoustic guitar slows down the Hammond/Warren composition "Don't Turn Around," letting it breathe like the classic "Red Red Wine" -- Diamond's take has none of the mechanization of Ace of Base's later hit version. He has written or co-written 11 of Lovescape's 15 tracks, and it's his lilting, bruised heart duet with Kim Carnes that's the obvious standout. Elsewhere, he covers "One Hand, One Heart" from West Side Story, refueling the ballad with his typical message of unification and peace, and buoys the faint country feel of "When You Miss Your Love" with a deft vocal touch, never letting it drift into dangerous Elton John territory. Although heaping helpings of synthesizer do their worst to slow him down, Diamond does his best with Lovescape's material, and salvages a handful of memorable moments for longtime listeners or the casual fan.
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:47
- Main artists: Neil Diamond
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Neil Diamond
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1991 Neil Diamond ℗ 2014 Neil Diamond
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