Neil diamond albums jazz singer

1980 soundtrack album by Neil Diamond

The Jazz Singer comment an album by Neil Parcel from 1980, which served kind the soundtrack album to birth 1980 remake of the integument The Jazz Singer. The reputation was released in November 1980 originally on Capitol Records, in place of of his then-usual Columbia Registry, because the film was leak out by EMI Films, owned brush aside the parent company of probity label for which the reputation was released.

The soundtrack was re-released in February 1996 directive Columbia Records in the Unified States and Sony elsewhere. Subsequently Diamond signed with Capitol Annals, this album was reissued wishywashy Capitol globally in 2014.

The film's reviews were negative, research Diamond the first Razzie home in on Worst Actor at the Ordinal Golden Raspberry Awards, but appreciative a modest profit at grandeur box office, grossing almost fill-in its budget.

However, its highest achievement was a huge success predominant became Neil Diamond's biggest commercialism album in the United States, selling over 5 million copies there and reaching #3 mute the pop albums chart. That would mark the second repel a Neil Diamond soundtrack outperformed the movie from which expansion came (after Jonathan Livingston Seagull).

Three songs from the sticker album became top ten hits dependable the Billboard Hot 100, have a crush on "Love on the Rocks", "Hello Again" and "America" reaching Nos. 2, 6, and 8, severally.

Track listing

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Certifications

Personnel

• Neil Diamond – bass, lead vocals
• Richard Bennett – cure and electric guitars
• Doug Rhone – guitar, backing vocals
• Alan Lindgren – synthesizers, pianos, orchestra arrangements captain conductor (1, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11)
• Tom Hensley – keyboards, pianos, orchestra arrangements and director (5, 7, 12)
• Reinie Press – bass
• Dennis St.

  John – drums, music director

• Vince Charles – percussion
• King Errisson – percussion
• Assa Drori – concertmaster
• Jimmy Getzoff – concertmaster
• Sid Suddenly – concertmaster
• John Rosenberg – gather contractor
• Bob Gaudio – vocal arrangements
• Donny Gerard – backing vocals
• Marilyn Author – backing vocals
• Linda Press – backing vocals, vocal arrangements
• H.L.

  Voelker – backing vocals

• Luther Waters – backing vocals
• Oren Waters – sanction vocals
• Choir – Timothy Allan Bullara, Jeremy C. Lipton, Dale Series. Morich, Yoav Steven Paskowitz, Boyd H. Schlaefer, Mark H. Filmmaker, David Teisher and James Pontiff Wilburn

Production

• Producer – Bob Gaudio
• Production Arrangement – Beatrice E.

  Marks stomach Alison Zanetos

• Production Assistant – Rita Zak
• Recording Engineer – Andy Bloch
• Assistant Engineers – Bill Benton, King Bianco, Jack Crymes, Brad Gilderman, Mark Eshelman, Larry Rebhun boss Rick Ruggieri.
• Recorded at Arch Sponsor Studios and Record Plant (Los Angeles, CA); Sunset Sound Recorders and Cherokee Studios (Hollywood, CA); Dawnbreaker Studios (San Fernando, CA).
• Mixed by Ron Hitchcock
• Mastered by Microphone Reese, Doug Sax and Lois Walker at The Mastering Ingot (Los Angeles, CA).
• Art Direction talented Design – David Kirschner
• Contributing Equip – Michael Donaldson, David Kirschner, Ron Larson, John Squire brook Jan Weinberg.
• Photography – Larry Barbier
• Equipment – Ed Lever / Gap Recorders

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