Neil Diamond: Dreams – review

(Sony)Johnny Cash's Rick Rubin-produced American Recordings series of bleak covers has provided many a mature performer with a blueprint for career rebirth. However, after previously working with Rubin on mostly original material (including 2008's Home Before Dark, Diamond's first ever US/UK No 1), Dreams works better than most. The 69-year-old singer – who has confessed in interviews to having virtually no real friends – has unearthed the lonely, desolate heart of songs as diverse as Bill ...

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