Primitive (Neil Diamond album)

Primitive
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Studio album by Neil Diamond
Released 1984 (1984)
Length 39:33
Label Columbia
Producer Various
Neil Diamond chronology
Classics: The Early Years
(1983)Classics: The Early Years1983		 Primitive
(1984)		 Headed for the Future
(1986)Headed for the Future1986
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Primitive is the sixteenth studio album by Neil Diamond. It was released in 1984 on Columbia Records. Its singles "Turn Around", "Sleep With Me Tonight", and "You Make Me Feel Like Christmas" reach numbers 4, 24, and 28, respectively on the Billboard Adult Contemporary singles chart, while "Turn Around" also reached number 62 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[2] The album was certified gold by the RIAA on October 5, 1984 [3]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Turn Around"Burt Bacharach, Neil Diamond, Carole Bayer Sager3:45
2."Primitive"Neil Diamond4:27
3."Fire on the Tracks"Neil Diamond3:07
4."Brooklyn on a Saturday Night"Neil Diamond3:41
5."Sleep With Me Tonight"Burt Bacharach, Neil Diamond, Carole Bayer Sager3:42
6."Crazy"Burt Bacharach, Neil Diamond, Carole Bayer Sager3:41
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."My Time With You"Tom Hensley, Alan Lindgren4:29
2."Love's Own Song"Sam Cole, Doug Rhone3:32
3."It's a Trip (Go for the Moon)"Neil Diamond2:49
4."You Make It Feel Like Christmas"Neil Diamond3:58
5."One by One"Neil Diamond2:37

Personnel

  • Burt Bacharach - piano
  • Richard Bennett - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Michael Boddicker - synthesizer
  • Robbie Buchanan -synthesizer
  • Lenny Castro - percussion
  • Vince Charles - percussion
  • Michel Colombier - keyboards
  • Paulinho da Costa - percussion
  • Neil Diamond - vocals, guitar
  • George Doering - guitar
  • David Foster - Fender Rhodes, synthesizer
  • Steve George - background vocals
  • Tom Hensley - keyboards, piano
  • Dennis Herring - guitar
  • King Errisson - percussion
  • Alan Lindgren - piano, synthesizer
  • Steve Mitchell - synthesizer
  • Richard Page - background vocals
  • Richard Perry - background vocals
  • Greg Phillinganes - keyboards
  • Linda Press - vocals, background vocals
  • Reinie Press bass
  • Doug Rhone - guitar, background vocals
  • John "J.R." Robinson - drums
  • Neil Stubenhaus - bass
  • Ron Tutt - drums, background vocals
  • Marty Walsh - guitar
  • Larry Williams - background vocals

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Primitive at AllMusic
  2. ↑ "Awards for Primitive". Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Primitive". Retrieved February 27, 2014. Note: Enter "Primitive" into the search engine.
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