Neil Diamond 50 – 50th Anniversary Collection

Neil Diamond 50 – 50th Anniversary Collection is a retrospective of 50 Neil Diamond songs recorded between 1966 and 2014. It was released in March 2017.^[2]

Neil Diamond 50 – 50th Anniversary Collection
Compilation album by Neil Diamond
Released	March 31, 2017
Recorded	1966–2014
Genre	Pop rock
Label	Universal Music Group and Capitol Music Group
Neil Diamond chronology
Acoustic Christmas (2016) Neil Diamond 50 – 50th Anniversary Collection (2017) Hot August Night III (2018)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Diamond selected the songs for Neil Diamond 50. Its tracks range from the 1966 album The Feel of Neil Diamond to 2014's Melody Road. A three-disc set with liner notes by David Fricke, it includes songs that Rolling Stone described as "staples in the American pop songbook".^[3]

The collection was also issued in a limited edition 6-disc book, comprising 115 tracks, and including 12 previously unreleased songs.

A 50th Anniversary World Tour coincided with the release of the box. It began on April 7, 2017, in Fresno, California.^[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Neil Diamond, except where noted.

Disc 1

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Solitary Man" (single version)	2:33
2.	"Cherry, Cherry" (single version)	2:42
3.	"I Got the Feelin' (Oh No, No)"	2:09
4.	"You Got to Me"	2:53
5.	"Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon"	3:20
6.	"I'm a Believer"	2:47
7.	"Thank the Lord for the Night Time" (single version)	3:02
8.	"Red Red Wine"	2:42
9.	"Sunday Sun" (album version)	2:47
10.	"Shilo" (single version)	3:26
11.	"Kentucky Woman" (single version)	2:26
12.	"Brooklyn Roads"	3:38
13.	"Glory Road"	3:21
14.	"Holly Holy" (single version)	4:39
15.	"And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind"	3:33
16.	"Sweet Caroline" (album version)	3:23
17.	"Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show"	3:33

Disc 2

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Done Too Soon"	2:42
2.	"Soolaimon" (album version)	4:12
3.	"Cracklin' Rosie" (single version)	2:58
4.	"Crunchy Granola Suite" (single version)	2:55
5.	"I Am...I Said" (single version)	3:35
6.	"Stones"	3:06
7.	"Morningside"	4:08
8.	"Song Sung Blue" (single version)	3:16
9.	"Play Me"	3:51
10.	"Be (Recapitulation and Farewell to Fletcher)"	3:31
11.	"Skybird"	2:21
12.	"Lonely Looking Sky"	3:11
13.	"I've Been This Way Before"	3:46
14.	"Longfellow Serenade"	3:52
15.	"Beautiful Noise"	3:24
16.	"Street Life"	3:00
17.	"If You Know What I Mean"	3:45

Disc 3

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Desiree"		3:21
2.	"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (solo version)	Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Diamond	3:10
3.	"Forever in Blue Jeans"	Richard Bennett, Diamond	3:36
4.	"September Morn"	Gilbert Bécaud, Diamond	3:53
5.	"The Story of My Life"		3:43
6.	"Yesterday's Songs" (beginning 3 seconds of original recording missing)		2:48
7.	"I Believe in Happy Endings"		4:28
8.	"Hello Again"	Alan Lindgren, Diamond	4:05
9.	"Love on the Rocks"	Bécaud, Diamond	3:38
10.	"Heartlight"	Burt Bacharach, Diamond, Carole Beyer Sager	4:26
11.	"Lady-Oh"		3:51
12.	"Pretty Amazing Grace"		4:54
13.	"Hell Yeah"		4:26
14.	"We"		3:49
15.	"The Art of Love"		4:06
16.	"America"		4:22

Charts

Chart performance for 50th Anniversary Collection

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5]	55
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6]	38
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7]	147
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8]	29
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[9]	100
US Billboard 200[10]	78