Stages: Performances 1970–2002

Stages: Performances 1970–2002
A man in silhouette has his back to the camera and is singing into a microphone
Box set by Neil Diamond
Released September 30, 2003 (2003-09-30)
Recorded 1970-2002
Genre Pop, rock
Length 5:14:16 (CDs only)
Label Columbia
Producer Neil Diamond, Sam Cole
Neil Diamond chronology
Play Me: The Complete Uni Studio Recordings...Plus!
(2002)		 Stages: Performances 1970–2002
(2003)		 12 Songs
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic[1]

Stages: Performances 1970–2002 is a box set by Neil Diamond that was released by Columbia Records in 2003. The set consists of five compact discs of concert recordings plus a DVD containing live recordings plus a documentary.[2]

The first two CDs of the set, "A Night in Las Vegas", are drawn from Diamond's December 27, 2002, performance at MGM Grand Garden Arena. The third and fourth CDs consist of material recorded between 1970 (the song "Lordy" is the same version that had appeared on Diamond's 1970 album Gold) and 2001 in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and Germany. The fifth CD contains records of Christmas music. The DVD features Diamond's July 2002 show in Dublin plus a documentary "Welcome to Diamondville".[3] Stages reached position number 137 on the Billboard 200 chart.[4]

Allmusic critic Thom Jurek gave the collection a negative review, stating:

This is a job shoddily and, yes, very cynically done. Where Hot August Night and Hot August Night II were real occasions to celebrate Diamond's mind-blowing live potential, Stages is really just a marketing ploy to get fans, the people who should be rewarded, to shell out more of their hard-earned dollars for considerably less aesthetically.[2]

Compact disc track listing

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Overture"  Neil Diamond, Alan Lindgren2:09
2."America"  Neil Diamond4:17
3."A Mission of Love"  Neil Diamond4:13
4."Hello Again"  Neil Diamond, Alan Lindgren4:02
5."Kentucky Woman"  Neil Diamond2:24
6."The Boat That I Row"  Neil Diamond2:39
7."Cherry, Cherry"  Neil Diamond2:43
8."Red Red Wine"  Neil Diamond2:39
9."I'm a Believer"  Neil Diamond2:42
10."Play Me"  Neil Diamond4:21
11."Love on the Rocks"  Gilbert Bécaud, Neil Diamond3:38
12."Soolaimon"  Neil Diamond5:07
13."If You Know What I Mean"  Neil Diamond3:40
14."Beautiful Noise"  Neil Diamond3:22
15."Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon"  Neil Diamond2:54
16."I Haven't Played This Song in Years"  Neil Diamond4:25
17."You Are the Best Part of Me"  Neil Diamond3:59
18."Forever in Blue Jeans"  Richard Bennett, Neil Diamond3:37
Total length:1:02:51
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Starflight"  Tom Hensley, Alan Lindgren5:06
2."Captain Sunshine"  Neil Diamond3:19
3."Holly Holy"  Neil Diamond4:21
4."Sweet Caroline"  Neil Diamond4:06
5."Sweet Caroline" (reprise)Neil Diamond4:06
6."You Don't Bring Me Flowers"  Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Neil Diamond3:14
7."Yes I Will" / "Lady Magdalene"  Neil Diamond8:01
8."Shilo"  Neil Diamond3:26
9."He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"  Bob Russell, Bobby Scott3:58
10."I Am... I Said"  Neil Diamond5:07
11."Cracklin' Rosie"  Neil Diamond3:07
12."Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show"  Neil Diamond5:00
13."America" (followed by walk off)Neil Diamond4:17
Total length:57:08
Disc three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lordy"  Neil Diamond4:55
2."Brooklyn Roads"  Neil Diamond5:28
3."Home Is a Wounded Heart"  Neil Diamond2:40
4."The Last Picasso"  Neil Diamond4:29
5."The Last Thing on My Mind"  Tom Paxton4:20
6."You Got to Me"  Neil Diamond2:45
7."God Only Knows"  Tony Asher, Brian Wilson4:08
8."Lay Lady Lay"  Bob Dylan4:08
9."Glory Road"  Neil Diamond3:52
10."Rocket Man"  Elton John, Bernie Taupin6:07
11."Say Maybe"  Neil Diamond4:06
12."Once in a While"  Neil Diamond3:39
13."Rainy Day Song"  Gilbert Bécaud, Neil Diamond4:31
14."Guitar Heaven"  Gilbert Bécaud, Neil Diamond3:36
15."Songs of Life"  Gilbert Bécaud, Neil Diamond3:32
16."Fire on the Tracks"  Neil Diamond3:03
17."Brooklyn on a Saturday Night"  Neil Diamond3:41
18."Primitive"  Neil Diamond4:24
19."The Story of My Life"  Neil Diamond3:39
Total length:1:17:03
Disc four
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."This Time"  Neil Diamond, David Foster, Jeremy Lubbock3:55
2."The American Popular Song"  Tom Hensley5:13
3."Teach Me Tonight"  Sammy Cahn, Gene DePaul2:07
4."Dedicated to the One I Love"  Ralph Bass, Lowman Pauling1:54
5."Spanish Harlem"  Jerry Leiber, Phil Spector3:43
6."Golden Slumbers", "Carry That Weight", "The End" (Beatles medley)John Lennon, Paul McCartney3:40
7."Sweet L.A. Days"  Neil Diamond, Doug Rhone3:54
8."Fortune of the Night"  Neil Diamond, Tom Hensley, Alan Lindgren4:08
9."Mountains of Love"  Neil Diamond, Tom Hensley, Alan Lindgren4:53
10."If There Were No Dreams"  Neil Diamond, Michel Legrand3:14
11."All I Really Need Is You"  Neil Diamond, Tom Hensley, Alan Lindgren4:39
12."Yesterday's Songs"  Neil Diamond2:49
13."Can Anybody Hear Me"  Neil Diamond, Bill LaBounty3:50
14."Talking Optimist Blues (Good Day Today)"  Neil Diamond, Gretchen Peters2:53
15."Everybody"  Jesse Diamond, Neil Diamond3:46
16."Marry Me"  Neil Diamond, Tom Shapiro3:55
17."In My Lifetime"  Neil Diamond4:44
18."I Got the Feelin' (Oh No, No)"  Neil Diamond2:12
19."Longfellow Serenade"  Neil Diamond3:50
20."Unchained Melody"  Alex North, Hy Zaret3:50
21."I Believe in Happy Endings"  Neil Diamond4:27
Total length:1:17:36
Disc five
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."O Holy Night"  Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight3:33
2."Silent Night"  Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr4:03
3."White Christmas"  Irving Berlin3:55
4."Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"  Johnny Marks2:46
5."O come, O come, Emmanuel"  Traditional1:12
6."The Little Drummer Boy"  Katherine Kennicott Davis3:57
7."Morning Has Broken"  Eleanor Farjeon, Cat Stevens, traditional3:02
8."You Make It Feel Like Christmas"  Neil Diamond3:37
9."The Christmas Song"  Mel Tormé, Robert Wells3:32
10."Winter Wonderland"  Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith3:03
11."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"  J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie3:43
12."We Wish You a Merry Christmas"  Traditional3:15
Total length:39:38

DVD track listing

  1. "America"
  2. "Hello Again"
  3. "Solitary Man"
  4. "I'm a Believer"
  5. "September Morn"
  6. "Beautiful Noise"
  7. "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon"
  8. "Sweet Caroline"
  9. "Sweet Caroline" (reprise)
  10. "I Am... I Said"
  11. "Cracklin' Rosie"
  12. "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show"
  13. Backstage:"Welcome to Diamondville"

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. Stages: Performances 1970-2002 at AllMusic. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Box Set Celebrates Diamond's 'Stages'". Billboard. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  4. ↑ Diamond, Neil. "Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
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