Neil Diamond: Gold Diamond Vol. 2
Chris Salewicz, NME, 28 September 1974
ALTHOUGH IT'LL never get to the situation where the ramifications of his use of Room 109 are being discussed, the time is probably just about right for a spot of critical reappraising of Neil Diamond. Indeed if the current adulation being heaped on Robert Wyatt's 'I'm A Believer' is anything to go by, it may well have happened already.
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