A Cherry Cherry Christmas

Neil Diamond | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 13, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Columbia
• ASIN: B002NACY3Q
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,257 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

2009 holiday album from the veteran singer, songwriter and performer. Includes the brand new original Christmas song, 'Cherry Cherry Christmas', written and recorded by Neil in 2009. In a musical career that has spanned nearly five decades, Neil Diamond has sold more than 125 million albums worldwide, with a remarkable track record of 16 Top Ten albums (three of them in the last five years alone) and 37 Top Ten singles. Neil is a Grammy- winning artist, he has been inducted into the Songwriter's Hall Of Fame, to date he has received a golden Globe award and 12 Grammy nominations, and was named the 2009 MusiCares Person Of The Year.

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27 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A "Best Of" Christmas Album, October 14, 2009

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S. Kandel "Scotch 'N Soda" - See all my reviews
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I'm a huge Neil Diamond fan and I enjoy his music. When I saw he released a new Christmas album I was hoping for an album with new material, only to find previously released material with only a few new tracks. I would consider this a "Best Of" or "Greatest Hits" Neil Diamond Christmas album. You will be much more satisfied purchasing his two individual Christmas Albums: The Christmas Album and The Christmas Album, Vol. 2. It's nice to see a new album by Neil Diamond, however almost all of the material has already been done. Let's hear something new!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent -Beautiful!, November 27, 2009

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Jackie Schultz "Shoo-sha" (California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Cherry Cherry Christmas (Audio CD)

A Cherry Cherry Christmas is absolutely wonderful. My favorite of course would be the ones that Neil writes and on this CD "The Christmas Song" is so delightful and happy to hear that the only problem I have is that I can't get it out of my head. It is driving me crazy. The other song that Neil wrote is "You Make It Feel Like Christmas" and that is very beautiful also, I have adored that song for many years. I beleive he write it in the late 70's, but it is still beautiful.

The next song that really is amazing is "Joy To The World" singing with a chorus and done so nice. The whole CD is just wonderful to hear. I don't really like Christmas music that much anymore, but this CD is just wonderful and I am listening to it everyday as I drive to work or on errends. Neil did good with this CD and it is climbing because he also sings the "Chanukah" song. It is very good. Much better than Adam Sadler's. This is a fun CD and I hope that Neil's CD reaches the charts as it is climbing now from 108 tp 26. I have bought at least 11 CD's to give as stocking stuffers so I am helping in that area.

Get it and enjoy it......

20 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Neil! Neil! Neil! What are you doing?, October 15, 2009

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DalkeyPlayer (Ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Cherry Cherry Christmas (Audio CD)

I can't get my head around this seasonal offering from Neil Diamond. Love him, or loathe him, he is one of the most talented songwriters that the modern era has produced and has, some terrible over-production in the 80s and 90s notwithstanding, always written some incredible material.

The last 4 years have seen him deliver some of the best music of his career, in conjunction with producer Rick Rubin, with the hugely important and impressive albums 12 Songs and Home Before Dark. These, together with the release of Hot August Night NYC showcasing his most recent and wonderfully powerful tour, have put Diamond back in the forefront of the music industry, bookending a career spanning well over 40 years.

Now, riding the wave of these incredible achievements, he releases a Christmas album which is primarily a re-hash of of two earlier seasonal efforts from over 16 years ago. There are a couple of new songs, it is true, and one of them, Christmas Dream, is quite good. He also does a passable interpretation of Amazing Grace and a weird and wonderful version of Adam Sandler's Channukah Song. That's it! Three songs worth a listen and the rest re-cycled filler! For a man that had clearly re-discovered his muse in recent years and seemed to be ending his career on a high, this is a mystifying backward step.

Let's hope that the rumoured third Album with Rubin will materialise next year and Neil can get back on track.