Serenade (Neil Diamond album)

Serenade
Studio album by
Neil Diamond
ReleasedSeptember 27, 1974
Recorded1974
GenreRock, soft rock
Length32:45
LabelColumbia
ProducerTom Catalano[1]
Neil Diamond chronology
His 12 Greatest Hits
(1974) 		Serenade
(1974) 		Beautiful Noise
(1976)
Singles from Serenade
  1. "Longfellow Serenade"
    Released: 1974 (US)
  2. "I've Been This Way Before"
    Released: 1975
  3. "The Last Picasso"
    Released: 1975
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

Serenade is the ninth studio album by Neil Diamond, released in 1974.[6][7] It was his second album for Columbia Records.[3]

Three singles were lifted from the album: "Longfellow Serenade" (#5), "I've Been This Way Before" (#34) and "The Last Picasso". Serenade was Diamond's third consecutive platinum album.[8] It was also issued as a quadraphonic LP with some songs as alternate takes.

  1. ^ "Top Single Picks". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 5, 1974 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Serenade at AllMusic
  3. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 885.
  4. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 335.
  5. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 194.
  6. ^ "Neil Diamond | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. ^ Stein, Sadie (February 27, 2015). "The Universal Language of Mankind".
  8. ^ Sakamoto, John (27 Sep 2014). "Eight late-career resurrections, or last gasps?". Toronto Star: E4.