| Jonathan Livingston Seagull | ||||
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| Released | October 19, 1973 | |||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 43:29 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Tom Catalano | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Rolling Stone | (mixed)[1] |
Jonathan Livingston Seagull is the soundtrack album to the 1973 American film Jonathan Livingston Seagull, recorded by singer-songwriter Neil Diamond and produced by Tom Catalano. The album marked Diamond's return to Columbia Records, and grossed more than the film itself. It is Diamond's ninth studio album, and his first album after his successful 1972 live album Hot August Night. It won the 1974 Grammy as Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special.[3]
Irvine Herald reviewer Willie Freckleton said that "Be" is "classical Diamond singing a very powerful ballad."[4]
Diamond often included a Jonathan Livingston Seagull Suite in his live performances, as he did in his 1976 Love at the Greek concert ("Be" – "Dear Father" – "Lonely Looking Sky" – "Sanctus" – "Skybird" – "Be [Encore]") and for his show in Las Vegas that same year.[5] A studio version of the suite (in this case, "Prologue" – "Lonely Looking Sky" – "Skybird" – "Dear Father [Rebuked]" – "Be") was presented on Diamond's 1996 box set In My Lifetime.
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ "Grammy nominations and wins". Grammy. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
- ^ Freckleton, Willie (November 30, 1973). "Freckleton in Discoland". Irvine Herald. p. 11. Retrieved 2023-08-06 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Neil Diamond live (1/2) - Jonathan Livingston Seagull". September 25, 2011. Archived from the original on December 11, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2018 – via YouTube.