''Moods'' is the eighth

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, released by Uni Records in 1972. It contained the second of his #1 songs, "

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", and was something of a follow-up in style to the highly experimental ''

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''. ''

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'' praised ''Moods'' highly, saying it contained "brilliant, diversified material." This album, and its follow-up live album ''

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'', are generally acknowledged to be the two most important recording projects of Diamond's career in terms of defining his signature sound for the future. Within the music industry and among music professionals this is considered one of Diamond's better and more creative recordings. It received a Grammy Award nomination for Album of the Year for 1972. Song Sung Blue was nominated for Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

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was the arranger and conductor of the orchestra. According to ''

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'', the third single from the album, "Walk on Water," sounds a little like

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Track listing

All tracks written by

Charts

Year-end charts

References

Neil Diamond albums 1972 albums MCA Records albums Albums conducted by Lee Holdridge Albums arranged by Lee Holdridge Albums produced by Tom Catalano Uni Records albums Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical {{1970s-pop-album-stub