''Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show'' is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter

Neil Diamond Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling musicians of all time. He has written and ...

, released in 1969. Four months after the title cut became a #22 hit, Diamond recorded and released a new single, "

Sweet Caroline "Sweet Caroline" (also titled "Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)") is a song written and performed by American singer Neil Diamond and released as a single in May 1969. It was arranged by Charles Calello, and recorded at Americ ...

", which reached #4. Because of its popularity, this song was added to the end of later pressings of the album, which was also given a new sleeve with the album shown as ''Sweet Caroline/Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show'' although the title was still written as ''Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show'' on the label.

Track listing

All songs written by Neil Diamond.

Reception

In his

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retrospective review music critic William Ruhlmann observes, "At times, the album betrayed the speed with which it had been put together, with songs like "Dig In" and "River Runs, New Grown Plums" coming off more as unfinished sketches than developed compositions... Diamond may have been aware that the material was mostly second-rate."

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References

1969 albums Neil Diamond albums Uni Records albums Albums produced by Tom Catalano Albums produced by Chips Moman Albums produced by Tommy Cogbill {{1960s-pop-album-stub