The Bang Years: 1966-1968
by Neil Diamond
  • Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: Mar 8, 2011
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7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

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92

Universal acclaim - based on 6 Critic Reviews

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  1. Q Magazine
    Jul 28, 2011
    80
    This 23-track collection of his formative spell with the New York-based Bang label makes a welcome reminder what a top pop tunesmith Neil Diamond was in his younger, Brill Building days. [Jul 2011, p.126]
  2. Uncut
    Jun 3, 2011
    80
    The 23-track set--material oft-mired in legal entanglements--which range from hit for others, to darkly melodic deep catalogue gems. Diamond himself provides highly entertaining liner notes. [Jul 2011, p.82]
  3. Rolling Stone
    May 20, 2011
    80
    The Bang Years is the anthology his fans have always craved--the first definitive collection of his Sixties nuggets, when he was just another Brooklyn punk hustling his way into the business with a guitar, groovy sideburns and a solitary-man glare.
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