Melody Road
by Neil Diamond
  • Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Oct 21, 2014
Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Mojo
    Nov 6, 2014
    60
    It yields mixed results. [Nov 2014, p.100]
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  2. New York Daily News (Jim Faber)
    Oct 21, 2014
    60
    It’s a richly orchestral work, eager for drama and full of appealing tunes.
  3. The Guardian
    Oct 20, 2014
    60
    There’s soppy, there’s schmaltz, and then there’s the latest from Neil Diamond.... Sweep away the saccharine and Diamond’s craft as a songwriter still gleams.
  5. Record Collector
    Oct 20, 2014
    60
    The jaunty simplicity of First Time and cod calypso of Sunny Disposition are a tad MOR-by-numbers, perfectly well executed but lacking any real spark. The innate drama in Diamond’s powerful and resonant voice is much better served by the more eloquent and layered In Better Days and the Orbisonesque slow burn, Nothing But A Heartache.
  6. American Songwriter
    Oct 21, 2014
    40
    If this underwritten, over produced debut for Capitol (after being affiliated with Columbia since 1973) is the best he can muster up in six years, it’s sad to say, it’s time to consider retirement.

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  1. MetaCriticool
    Mar 8, 2019
    10
    I love this album and consider it under-appreciated. It gets listened to more than any other ND album I have.
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