Neil Diamond is returning with one final chapter from his long-running collaboration and commercially profitable run with Rick Rubin.
The 85-year-old legendary singer/songwriter and Capitol/UMe will launch Wild at Coronary heart on Might 8, a 10-track assortment drawn from classes surrounding 2008’s Dwelling Earlier than Darkish and billed as the ultimate installment in his trilogy of albums with Rubin, which started with 2005’s 12 Songs. The undertaking blends archival materials with newly accomplished recordings, together with 9 beforehand unreleased tracks and an alternate model of “Forgotten.”
Initially recorded throughout the identical interval that yielded (remarkably) Diamond’s first No. 1 album, Dwelling Earlier than Darkish, the fabric has been revisited and expanded lately. “My work with Rick was a labor of affection,” Diamond says, “and I’m so gratified that these songs will lastly be let out into the world to finish our trilogy of labor.”
Like its predecessors, Wild at Coronary heart leans on the stripped-down aesthetic Rubin delivered to Diamond’s late-career resurgence, foregrounding his voice and guitar towards minimal preparations. The classes once more characteristic a core group that features Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, alongside guitarists Smokey Hormel and Matt Sweeney.
Songs like “Shine On” and “You Can’t Have It All” are stated to lean philosophical, whereas others, together with “The Secret You” and “You Nonetheless Look Good to Me,” prolong his signature concentrate on romantic storytelling.
Diamond retired from performing in 2018 because of Parkinson’s illness however continues to look in public at award ceremonies and along with the hit Broadway musical A Lovely Noise, which is predicated on his life and songs.
