Like a secret treasure found in the bottom of a bargain bin, this is one CD that you will wish you had discovered years earlier. Like other reviewers with Diamond, thank God my dad turned me on to him as a kid. Unfortunately, much of Diamond's recognition comes with his hook-filled, pop flavored tunes that suffered from much overplay in their day, like Song Sung Blue, which is included on this album. But the real magic of Diamond comes from those hidden gems such as Morningside, the South American influenced Canta Libre, the gospel flavor of Walk on Water, the playful Gitchy Goomy, and of course the classic Play Me. Definitely, for me, the Diamond disc to own if you can't get Stones is this one, Moods.

We had this album on vinyl and 8 track when I was a kid. I have had the CD now since 1988. Great songwriting. Love the meloncholy orchestrations on this record. Highly recommended.

As Bill Murray said in the Movie, What About Bob, "their are two kinds of people in the world, those who like Neil Diamond and those who don't." This CD is for those who do. This is classic Neil Diamond. Enjoy

Yeah, I know, there's no such word as "brang." I was so impressed with this record, way back in 1971 or whenever, I mentally glossed over that fact when Neil crooned it so dramatically in "Play Me."

I was an adolescent, particularly susceptible to clever weavings of word and tune; and this record seduced me, took me heart and soul, as only a hormone-drenched fifteen-year old can be taken.

On the sunset side of fifty, I find myself still deeply moved by the music, the emotion Neil infused into each phrase, the angst of the whole enterprise.

And that rates four stars, don'tcha think?

After a stunning concept album (Tap Root Manuscript), Neil pulled in the reins a little with this 1972 project that ranged from poems set to music (Play Me, a lyrical masterpiece, no matter what some critics have said) to fun, folkish ditties (Gitchy Goomy) to touching ballads (Captain Sunshine). There isn't a bad song to be found, and his voice was still in fine shape.