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Stones is the seventh studio album by Neil Diamond, recorded and released in 1971. It was one of the biggest hit recordings of his career.^{[citation needed]} The conductors and arrangers were Lee Holdridge, Marty Paich and Larry Muhoberac.

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Stones
Studio album by Neil Diamond
Released	November 5, 1971
Recorded	1971
Genre	Pop
Length	32:52
Label	Uni
Producer	Tom Catalano
Neil Diamond chronology
Tap Root Manuscript (1970) Stones (1971) Moods (1972)
Singles from Stones
"Crunchy Granola Suite" Released: 1971

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	(mixed)[2]

The cover photo was taken at Luxford House, Crowborough, East Sussex. The house was occupied at the time by rock music manager Tony Stratton-Smith.

Early copies of the LP album featured a picture label and a unique version of the cover with a grommet-string style closure on the back.[3] The cover itself was styled as an envelope that opened from the top. This was later abandoned and replaced with a standard side-opening sleeve.

Inspired by the experience of a failed screen test for a film about rebel comic Lenny Bruce, " 'I Am...I Said' would ultimately turn out to be the single most challenging and time-consuming song that [Diamond] ever wrote." And while "it took four months every day, all day...It was a daily battle to put that song on paper...but when it was done, it turned out to be one of the most satisfying songs I had ever written."

Track listing

References

2. "He Is...I Say" by David Wild (DeCapo Press, 2008)

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