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Tap Root Manuscript is the sixth studio album recorded by Neil Diamond, released in October 1970. It was one of the most experimental albums he ever recorded, featuring rock music fused with prominent African sounds and instruments. The album was a commercial success, going Gold in three months, eventually certified Platinum by the RIAA.[1] The album's success was powered primarily by "Cracklin' Rosie", his first number 1 single, with help from Diamond's cover of "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother", which rose to number 20.[4] The latter song had been a major hit for the Hollies the previous year.

Tap Root Manuscript
Original vinyl LP album cover
Studio album by
Neil Diamond
ReleasedOctober 15, 1970[1]
Recorded1970
GenreRock, World
Length35:35
LabelUni
ProducerTom Catalano, Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond chronology
Shilo
(1970)		 Tap Root Manuscript
(1970)		 Stones
(1971)
Singles from Tap Root Manuscript
  1. "Cracklin' Rosie"
    Released: August 1970
  2. "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
    Released: November 5, 1970
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Rolling Stone(mixed)[3]

While the first side of the LP contained five pop rock songs, Side Two was a conceptual suite of related songs expressing an African theme, titled "The African Trilogy". Within this suite was the song "Soolaimon", which rose to number 30 in the US.[4] The 19-minute suite saw African folk styles twined with blues and gospel elements to create what Diamond called "a folk ballet".[5] This effort predates many Western pop artists' interest in world music, for instance Peter Gabriel's 1980 founding of World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD), and the African-influenced album Graceland by Paul Simon in 1986.[6] Tap Root Manuscript was one of the most novel experimental recording projects of its time, and the Uni label, to which Diamond was then under contract, initially was not sure whether it would be commercially viable.


Track listing


All selections written and composed by Neil Diamond except "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother," written and composed by Bob Russell and Bobby Scott.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Cracklin' Rosie"3:00
2."Free Life"3:11
3."Coldwater Morning"3:20
4."Done Too Soon"2:45
5."He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"3:59
Side two – The African Trilogy (A Folk Ballet)
No.TitleLength
1."Childsong"2:10
2."I Am the Lion"2:07
3."Madrigál"1:53
4."Soolaimón"4:32
5."Missa"2:05
6."African Suite"4:28
7."Childsong (Reprise)"2:00
Total length:19:20

References


  1. "Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America.
  2. Tap Root Manuscript at AllMusic
  3. Rolling Stone review Archived October 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Neil Diamond". Billboard.
  5. Plasketes, George (2016). B-Sides, Undercurrents and Overtones. Routledge. p. 86. ISBN 9781317171133.
  6. Joseph K. Adjaye; Adrianne R. Andrews, eds. (1997). Language, Rhythm, & Sound: Black Popular Cultures Into the Twenty-first Century. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 253. ISBN 9780822939672.



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Tap Root Manuscript es un disco del cantante y compositor Neil Diamond grabado en 1970, que llegó en listas a la posición 13 del Pop en el Billboard (11-21-71). Contiene:


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