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Tap Root Manuscript
Pop · 1970 · 9 tracks

Tap Root Manuscript

Neil Diamond

A bold conceptual split between intimate folk-rock and a rhythmic, gospel-influenced exploration of African sounds. Neil Diamond's most ambitious studio experiment.

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It's the one where Neil Diamond goes to Africa and invents world-pop a decade early.

A curious and soulful blend of American folk-rock intimacy and expansive, rhythmic exploration.

Tap Root Manuscript · vs · Neil Diamond
Mysterious+4.0σ

Mysterious saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
02
Free Life
3:13
03
Coldwater Morning
3:23
06
Childsong
2:13
07
I Am the Lion
2:10
08
Madrigal
1:55
09
Soolaimòn
4:35
10
Missa
2:08
11
African Trilogy
4:31
12
Childsong (reprise)
2:05
Moments Worth Waiting For
The rhythmic, driving choral chant that anchors the climax of Soolaimòn.
The transition from the sparse acoustic picking of Childsong into the full orchestral swell.
The raw, bellowing vocal delivery on I Am the Lion that contrasts with the album's softer moments.
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