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In 1973 Neil Diamond recorded the soundtrack to the film Jonathan Livingston Seagull on Columbia Records. The album grossed more than the film itself. It was his first album after his successful 1972 release Hot August Night.
[edit] Track listing
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Title |
Liner Notes |
| 1 |
Prologue |
And here begins our story – the sky, the sea, the flock. |
| 2 |
Be |
Introduction of Jonathan – his flight and fall. |
| 3 |
Flight Of The Gull |
Jonathan is carried to the heights of ambition, and to near catastrophe. |
| 4 |
Dear Father |
Battered, and near death, Jonathan asks for reasons. |
| 5 |
Skybird |
Returning home to show what he has learned, his acrobatics only serve to anger the flock elders. He is put on trial, and forever…outcast. |
| 6 |
Lonely Looking Sky |
Alone and adrift. |
| 7 |
The Odyssey
[Be – Lonely Looking Sky – Dear Father] |
And so begins a journey, an odyssey, a test of the spirit. |
| 8 |
Anthem |
"Transcend, purify, glorious." |
| 9 |
Be |
Jonathan returns to teach the flock. |
| 10 |
Skybird |
The lesson |
| 11 |
Dear Father |
Rebuked again by the elders, Jonathan attempts to rally the flock. |
| 12 |
Be |
Recapitulation and farewell to Fletcher |
| 13 |
Dear Father (CD only) |
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| 14 |
Be (CD only) |
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