The Jazz Singer (soundtrack)

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The Jazz Singer
The Jazz Singer cover
Soundtrack by Neil Diamond
Released November, 1980
Genre Pop
Length 40:11
Label Capitol Records (originally)
Columbia Records (reissue)
Producer Bob Gaudio
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 4.5/5 stars Review
Neil Diamond chronology
September Morn
(1979)		 The Jazz Singer
(1980)		 On the Way to the Sky
(1981)

The Jazz Singer is an album by Neil Diamond from 1980, which served as soundtrack album to the 1980 remake of the film The Jazz Singer. The soundtrack was released in November 1980 originally on Capitol Records in the US and EMI in Europe. The soundtrack was re-released in February 1996 on Columbia Records in the US and Sony elsewhere.

While the film flopped (ironically, the film made more than "Raging Bull", "The Elephant Man", "American Gigolo" or "Tess"), its soundtrack was a huge success and became Neil Diamond's biggest selling album in the United States, selling over 5 million copies there and reaching #3 on the pop albums chart. Three of the songs from the album became Top 10 pop singles, with "Love on the Rocks," "Hello Again" and "America" reaching #2, #6, and #8 respectively.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "America" (Neil Diamond)
  2. "Adon Olom"
  3. "You Baby"
  4. "Love on the Rocks" (Diamond/Gilbert Bécaud)
  5. "Amazed and Confused"
  6. "On the Robert E. Lee"
  7. "Summer Love"
  8. "Hello Again"
  9. "Acapulco"
  10. "Hey Louise"
  11. "Songs of Life
  12. "Jerusalem"
  13. "Kol Nidre/My Name is Yussel"
  14. "America (Reprise)"