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{{Infobox album|
{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show
| name = Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show
| Type = [[Album]]
| type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Neil Diamond]]
| artist = [[Neil Diamond]]
| Cover = BrotherLove200.jpg
| cover = BrotherLove200.jpg
| Released = [[May 17]], [[1969]]
| alt =
| Recorded = 1968 - 1969
| released = April 4, 1969
| recorded = 1968–69
| Genre = [[pop music|pop]]/[[rock music|rock]]
| Length = 38:41
| venue =
| Label = [[Uni Records|UNI]]
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Rock music|rock]]
| Producer = Tom Catalano
| length = 38:41
| Reviews = * [[Allmusic]] {{Rating|3|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3ifrxqr5ldse link]
| label = [[Uni Records|Uni]]
| Last album = ''[[Neil Diamond's Greatest Hits]]'' <br /> (1968)
| producer = [[Tom Catalano]], [[Chips Moman]], [[Tommy Cogbill]], Neil Diamond
| This album = '''''Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show''''' <br /> (1969)
| prev_title = [[Neil Diamond's Greatest Hits]]
| Next album = ''[[Touching You, Touching Me]]'' <br /> (1969) |
| prev_year = 1968
| Misc = {{Extra album cover 2
| next_title = [[Touching You, Touching Me]]
| Upper caption = Alternate Cover
| next_year = 1969
| Type = [[Album]]
| Cover = SweetCaroline.jpg
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Alternate Cover
| Lower caption = Reissued as Sweet Caroline
| type = [[Album]]
| cover = SweetCaroline.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = Reissued as Sweet Caroline
}}
}}
}}
}}


'''''Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show''''' is the name of Neil Diamond's fourth studio album. Four months after the title cut became a #22 hit, Diamond recorded and released a new single, "[[Sweet Caroline]]", which reached #4. Because of its popularity, this song was added to the end of later pressings of the album, which was also given a new sleeve.
'''''Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show''''' is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter [[Neil Diamond]], released in 1969. Four months after the title cut became a #22 hit, Diamond recorded and released a new single, "[[Sweet Caroline]]", which reached #4. Because of its popularity, this song was added to the end of later pressings of the album, which was also given a new sleeve with the album shown as '''''Sweet Caroline/Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show''''' although the title was still written as ''Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show'' on the label.<ref name="AM" />


==Track listing==
==Lyrical Interpretation==
All songs written by Neil Diamond.
The song tells the story of Brother Love, an [[evangelism|evangelist]] who travels from town to town preaching. In the middle of the song, Diamond gives a [[sermon]] in typical evangelical style.
{{track listing
|headline = Side one
|title1 = [[Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show (song)|Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show]]
|length1 = 3:27
|title2 = Dig In
|length2 = 2:41
|title3 = River Runs, Newgrown Plums
|length3 = 1:58
|title4 = Juliet
|length4 = 2:51
|title5 = Long Gone
|length5 = 3:18
|title6 = [[And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind]]
|length6 = 3:33
}}
{{track listing
|headline = Side two
|title1 = Glory Road
|length1 = 3:19
|title2 = Deep in the Morning
|length2 = 3:04
|title3 = If I Never Knew Your Name
|length3 = 3:17
|title4 = Memphis Streets
|length4 = 2:40
|title5 = You're So Sweet, Horseflies Keep Hangin' 'Round Your Face
|length5 = 3:13
|title6 = Hurtin' You Don't Come Easy
|length6 = 2:30
|title7 = [[Sweet Caroline|Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)]]
|length7 = 3:21
|note7 = added to re-issue pressings
}}


== Controversy ==
==Reception==
{{Album ratings
Some evangelical groups in the American South encouraged the boycotting of this song and of Diamond as they thought that this song denigrated and insulted evangelists and the evangelical movement. When Diamond explained in an interview that it was, contrary to their understanding of it, a celebration of Gospel music and the evangelical style of preaching and worship, the controversy subsided.
| rev1 =[[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |title= ''Sweet Caroline'' > Review |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id= mw0000193547 |pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=February 17, 2020}}</ref>
}}


In his [[Allmusic]] retrospective review music critic William Ruhlmann observes, "At times, the album betrayed the speed with which it had been put together, with songs like "Dig In" and "River Runs, New Grown Plums" coming off more as unfinished sketches than developed compositions... Diamond may have been aware that the material was mostly second-rate."<ref name="AM" />
== Single mix ==

The original 45 mix of the title cut differs from the album version. One difference is that it is in mono. Also, during the second verse, Neil's vocal has been overdubbed onto the lead vocal, creating a harmony. Immediately after "take my hand in yours", tubular bells have been added to the piano part. Extra reverb is used throughout the song. Finally, the fade is longer, includes a rattling tambourine and, most prominently, the horn section is mixed much louder than on the album version. All of Diamond's CD compilations have used the album mix{{Fact|date=February 2009}}.
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! Chart (1969)
! Peak<br>position
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|82|artist=Neil Diamond|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 4, 2023}}
|}

==Certifications==
{{certification Table Top}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Neil Diamond|title=Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show|award=Gold|relyear=1969|certyear=1993}}
{{certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Album Track listing==
''All songs written by Neil Diamond.''
#"Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show" – 3:27
#"Dig In" – 2:41
#"River Runs, New Grown Plums" – 1:58
#"Juliet" – 2:51
#"Long Gone" – 3:18
#"And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind" – 3:33
#"Glory Road" – 3:19
#"Deep In The Morning" –3:04
#"If I Never Knew Your Name – 3:17
#"Memphis Streets" – 2:40
#"You're So Sweet, Horseflies Keep Hangin' 'Round Your Face" – 3:13
#"Hurtin' You Don't Come Easy" – 2:30
#"Sweet Caroline" – 2:50


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[[Category:Albums produced by Chips Moman]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Tommy Cogbill]]




Latest revision as of 04:09, 22 May 2024

Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show
Studio album by
Neil Diamond
ReleasedApril 4, 1969
Recorded1968–69
GenrePop, rock
Length38:41
LabelUni
ProducerTom Catalano, Chips Moman, Tommy Cogbill, Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond chronology
Neil Diamond's Greatest Hits
(1968) 		Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show
(1969) 		Touching You, Touching Me
(1969)
Alternate Cover
Reissued as Sweet Caroline

Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Neil Diamond, released in 1969. Four months after the title cut became a #22 hit, Diamond recorded and released a new single, "Sweet Caroline", which reached #4. Because of its popularity, this song was added to the end of later pressings of the album, which was also given a new sleeve with the album shown as Sweet Caroline/Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show although the title was still written as Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show on the label.[1]

Track listing

[edit]

All songs written by Neil Diamond.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show"3:27
2."Dig In"2:41
3."River Runs, Newgrown Plums"1:58
4."Juliet"2:51
5."Long Gone"3:18
6."And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind"3:33
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Glory Road"3:19
2."Deep in the Morning"3:04
3."If I Never Knew Your Name"3:17
4."Memphis Streets"2:40
5."You're So Sweet, Horseflies Keep Hangin' 'Round Your Face"3:13
6."Hurtin' You Don't Come Easy"2:30
7."Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)" (added to re-issue pressings)3:21

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

In his Allmusic retrospective review music critic William Ruhlmann observes, "At times, the album betrayed the speed with which it had been put together, with songs like "Dig In" and "River Runs, New Grown Plums" coming off more as unfinished sketches than developed compositions... Diamond may have been aware that the material was mostly second-rate."[1]

Charts

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Chart (1969) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[2] 82

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[3] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Sweet Caroline > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "Neil Diamond Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  3. ^ "American album certifications – Neil Diamond – Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show". Recording Industry Association of America.



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