Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I didn't plan to write a review of this collection. However, I noticed that some reviewers complained about the sound, and some complained that these are not the original versions. I can't speak for them, but I find the sound to be excellent, and these versions are the ones I always heard through the years on the radio. I felt that I should say that. And, since I am already here and everything, I figure I may as well mention the songs I love the best. "Holly Holy" is the reason I bought this CD. It is more than a song to me. It is a spiritual experience. Others that I love, in the order they are found on the disc, are: "Song Sung Blue", "America", "Love On The Rocks", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (even without Barbra), "Kentucky Woman", "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon", "Solitary Man", "I'm A Believer" (even without The Monkees), and "Cherry, Cherry". What surprises me about this collection is that out of 23 tracks, I dislike only 2 of them. I really had expected to like only about half of them. One final thing: Neil Diamond's charisma. It has been literally decades since I've heard some of these songs, and I had forgotten just how emotional he gets when he sings. I thought I remembered him as being "light" and "laid back", but now I remember how intense he always was about his music, both writing it and performing it.