Tennessee Moon

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Tennessee Moon
Neil Diamond - Tennessee Moon.jpg
Studio album by
Neil Diamond
ReleasedFebruary 6, 1996
Recorded1995
StudioDark Horse (Franklin, Tennessee)
Genre Country
Length68:03
Label Columbia
Producer Bob Gaudio, Paul Worley, Don Cook, Richard Landis, James Stroud
Neil Diamond chronology
The Christmas Album, Volume II
(1994)		Tennessee Moon
(1996)		 The Movie Album: As Time Goes By
(1998)
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Tennessee Moon is the twenty-third studio album by Neil Diamond. Released in February 1996, it is the product of a collaboration with various country music songwriters and performers. A companion television special entitled Under a Tennessee Moon was aired on ABC. The album was certified gold by the RIAA. [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tennessee Moon"Neil Diamond, Dennis Morgan3:00
2."One Good Love" (duet with Waylon Jennings)Neil Diamond, Gary Nicholson4:18
3."Shame" (duet with Hal Ketchum)Neil Diamond, Hal Ketchum3:31
4."A Matter of Love"Neil Diamond, Tom Shapiro 4:35
5."Marry Me" (duet with Buffy Lawson)Neil Diamond, Tom Shapiro3:50
6."Deep Inside of You" (duet with Beth Nielsen Chapman)Beth Nielsen Chapman, Neil Diamond3:51
7."Gold Don't Rust" Gary Burr, Bob DiPiero, Neil Diamond3:42
8."Like You Do" (duet with Rosemary Butler)Sandy Knox, Steve Rosen4:03
9."Can Anybody Hear Me"Neil Diamond, Bill LaBounty3:50
10."Win the World"Neil Diamond, Susan Longacre4:12
11."No Limit" Richard Bennett, Neil Diamond3:07
12."Reminisce for a While" (duet with Raul Malo)Neil Diamond, Raul Malo4:27
13."Kentucky Woman"Neil Diamond2:48
14."If I Lost My Way"Gary Burr, Neil Diamond3:23
15."Everybody"Jesse Diamond, Neil Diamond3:45
16."Talking Optimist Blues (Good Day Today)"Neil Diamond, Gretchen Peters2:53
17."Open Wide These Prison Doors"Neil Diamond, Stewart Harris4:30
18."Blue Highway" (featuring Chet Atkins)Neil Diamond, Harlan Howard 3:56

Personnel

Production

Studios

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [12] 2× Platinum150,000 [13]
New Zealand (RMNZ) [14] Gold7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI) [15] Silver60,000^
United States (RIAA) [16] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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