Three Chord Opera
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{{Infobox album
| name = Three Chord Opera
| type = Album
| artist = Neil Diamond
| cover = threechordopera.jpg
| alt =
| released = July 24, 2001
| recorded = 2000–01
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Pop
| length = 47:17
| label = Columbia
| producer = Peter Asher, Alan Lindgren
| prev_title = The Neil Diamond Collection
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = The Essential Neil Diamond
| next_year = 2001
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r543444}}
|noprose=yes
}}
Three Chord Opera is the twenty-fifth studio album by Neil Diamond, released in 2001. It marked the first album since 1974's Serenade to consist solely of original material written solely by Diamond, and the first album of any original songs since 1996's country-themed Tennessee Moon where he co-wrote all but one of the songs.
The album also featured the song "I Believe in Happy Endings", written by Diamond for the 2001 comedy Saving Silverman in which he made a cameo.
The album reached number 15 on the Billboard 200 chart.{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/312095/neil-diamond/chart?f=305 |first=Neil |last=Diamond |title=Billboard 200 |accessdate=March 8, 2014}} "You are the Best Part of Me", reached No. 28 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/312095/neil-diamond/chart?f=341 |first=Neil|last=Diamond |title=Adult Contemporary |accessdate=March 8, 2014}}
Track listing
All songs written by Neil Diamond.
{{track listing
|title1=I Haven't Played This Song in Years
|length1=4:25
|title2=Don't Look Down
|length2=3:08
|title3=I Believe in Happy Endings
|length3=4:29
|title4=At the Movies
|length4=3:39
|title5=Midnight Dream
|length5=4:57
|title6=You Are the Best Part of Me
|length6=4:02
|title7=Baby Let's Drive
|length7=4:35
|title8=My Special Someone
|length8=3:35
|title9=A Mission of Love
|length9=4:15
|title10=Elijah's Song
|length10=2:56
|title11=Leave a Little Room for God
|length11=2:53
|title12=Turn Down the Lights
|length12=4:23
}}
Personnel
- Guitar: Hadley Hockensmith, Doug Rhone, Michael Thompson
- Pedal steel guitar: JayDee Maness
- Bass guitar: Chuck Domanico, Reinie Press
- Keyboards: Tom Hensley, Alan Lindgren
- Accordion: Dominic Ordinaire
- Drums: Russ Kunkel, Ron Tutt
- Percussion: Peter Asher, Vince Charles
- Saxophone: Emilio Castillo, Everette Harp, Larry Klimas, Don Markese, Norbert Satchel
- Strings: Peter Asher, Assa Drori, Susie Katayama, Stephen "Doc" Kupka, Evan Wilson, Shari Zippert
- Horns: Adolfo Acosta, Greg Adams, Michael Bogart, Daniel Fornero, Ralf Rickert
- Backing Vocals: Peter Asher, Alvin Chea, Craig Copeland, Randy Crenshaw, Robert Joyce, Marc Mann, Colin Mitchell, Linda Press, Wendy Worth
Charts
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| Chart (2001)
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| {{album chart|Australia|3|artist=Neil Diamond|album=Three Chord Opera|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 14, 2023}} |
| {{album chart|UK|49|artist=Neil Diamond|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 14, 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|15|artist=Neil Diamond|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 14, 2023}} |
Certifications
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|artist=Neil Diamond|title=Three Chord Opera|award=Gold|certyear=2001|relyear=2001|accessdate=3 February 2019}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Neil Diamond|title=Three Chord Opera|award=Gold|certyear=2001|relyear=2001|accessdate=3 February 2019}}
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References
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{{Neil Diamond}}
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Category:Albums produced by Peter Asher
Category:Columbia Records albums
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