Neil Diamond is my favorite secular male vocalist, and has been for nearly three decades. I always loved his voice, as well as his music. This project has the intensity you associate with Diamond, as well as great vocals.

Gone are the great string arrangements of "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" or the rock 'n' roll of "Crunchy Granola Suite" or "Desiree". This is basically an unplugged project, but it has a great sound.

Some of the songs remind you of old Neil Diamond songs, such as "Act Like A Man" and "No Words".

My favorites on this project are "If I Don't See You Again", "Pretty Amazing Grace", "Whose Hands Are These", and "No Words".

Let me switch hats from being a music reviewer to being a theologian. Neil Diamond is an artist that I wonder about where he is at religiously, and this project feeds a lot of those questions. There is something that reflects faith in several of the songs, but one wonders if they are of the Christian faith or something similar.