Three Chord Opera
Studio album by
Neil Diamond
ReleasedJuly 24, 2001
Recorded2000–01
GenrePop
Length47:17
LabelColumbia
ProducerPeter Asher, Alan Lindgren
Neil Diamond chronology
The Neil Diamond Collection
(1999) 		Three Chord Opera
(2001) 		The Essential Neil Diamond
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

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.[1][2] "You are the Best Part of Me", reached No. 28 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Neil Diamond.

No.TitleLength
1."I Haven't Played This Song in Years"4:25
2."Don't Look Down"3:08
3."I Believe in Happy Endings"4:29
4."At the Movies"3:39
5."Midnight Dream"4:57
6."You Are the Best Part of Me"4:02
7."Baby Let's Drive"4:35
8."My Special Someone"3:35
9."A Mission of Love"4:15
10."Elijah's Song"2:56
11."Leave a Little Room for God"2:53
12."Turn Down the Lights"4:23

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 3
UK Albums (OCC)[5] 49
US Billboard 200[6] 15

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[7] Gold 35,000^
United States (RIAA)[8] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ a b Three Chord Opera at AllMusic
  2. ^ Diamond, Neil. "Billboard 200". Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  3. ^ Diamond, Neil. "Adult Contemporary". Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  4. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Neil Diamond – Three Chord Opera". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  5. ^ "Neil Diamond | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  6. ^ "Neil Diamond Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  7. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2001 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  8. ^ "American album certifications – Neil Diamond – Three Chord Opera". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 3 February 2019.



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