Moods is a studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 performed by Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond

Neil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....

. It was released in 1972. All songs on the album were written by Diamond

Neil Diamond

Neil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....

. This album contained the second of his number one songs, "Song Sung Blue

Song Sung Blue

"Song Sung Blue" is a 1972 song written and recorded by Neil Diamond. The song was released off his album, Moods and later appeared on many of Diamond's live and compilation albums....

", and was something of a follow-up in style to the highly experimental Tap Root Manuscript

Tap Root Manuscript

Tap Root Manuscript is an album by Neil Diamond, released in 1970. It was one of the most experimental albums Diamond ever recorded, featuring prominent African sounds and instruments. The album ended up being a commercial success, with a string of top forty hits...

.

Billboard

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praised Moods highly, saying it contained "brilliant, diversified material." This album, and its follow-up live album Hot August Night

Hot August Night

Hot August Night is a 1972 live double album by Neil Diamond. The album is a recording of a Diamond concert on Thursday August 24, 1972, one of ten sold out concerts that Diamond performed that month at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles...

, are generally acknowledged to be the two most important recording projects of Diamond

Neil Diamond

Neil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....

's career in terms of defining his signature sound for the future. Within the music industry and among music professionals this is considered one of Diamond

Neil Diamond

Neil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....

's better and more creative recordings. Lee Holdridge

Lee Holdridge

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 was the arranger and conductor of the orchestra.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Neil Diamond

1. "Song Sung Blue
   Song Sung Blue
   "Song Sung Blue" is a 1972 song written and recorded by Neil Diamond. The song was released off his album, Moods and later appeared on many of Diamond's live and compilation albums....
   
   " — 3:15
2. "Porcupine Pie" — 2:04
3. "High Rolling Man" — 2:35
4. "Canta Libre" — 4:47
5. "Captain Sunshine" — 3:25
6. "Play Me
   Play Me
   "Play Me" is a 1972 song by Neil Diamond from his album Moods. The song, the first single from Moods, was recorded in February 1972 in Los Angeles. It was released as a single in May 1972 and peaked at #11 in the United States in September of that year...
   
   " — 3:52
7. "Gitchy Goomy" — 3:53
8. "Walk on Water" — 3:04
9. "Theme" — 1:39
10. "Prelude in E Major" — :32
11. "Morningside" — 4:24