It's no You Don't Bring Me Flowers -- Neil Diamond's schmaltzy 1978 duet with Barbra Streisand -- but there's another notable, much more palatable duet on Diamond's latest record, Home Before Dark.
Diamond hooked up with Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines for Another Day (That Time Forgot), no doubt at the suggestion of his producer, Rick Rubin, who worked with the Chicks on their so-called comeback album, 2006's Taking The Long Way.
The two singers sang the song together in the studio.
"A piece of music is a living thing; it's not cut in stone," Diamond said. "And when two people sing together, they should be there together and preferably looking at each other and enjoying the moment. All of which both Natalie and I did. It was a lot of fun."
After making his past two albums with Rubin, Diamond hasn't ruled out a third record.
"Yes, I have thought about the next album, but I haven't done anything about it," he said. "And as far as working with Rick again, yes, I would love to work with Rick. I think, we did a pretty good job on the first two albums and that can only get better and I hope we can work together some more."
