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