Three singles were lifted from the album: "
Longfellow Serenade" (#5), "
I've Been This Way Before" (#34) and "The Last Picasso". Serenade was Diamond's third consecutive platinum album.[8] It was also issued as a quadraphonic LP with some songs as alternate takes.
The Morning Call wrote that the songs "seemed overblown, self-important and banal - pale imitations . . . rewrites, if you will, of songs Diamond already had recorded," and praised Beautiful Noise as a righting of the ship.[11]
Record World said of the single release of "The Last Picasso" that the "new mix brings to the album cut undeniably colorful AM hit strokes while none of its subtler appeal is brushed aside."[12]
Three singles were lifted from the album: "
Longfellow Serenade" (#5), "
I've Been This Way Before" (#34) and "The Last Picasso". Serenade was Diamond's third consecutive platinum album.[8] It was also issued as a quadraphonic LP with some songs as alternate takes.
The Morning Call wrote that the songs "seemed overblown, self-important and banal - pale imitations . . . rewrites, if you will, of songs Diamond already had recorded," and praised Beautiful Noise as a righting of the ship.[11]
Record World said of the single release of "The Last Picasso" that the "new mix brings to the album cut undeniably colorful AM hit strokes while none of its subtler appeal is brushed aside."[12]