Hot August Night (Bonus Tracks)
Neil Diamond
Released:
Dec 1972
Label:
Geffen
Released in time for the 1972 Christmas market, Hot August Night is ground zero for Diamond's reputation as a total hunk. Rocking shrink-wrap denim and a dense thicket of chest hair, the singer definitely channels the sweaty swagger of Tom Jones. Musically, however, he's all about replicating the end-times bombast of Elvis' Vegas show: schmaltz rockers, soul stirrers and soaring ballads, all of them drenched in strings and percussion. It's a unique vision for sure. Plus, the between-song banter is kind of weird, like supper-club small talk filtered through the hippies' existential profundity.
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13:08
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24:26
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33:22
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53:14
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64:43
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81:51
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92:18
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104:19
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123:49
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276:18
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