Album: Hot August Night
Artist: Neil Diamond
Release Year: 1976
Hails From: Brooklyn
Tracks:
1. Prologue
2. Crunchy Granola Suite
3. Done Too Soon
4. Talking
5. Solitary Man
6. Cherry Cherry
7. Sweet Caroline
8. Porcupine Pie
9. You're So Sweet
10. Red, Red Wine
11. Soggy Pretzles
12. And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind
13. Shilo
14. Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon
15. Walk On Water
16. Kentucky Water
17. Stones
18. Play Me
19. Canta Libra
20. Morningside
21. Song Sung Blue
22. Cracklin' Rosie
23. Holly holy
24. I Am...I Said
25. Soolaimon/Brother Love's Traveler's Show
My Thoughts: When I was younger my dad played Neil Diamond, Mozart, and Elvis on repeat. During my summers growing up that was basically the soundtrack of my youth. At the time I hated it. Now, though I acknowledge the obsessiveness was crazy and I can blame that trait I picked up on my dad, I am also very thankful for such an amazing introduction to music. One of those guys created rock and roll, another is Mozart (do I really need to say more?) and the other is one of the greatest singer songwriters of the past 50 years. And he is still going. Hot August Nights was a mainstay of my dad's complete Neil Diamond collection. It is a live double album and when looking at it I thought I didn't know some of the songs - but upon listening I know every single one and all of the words to a lot of them. It is amazing what brain washing will do to you! Basically I was brainwashed when I was 8 into writing this blog post 21 years later. Weird.
Reminds me of: My dad. summers on Aubrey Ave.
Random Fact:
It is a double album recorded at a concert on Thursday August 24, 1972, one of ten sold out concerts that he performed that month at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.
~ (wikipedia)
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