Title: Disappointing
Product review: IMHO "Beautiful Noise" (the album) is Neil Diamond's masterpiece. As a general rule his live performances have much more grit and energy than his slightly too slick studio albums. So to get a live album featuring no less than 6 tracks from his greatest album, and with production once more from Robbie Robertson sounded like an excellent idea. Unfortunately, whether it's in the mastering or the performances themselves, this is a very dull CD. Performances of "Glory Road" and "Holly Holy" really stand out, but that's not enough to save the album from mediocrity.When I first played this album my mother commented that she'd seen and loved the TV special when it aired all those years ago, so I suspect the fault cannot lie with Neil - hopefully we'll get to see it on DVD one of these days and find out for sure.In the meantime, if you want Neil live on CD stick with "Gold" and "Hot August Night".
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