Neil Diamond HOT AUGUST NIGHT(2LPPersonnel: Neil Diamond (vocals, guitar); Emory Gordy, Jr. (guitar, vibraphone); Richard Bennett, Danny Nicholson (guitar); Hyman Goodman, Jay Rosen, John deVoogdt, David Turner, Tibor Zelig, Samuel Boghossian, Myron Sandler, Sven Reher, Linn Subotnick, Marilyn Baker, Philip Goldberg, Jesse Ehrlich, Giacinto Nardulli, Salvatore Crimi, Henry Ferber, Beldassare Ferlazzo, Wilbert Nuttycombe, Shari Zippert, Walter Wiemeyer, Richard Kaufman (strings); Alan

The Ivy League (background vocals)

fueled by dense interwoven riffs and colored with hints of piano and analog synthesizers that quite consciously evoke '70s future dystopia

Released: 06/10/2016

chasing icy blondes and lollipop Lolitas down their own debauched Hitchcock-ian spiral

melodically rangy "Be Apart" serves as a fine representative

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Chucky Thompson

All vinyl orders will receive the digital version as immediate download

JSBL (Affine Records)

While it's true that it possesses fewer standout performances

High and Mighty is a Records & LPs from Uriah Heep

calling it a reinvention would be an overstatement