Neil Diamond

He sho is hip, ain't he? Neil Diamond's metamorphosis from a simple short-haired rock pop
hitmaker into one of the heaviest dudes on the planet, a force of international magnitude,
has been accomplished with all the grace to which true superstars are heir. Come what
may, Neil did it his way. Just look at this album: A zero cool deluxe two-record set with
pages inside and everything, the true document of Neil's historic concert last su... More >

From the first guitar riff of this profit-taking double live showcase, it's obvious that the man is some sort of genius rock entertainer, but for the most part the great entertainer is striving for bad art and not even achieving it. The humor here is almost as sententious as the phony canta libre and the country-western parodies might get a poorer, drunker man lynched. (Grade: D+)