Love at the Greek

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Love at the Greek
Neil Diamond - Love at the Greek.jpg
Live album by
Neil Diamond
ReleasedFebruary 4, 1977
RecordedSeptember 13, 1976
Genre Rock
Length67:03(CD)
Label Columbia
Producer Robbie Robertson
Neil Diamond chronology
And the Singer Sings His Song
(1976)		Love at the Greek
(1977)		 I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight
(1977)
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Love at the Greek is a live double album by Neil Diamond which was released in 1977. It was Diamond's second live album recorded from a concert at The Greek Theater in Los Angeles, and Neil's second album produced by Robbie Robertson of The Band (the first being 1976's Beautiful Noise ). The CD release does not include the songs "The Last Picasso" and "Longfellow Serenade".

Contents

This album was released in conjunction with a television special broadcast of the concert footage that aired in the United States on February 21, 1977. The television special, broadcast on NBC (and simulcast on FM stations nationwide) was also titled "Love At The Greek." The special was nominated for four Emmy Awards. [2] This 1977 television special was also later released as a VHS Video Tape.

Track listing

LP release

Side A

  1. "Streetlife" – 2:00
  2. "Kentucky Woman" – 1:57
  3. "Sweet Caroline" – 3:59
  4. "The Last Picasso" – 4:29
  5. "Longfellow Serenade" – 4:14

Side B

  1. "Beautiful Noise" – 3:11
  2. "Lady Oh" – 4:04
  3. "Stargazer" – 2:37
  4. "If You Know What I Mean" – 4:11
  5. "Surviving the Life" – 4:49

Side C

  1. "Glory Road" – 3:37
  2. "Song Sung Blue" – 4:09
  3. "Holly Holy" – 4:38
  4. "Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show" – 5:31

Side D

  1. "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" – 15:43
    • "Be"
    • "Dear Father"
    • "Lonely Looking Sky"
    • "Sanctus"
    • "Skybird"
    • "Be (Encore)"
  2. "I've Been This Way Before" – 4:56

CD release

  1. "Introduction" – 1:41
  2. "Street Life" – 2:00
  3. "Kentucky Woman" – 1:57
  4. "Sweet Caroline" – 3:59
  5. "Beautiful Noise" – 3:11
  6. "Lady Oh" – 4:04
  7. "Stargazer" – 2:37
  8. "If You Know What I Mean" – 4:11
  9. "Surviving the Life" – 4:49
  10. "Glory Road" – 3:37
  11. "Song Sung Blue" – 4:09
  12. "Holly Holy" – 4:38
  13. "Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show" – 5:31
  14. "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" – 15:43
    • "Be"
    • "Dear Father"
    • "Lonely Looking Sky"
    • "Sanctus"
    • "Skybird"
    • "Be (Encore)"
  15. "I've Been This Way Before" – 4:56

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [17] Platinum100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [18] Platinum300,000^
United States (RIAA) [19] 2× Platinum2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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