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Hot August Night/NYC: Live from Madison Square Garden

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{{Infobox album

| name = Hot August Night/NYC

| type = live

| artist = Neil Diamond

| cover = Neildiamondhotaugust.jpg

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| released = {{Start date|2009|08|14}} (Walmart)
February 9, 2010 (Commercially)
November 24, 2014 (UMe)

| recorded = August 14, 2008

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| genre = Rock

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| label = {{hlist|Columbia|UMe}}

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| prev_title = The Best of Neil Diamond

| prev_year = 2008

| next_title = A Cherry Cherry Christmas

| next_year = 2009

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{{Music ratings

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|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1646481|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

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Hot August Night/NYC is a DVD release from Neil Diamond released on August 14, 2009. The DVD features songs from Diamond's four shows at Madison Square Garden during his 2008 tour. An accompanying 2-CD album was released at the same time.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267798/neil-diamonds-hot-august-nightnyc-comes-to-dvd|title=Neil Diamond's 'Hot August Night/NYC' Comes To DVD|last=Graff|first=Gary|date=August 10, 2009|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 1, 2010}}

An edited, hour-long special featuring songs from this DVD was shown on CBS on the night of the disc's release. The special was watched by 13 million viewers.

This is the third in a series of similarly titled live albums; it was preceded by Hot August Night (1972) and Hot August Night II (1987).

Track listing

  1. "Holly Holy"
  2. "Street Life"
  3. "Beautiful Noise"
  4. "Love on the Rocks"
  5. "Play Me"
  6. "Cherry, Cherry"
  7. "Thank the Lord for the Night Time"
  8. "Home Before Dark"
  9. "Don't Go There"
  10. "Pretty Amazing Grace"
  11. "Crunchy Granola Suite"
  12. "Done Too Soon"
  13. "Brooklyn Roads"
  14. "I Am...I Said"
  15. "Solitary Man"
  16. "Kentucky Woman"
  17. "Forever in Blue Jeans"
  18. "Sweet Caroline"
  19. "Sweet Caroline" (reprise)
  20. "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"
  21. "Song Sung Blue"
  22. "I'm a Believer"
  23. "Man of God"
  24. "Hell Yeah"
  25. "Cracklin' Rosie"
  26. "America"
  27. "Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show"

Personnel

  • Guitar: Hadley Hockensmith, Doug Rhone
  • Bass: Reinie Press
  • Keyboards: Tom Hensley, Alan Lindgren
  • Drums: Ron Tutt
  • Percussion: King Errisson
  • Saxophone: Larry Klimas, Don Markese
  • Horns: John Fumo, Arturo Velasco
  • Backing Vocals: Linda Press, Julia Waters Tillman, Maxine Waters

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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{{album chart|Australia|21|artist=Neil Diamond|album=Hot August Night / NYC|rowheader=true|access-date=May 9, 2021}}
{{album chart|Flanders|71|artist=Neil Diamond|album=Hot August Night / NYC|rowheader=true|access-date=May 9, 2021}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|34|artist=Neil Diamond|album=Hot August Night / NYC|rowheader=true|access-date=May 9, 2021}}
{{album chart|Germany4|45|id=114968|artist=Neil Diamond|album=Hot August Night / NYC|rowheader=true|access-date=May 9, 2021}}
{{album chart|Spain|54|artist=Neil Diamond|album=Hot August Night / NYC|rowheader=true|access-date=May 9, 2021}}
{{album chart|Switzerland|91|artist=Neil Diamond|album=Hot August Night / NYC|rowheader=true|access-date=May 9, 2021}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|2|artist=Neil Diamond|rowheader=true|access-date=May 9, 2021}}

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scope="row"| Greek Albums (IFPI){{cite web |url=http://greekcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Neil+Diamond&titel=Hot+August+Night+%2F+NYC&cat=a |title=Neil Diamond – Hot August Night / NYC |work=Greekcharts.com |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=January 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024111057/http://greekcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Neil+Diamond&titel=Hot+August+Night+%2F+NYC&cat=a |archive-date=October 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

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scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2009/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2009|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 9, 2021|archive-date=February 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228075838/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2009/top-billboard-200-albums|url-status=live}}

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scope="row"|Australian Music DVDs Chart{{cite journal |date=August 31, 2009 |title=ARIA Top 40 Music DVD |journal=The ARIA Report |issue=1018 |page=24 |access-date=January 30, 2013 |url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue1018.pdf |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20091004130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20091005-0000/issue1018.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-10-04 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|1

scope="row"|Austrian Music DVDs Chart{{cite web |url=http://austriancharts.at/weekchart.asp?cat=d&year=2009&date=20090911 |title=Austria Top 40 – Musik-DVDs Top 10 11.09.2009 |work=Austriancharts.at |publisher=Hung Medien |language=de |access-date=January 30, 2013}}

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scope="row"|Belgian (Flanders) Music DVDs Chart{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/1c118/Neil-Diamond-Hot-August-Night-_-NYC- |title=Neil Diamond – Hot August Night / NYC [DVD] |work=Ultratop |publisher=Hung Medien |language=nl |access-date=January 30, 2013}}

|3

scope="row"|Dutch Music DVDs Chart{{cite web |url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=d&year=2009&date=20090829 |title=Dutch Charts Portal |work=GfK Dutch Charts |publisher=Hung Medien |language=nl |access-date=January 30, 2013}}

|2

scope="row"|Irish Music DVDs Chart{{cite web |url=http://www.irma.ie/aucharts.asp |title=Irish Charts – Singles, Albums & Compilations |work=IRMA |publisher=Fireball Media |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830012750/http://www.irma.ie/aucharts.asp |archive-date=August 30, 2009 |access-date=January 30, 2013}}

|5

scope="row"|Spanish Music DVDs Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/files/listassemanales/dvds/historial/TOP%2020%20DVD%2009_36.pdf |title=Top 20 DVD Musical |work=PROMUSICAE |publisher=Media Control GfK |language=es |access-date=January 30, 2013 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|15

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!scope="col"|Chart (2011)

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scope="row"|New Zealand Music DVDs Chart{{cite web|url=http://rianz.org.nz/rianz/oldchart.asp?chartNum=1762&chartKind=D |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130223210530/http://rianz.org.nz/rianz/oldchart.asp?chartNum=1762&chartKind=D |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 23, 2013 |title=Top 10 Music DVDs |work=RIANZ |access-date=January 30, 2013 }}

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Certifications and sales

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References

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Category:Neil Diamond live albums

Category:2009 live albums

Category:2009 video albums

Category:2000s live video albums

Category:Albums recorded at Madison Square Garden

Category:Films directed by Hamish Hamilton (director)