Hot August Night/NYC: Live from Madison Square Garden

Hot August Night/NYC
Live album by
Neil Diamond
ReleasedAugust 14, 2009 (2009-08-14) (Walmart)
February 9, 2010 (Commercially)
November 24, 2014 (UMe)
RecordedAugust 14, 2008
GenreRock
Label
Neil Diamond chronology
The Best of Neil Diamond
(2008) 		Hot August Night/NYC
(2009) 		A Cherry Cherry Christmas
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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.[2]

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"

Charts

DVD

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian Music DVDs Chart[12] 1
Austrian Music DVDs Chart[13] 9
Belgian (Flanders) Music DVDs Chart[14] 3
Dutch Music DVDs Chart[15] 2
Irish Music DVDs Chart[16] 5
Spanish Music DVDs Chart[17] 15
Chart (2011) Peak
position
New Zealand Music DVDs Chart[18] 1

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[19] Gold 100,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
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  8. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Neil Diamond – Hot August Night / NYC". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  9. ^ "Neil Diamond Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  10. ^ "Neil Diamond – Hot August Night / NYC". Greekcharts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  11. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 28, 2015. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  12. ^ "ARIA Top 40 Music DVD" (PDF). The ARIA Report (1018): 24. August 31, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-04. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  13. ^ "Austria Top 40 – Musik-DVDs Top 10 11.09.2009". Austriancharts.at (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  14. ^ "Neil Diamond – Hot August Night / NYC [DVD]". Ultratop (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  15. ^ "Dutch Charts Portal". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  16. ^ "Irish Charts – Singles, Albums & Compilations". IRMA. Fireball Media. Archived from the original on August 30, 2009. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  17. ^ "Top 20 DVD Musical" (PDF). PROMUSICAE (in Spanish). Media Control GfK. Retrieved January 30, 2013.[permanent dead link‍]
  18. ^ "Top 10 Music DVDs". RIANZ. Archived from the original on February 23, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  19. ^ "British album certifications – Neil Diamond – Hot August Night/Nyc". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 10 June 2019.