Hot August Night/NYC: Live from Madison Square Garden

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]

Hot August Night/NYC
Live album by
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]

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

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Greek Albums (IFPI)[10]23

Year-end charts

Chart (2009)Position
US Billboard 200[11]185

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

RegionCertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[19]Gold100,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References