Hot August Night/NYC: Live From Madison Square Garden, August 2008 (DVD/CD) [Live]

Neil Diamond | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Live
• Label: Columbia Music Video
• ASIN: B002L6UXVC
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,842 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #94 in Music > Jazz > European Jazz

Editorial Reviews

Recorded live at New York's Madison Sqaure Garden in August 2008, Hot August Night/NYC captures Neil's phenomenal four-night sold-out run and presents definintive versions of classic tracks, audience crowd-pleasers, personal favorites of the artist, and the first concert versions of songs from his recent releases - the critically-acclaimed 12 Songs (2005) and Home Before Dark (2008) which debuted in the #1 slot in the U.S. and the U.K. in May 2008.

Track listing:

DVD

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 Traveling Salvation Show

Includes bonus featurette - "Welcome Home Neil".

CD

1. Cherry Cherry

2. Shilo

3. Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)

4. Love On The Rocks

5. Forever In Blue Jeans

6. September Morn

7. America

8. Heartlight

9. Hell Yeah

10. Pretty Amazing Grace

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best $12.00 I ever spent !!!, August 14, 2009

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Anthony Notarino - See all my reviews
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Finally, Neil Diamond in Concert !! NO interuption, just the way it way in New York. I sat in the front row and he was GREAT !!!! This DVD catches what it like to see Neil in person. He moves you makes you smile and even cry. This was my 35th concert and he never lets me down. This DVD is just worth every penny, I feel this worth $30.00 all day long !! A must have


Anthony Notarino 35 year fan

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Wonderfully entertaining and well done-a definite must for any Neil Diamond fan", September 1, 2009

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Laurie C. Davis "lcdtiger" (Northeast GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hot August Night/NYC: Live From Madison Square Garden, August 2008 (DVD/CD) (Audio CD)

I saw this same concert in Jacksonville last November and watching this DVD was like seeing it all over again. I have seen Neil Diamond in concert many times and no one puts on a show like him. He is entertaining and his music is still excellent. From what I have seen and know about Neil Diamond, he is such a professional-gives over 100% in whatever he does-in the studio and in concert. This DVD is a prime example of this. Watching this is like having the best seat in the house-on stage with the band. The sound AND video is incredible. Turn your lights off and you will feel like you are live at the concert. I will admit my surround sound system made it even better. 2 1/2 hours of pure Neil-you can't go wrong.

The extra CD is just a bonus of Neil's personal favorites-nice to have but if you are a fan, you already have every song he has done on previous albums. The concert on DVD alone is worth the price. I even bought a second set for a Christmas gift.

The featurette on his return back to his home in Brooklyn was a great insight in Neil as a person. Nice bonus video.

4.0 out of 5 stars Neil Diamond, October 12, 2010

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Beverly Branner - See all my reviews
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Great concert - great artist - Neil sounds as great as ever - love this DVD.