Hot August Night
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In 1972, Neil Diamond played ten sold out concerts at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. The performance on Thursday August the 24th was recorded and released as the live double album Hot August Night. This album demonstrates Diamond's skills as a performer and showman, as he reinvigorated his back catalogue of hits with new energy; critic Stephen Thomas Erlewin calls Hot August Night "the ultimate Neil Diamond record ... [which] shows Diamond the icon in full glory."
The album has become a classic, and in Australia, it spent 29 weeks at number 1 on the album charts during 1973 & 1974, a feat only reachieved thirty years later by Delta Goodrem with her album Innocent Eyes in 2003.
It was the number one charting album in Australia for the 1970s, entering the Australian album charts in late 1972 and was still charting in the top 20 in 1976. It re-entered the top 20 in 1982.
