Hot August Night
by Neil Diamond

Hot August Night by Neil Diamond
(Live album)
Year: 1972
Overall rank: 8,157th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 87 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1972 (123rd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,223rd)
Award Best albums of all time (8,157th)

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Neil Diamond bestography

Hot August Night is ranked 2nd best out of 53 albums by Neil Diamond on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Neil Diamond is Just For You which is ranked number 7641 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 165.

Neil Diamond album bestography « Higher ranked (7,641st)
Just For You
This album (8,157th)
Hot August Night
Lower ranked (9,556th) »
The Jazz Singer (Soundtrack)

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Neil Diamond Legacy Concert: Jay White & The Sweet Caroline Tour Band
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Hot August Night track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,157th | 1970s rank: 1,223rd | 1972 rank: 123rd

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 87 votes)
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02/15/2026 06:22 KurtTank  Ratings distribution  14179/100
 
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01/28/2026 20:39 DJStuart79  Ratings distribution  5,90858/100
 
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01/15/2026 17:28 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  4,93081/100
 
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01/03/2026 07:24 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,74570/100
 
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09/30/2023 14:40 Brigand99  Ratings distribution  42383/100

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This album is rated in the top 17% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.

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From 06/18/2015 20:32 | #144130
Good album. I love Sweet Caroline
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From 02/18/2015 03:25 | #135200
Captures an amazing moment.
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From 11/27/2013 13:57 | #94925
My father passed this onto me. Huge album in Australia. Still selling today in 2013
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From 12/01/2010 22:23 | #16730
From the sumptuous strings of the intro, through to the chatting with the ‘tree people’ (who are hanging around the edge of the theatre to catch a free view of the concert) everything about this album is piping hot comfort. A steady stream of classic songs flow – Crunchy Granola Suite; Cherry, Cherry; Sweet Caroline, interspersed with the eccentric Porcupine Pie and Soggy Pretzels. In short, its sheer easy-going pleasure...reassuring, like macaroni cheese. More at...
http://no81bob.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/living-with-neil-diamond-for-a-week/
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From 07/25/2010 20:33 | #13717
Recently, my mom told me this was her favorite album ever.
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From 02/15/2010 19:05 | #9221
"I Am...I Said" one of my favourite tracks
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