Hot August Night
by Neil Diamond
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Neil Diamond bestography
Hot August Night is ranked 2nd best out of 54 albums by Neil Diamond on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Neil Diamond is Just For You which is ranked number 7600 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 169.
(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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Hot August Night track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Hot August Night rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 41 Music Albums of 1972 | 25/41 | 2 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 23 Music Albums of 1972 | 11/23 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1970s Pt 2 | 35/100 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 70 Music Albums of 1972 | 58/70 | 1 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1972 | 13/100 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 13/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  nitomano | Live Albums | 31/88 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 56 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 140 | |||
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Hot August Night ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 28 hours ago | mrmcrook | 1,134 | 77/100 |
| ! | 08/14/2026 16:13 |  CharlieBarley | 3,271 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2026 17:34 |  MetalMan67 | 6,251 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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Hot August Night forum mentions
neilgee 12/07/2020 21:03 in What album are you listening to right now?Hot August Night comments
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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/
Neil's got a great voice and a heap of great songs that he does justice to live. Top backing musicians especially the string section. Great live album.
My father passed this onto me. Huge album in Australia. Still selling today in 2013
Applerill TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/25/2010 20:33 | #13717 | TOP COMMENT
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Recently, my mom told me this was her favorite album ever.
RaineyWins 02/15/2010 19:05 | #9221 | TOP COMMENT
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"I Am...I Said" one of my favourite tracks
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