Good Evening New York City

Good Evening New York City is a CD/DVD double live album by Paul McCartney consisting of material performed over three nights as the inaugural concerts at New York City's Citi Field, 17, 18 and 21 July 2009, part of his Summer Live '09 concert tour. Over 180,000 tickets were sold within hours of the shows being announced. The album is McCartney's third release for Hear Music, following 2007 album Memory Almost Full and the live EP Amoeba's Secret. Previous McCartney live albums such as Back in the US proved to be huge sellers based on his record-breaking live shows from the 2000s.

Good Evening New York City
Live album by
Paul McCartney
Released17 November 2009
Recorded17–21 July 2009
VenueCiti Field (New York City)
GenreRock
LengthCDs: 123:11
DVD: 153:27
Bonus DVD: 47:04
LabelMercury Records
Producer
  • Geoff Emerick
  • Paul Hicks
  • Jonas Westling
  • Richard Lanchaster
  • John Henry
Paul McCartney chronology
Electric Arguments
(2008)		 Good Evening New York City
(2009)		 Paul McCartney Live in Los Angeles
(2010)
Paul McCartney live album chronology
Back in the World
(2003)		 Good Evening New York City
(2009)		 Paul McCartney Live in Los Angeles
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
BBC(favourable)
Beats Per Minute64/100
Consequence of SoundC−
entertainment.ie
Entertainment WeeklyB+
Hot Press3/5
Pitchfork Media5.9/10
Q
Record Collector
Rolling Stone
Uncut

At the 53rd Grammy Awards, the recording of "Helter Skelter" from the album won in the category of Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance.

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