Good Evening New York City | |||||
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Live album by Paul McCartney | |||||
Released | 17 November 2009 | ||||
Recorded | 17–21 July 2009 in Citi Field (New York City) |
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Genre | Rock | ||||
Length | CDs: 2:03:11 DVD: 2:34:27 Bonus DVD: 47:04 |
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Label | Mercury Records | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
BBC | (favourable) |
Beats Per Minute | 64/100 |
Consequence of Sound | C– |
entertainment.ie | |
Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
Hot Press | 3/5 |
Pitchfork Media | 5.9/10 |
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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 concert 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.
At the 53rd Grammy Awards, the recording of "Helter Skelter" from the album won in the category of Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance.
The concert footage featured on the standard edition of the set was directed by Paul Becher, who has overseen live visuals for McCartney for over 200 performances. The performances were shot in high definition using 15 cameras and digital footage incorporated from 75 flipcams handed out to fans over the course of the three night stand. The audio mix, in both stereo and 5.1, was handled by longtime Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick, and also longtime McCartney engineer Paul Hicks, whose credits include the recent Beatles remasters, The Beatles Anthology and Let It Be... Naked, and two Grammy awards for his mixing work on the Beatles' Love album.