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.^[13] 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
Released	17 November 2009
Recorded	17–21 July 2009 in Citi Field (New York City)
Genre	Rock
Length	CDs: 123:11 DVD: 153:27 Bonus DVD: 47:04
Label	Mercury 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
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
BBC	(favourable)^[2]
Beats Per Minute	64/100^[3]
Consequence of Sound	C−^[4]
entertainment.ie	^[5]
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[6]
Hot Press	3/5^[7]
Pitchfork Media	5.9/10^[8]
Q	^[9]
Record Collector	^[10]
Rolling Stone	^[11]
Uncut	^[12]

At the 53rd Grammy Awards, the recording of "Helter Skelter" from the album won in the category of Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance.^[14]

Description

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 using 15 cameras and digital footage incorporated from 75 flipcams handed out to fans over the course of the three night stand.^[13] 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.^[13]

The documented concerts held special significance for McCartney and his fans. Citi Field sits adjacent to the site of the former Shea Stadium, where his former band, The Beatles, set record attendance figures in 1965. In 2008, McCartney joined Billy Joel onstage for the final rock show at Shea Stadium before its demolition. Joel returned the favour for the first of McCartney's July performances, the first concerts to be held at Citi Field. Of the 20 Beatles songs performed on the album, 17 of these were released after the original Beatles performance, with "I'm Down" the only common song.

The performances of "Sing the Changes", "Jet", and "Band on the Run" included in this set were released as a downloadable three-track pack for the Rock Band video game on 5 January 2010.

Formats

The package is available in two formats: a 3-disc (2 CD + 1 DVD) standard edition and a 4-disc (2 CD + 2 DVD) deluxe version featuring expanded packaging and a bonus DVD including McCartney's 15 July performance on the Ed Sullivan Theater marquee for his appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman.

The deluxe edition is available from an album specific store set up through McCartney's website and through Best Buy stores.^[15]

Track listing

Standard and Deluxe Edition CDs/DVD

All tracks are written by Paul McCartney, unless otherwise noted

CD one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Drive My Car"	Paul McCartney, John Lennon	2:25
2.	"Jet"	Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney	4:20
3.	"Only Mama Knows"		3:41
4.	"Flaming Pie"		2:29
5.	"Got to Get You into My Life"	McCartney, Lennon	2:51
6.	"Let Me Roll It" (with "Foxy Lady" coda)	Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney / Jimi Hendrix	5:51
7.	"Highway"		3:55
8.	"The Long and Winding Road"	McCartney, Lennon	3:41
9.	"My Love"	Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney	3:53
10.	"Blackbird"	McCartney, Lennon	2:43
11.	"Here Today"		2:32
12.	"Dance Tonight"		3:02
13.	"Calico Skies"		2:39
14.	"Mrs Vandebilt"	Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney	4:40
15.	"Eleanor Rigby"	McCartney, Lennon	2:25
16.	"Sing the Changes"		4:17
17.	"Band on the Run"	Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney	5:16
Total length:			60:34

All tracks are written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, unless otherwise noted

CD two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Back in the U.S.S.R."		3:08
2.	"I'm Down"		2:23
3.	"Something" (Tribute to George Harrison, first part played on ukulele)	George Harrison	4:07
4.	"I've Got a Feeling"		5:51
5.	"Paperback Writer"		3:29
6.	"A Day in the Life / Give Peace a Chance"	John Lennon, Paul McCartney / John Lennon	5:44
7.	"Let It Be"		3:55
8.	"Live and Let Die"	Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney	3:14
9.	"Hey Jude"		7:23
10.	"Day Tripper"		3:12
11.	"Lady Madonna"		2:33
12.	"I Saw Her Standing There" (with Billy Joel)		3:09
13.	"Yesterday"		2:17
14.	"Helter Skelter"		3:53
15.	"Get Back"		4:00
16.	"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)/The End"		4:28
Total length:			62:37

DVD

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Drive My Car"	McCartney, Lennon
2.	"Jet"	McCartney, McCartney
3.	"Only Mama Knows"	McCartney
4.	"Flaming Pie"	McCartney
5.	"Got to Get You into My Life"	McCartney, Lennon
6.	"Let Me Roll It"	McCartney, McCartney
7.	"Highway"	McCartney
8.	"The Long and Winding Road"	McCartney, Lennon
9.	"My Love"	McCartney, McCartney
10.	"Blackbird"	McCartney, Lennon
11.	"Here Today"	McCartney
12.	"Dance Tonight"	McCartney
13.	"Calico Skies"	McCartney
14.	"Mrs Vandebilt"	McCartney, McCartney
15.	"Eleanor Rigby"	McCartney, Lennon
16.	"Sing the Changes"	McCartney
17.	"Band on the Run"	McCartney, McCartney
18.	"Back in the USSR"	McCartney, Lennon
19.	"I'm Down"	McCartney, Lennon
20.	"Something"	Harrison
21.	"I've Got a Feeling"	McCartney, Lennon
22.	"Paperback Writer"	McCartney, Lennon
23.	"A Day in the Life/Give Peace a Chance"	Lennon, McCartney/Lennon
24.	"Let It Be"	McCartney, Lennon
25.	"Live and Let Die"	McCartney, McCartney
26.	"Hey Jude"	McCartney, Lennon
27.	"Day Tripper"	Lennon, McCartney
28.	"Lady Madonna"	McCartney, Lennon
29.	"I Saw Her Standing There" (with Billy Joel)	McCartney, Lennon
30.	"Yesterday"	McCartney, Lennon
31.	"Helter Skelter"	McCartney, Lennon
32.	"Get Back"	McCartney, Lennon
33.	"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise)/The End"	McCartney, Lennon
Total length:			2:34:27

Deluxe Edition Bonus DVD

Live on the Late Show with David Letterman

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Get Back"	McCartney, Lennon
2.	"Sing the Changes"	McCartney
3.	"Coming Up"	McCartney
4.	"Band on the Run"	McCartney, McCartney
5.	"Let Me Roll It"	McCartney, McCartney
6.	"Helter Skelter"	McCartney, Lennon
7.	"Back in the USSR"	McCartney, Lennon
Total length:			47:04

• Good Evening People (audience documentary film)
• "I'm Down" (full performance)

Personnel

• Paul McCartney – lead vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, electric guitar, ukulele, mandolin
• Rusty Anderson – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "I've Got a Feeling"
• Brian Ray – bass guitar, rhythm and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
• Paul Wickens – keyboards, electric guitar, accordion, harmonica, percussion, backing vocals
• Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Billy Joel - co-lead vocals and piano on "I Saw Her Standing There"

This is the same band which performed on McCartney's previous live album Back in the U.S.. Wickens had been with McCartney since his first live album Tripping the Live Fantastic in 1990.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2009–2010) Peak position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[16] 76 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[17] 56 Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[18] 23 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[19] 11 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[20] 21 French Albums (SNEP)^[21] 57 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[22] 54 Greek Albums (IFPI)^[23] 37 Irish Albums (IRMA)^[24] 42 Italian Albums (FIMI)^[25] 61 Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[26] 18 Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)^[27] 20 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[28] 8 Scottish Albums (OCC)^[29] 26 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[30] 52 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[31] 29 UK Albums (OCC)^[32] 28 US Billboard 200^[33] 16 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[34] 5

Year-end charts Chart (2010) Position US Billboard 200^[35] 133 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[36] 33 Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales United Kingdom (BPI)^[37] Silver 60,000^* United States (RIAA)^[38] Gold 500,000^^ ^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Country	Date
United States	17 November 2009
United Kingdom	14 December 2009

See also

• The Beatles at Shea Stadium
• Summer Live '09

Notes

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32. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
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34. "Paul McCartney Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
35. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2010". Billboard. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
36. "Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2010". Billboard. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
37. "British album certifications – Paul McCartney – Good Evening New York City". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
38. "American album certifications – Paul Mc Cartney – Good Evening New York City". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

External links

• PaulMcCartney.com – official website
• on PaulMcCartney.com