Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live

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Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live
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Live album by
ReleasedApril 24, 2018
RecordedSeptember 20–22, 1973
Venue Roxy Theatre, Sunset Strip, Los Angeles
Genre Blues rock, country rock
Length53:15
Label Reprise
Producer David Briggs and Neil Young
Neil Young chronology
Paradox
(2018)
Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live
(2018)
Songs for Judy
(2018)
Archives Performance Series chronology
PS04:
Tuscaloosa

(2019)
PS05:
Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live

(2018)
PS06:
Odeon Budokan

(2020)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork 8.3/10 [1]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live is a live album by Canadian musician Neil Young. The album is culled from live recordings made at the Roxy Theatre on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, shows that celebrated the club's opening as part of Neil Young Tonight's the Night Tour 1973. Neil Young and the backing band he called the Santa Monica Flyers played two sets a night on September 20, 21, and 22, 1973, shortly after the band had finished recording Tonight's the Night . Because of that, almost the entire concert is made up of that album.

Contents

The album was also included in the Archives Volume II boxset released in 2020, featuring an additional track "The Losing End" not present on the original version.

Track listing

All songs written by Neil Young, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro" 0:51
2."Tonight's the Night" 6:48
3."Roll Out the Barrel" Jaromír Vejvoda 0:52
4."Mellow My Mind" 3:11
5."World on a String" 2:43
6."Band Intro" 1:23
7."Speakin' Out" 6:37
8."Candy Bar Rap" 0:31
9."Albuquerque" 3:51
10."Perry Como Rap" 0:17
11."New Mama" 2:39
12."David Geffen Rap" 0:35
13."Roll Another Number (For the Road)" 4:40
14."Candy Bar 2 Rap" 0:28
15."Tired Eyes" 7:02
16."Tonight's the Night – Part II" 6:38
17."Walk On" 3:38
18."Outro" 0:31
19."The Losing End (Bonus track only on Archives Volume II)" 6:51

Personnel

Engineering and production

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [3] 97
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [4] 25
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [5] 27
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [6] 79
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] 41
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] 20
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [9] 39
Irish Albums (IRMA) [10] 63
Italian Albums (FIMI) [11] 69
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ) [12] 3
Scottish Albums (OCC) [13] 10
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [14] 36
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [15] 61
UK Albums (OCC) [16] 30
US Billboard 200 [17] 70

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