In a contemporary review for Rolling Stone, music critic Lester Bangs called Hot August Night a ``fine presentation of the entire spectrum'' of Diamond's work and praised its music as ``great, pretentious, goofy pop'' with a melodramatic, ``hymn-like feeling''. In his review for Creem, Robert Christgau panned the album as a failed attempt at ``bad art'', and found Diamond's humor ``sententious'' and his country-western songs tasteless.
In a contemporary review for Rolling Stone, music critic Lester Bangs called Hot August Night a ``fine presentation of the entire spectrum'' of Diamond's work and praised its music as ``great, pretentious, goofy pop'' with a melodramatic, ``hymn-like feeling''.
case
in
In
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
contemporary
contemporary
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
review
review
NOUN
NN
case
for
for
ADP
IN
amod
VerbForm=Ger
Roll
Rolling
VERB
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
Stone
Stone
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
compound
Number=Sing
music
music
NOUN
NN
nsubj
Number=Sing
critic
critic
NOUN
NN
appos
Number=Sing
Lester
Lester
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Bangs
Bangs
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
call
called
VERB
VBD
amod
Degree=Pos
hot
Hot
ADJ
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
August
August
PROPN
NNP
obj
Number=Sing
Night
Night
PROPN
NNP
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
amod
Degree=Pos
fine
fine
ADJ
JJ
xcomp
Number=Sing
presentation
presentation
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
entire
entire
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Sing
spectrum
spectrum
NOUN
NN
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Diamond
Diamond
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
nmod
Number=Sing
work
work
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
praise
praised
VERB
VBD
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
its
its
PRON
PRP$
obj
Number=Sing
music
music
NOUN
NN
case
as
as
ADP
IN
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
amod
Degree=Pos
great
great
ADJ
JJ
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
amod
Degree=Pos
pretentious
pretentious
ADJ
JJ
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
amod
Degree=Pos
goofy
goofy
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
pop
pop
NOUN
NN
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''
case
with
with
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
melodramatic
melodramatic
ADJ
JJ
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
punct
`
`
PUNCT
``
punct
`
`
PUNCT
``
compound
Number=Sing
hymn
hymn
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
compound
like
like
INTJ
UH
nmod
Number=Sing
feeling
feeling
NOUN
NN
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
In his review for Creem, Robert Christgau panned the album as a failed attempt at ``bad art'', and found Diamond's humor ``sententious'' and his country-western songs tasteless.
case
in
In
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
obl
Number=Sing
review
review
NOUN
NN
case
for
for
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Creem
Creem
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Robert
Robert
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Christgau
Christgau
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
pan
panned
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
album
album
NOUN
NN
case
as
as
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
fail
failed
VERB
VBN
obl
Number=Sing
attempt
attempt
NOUN
NN
case
at
at
ADP
IN
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
amod
Degree=Pos
bad
bad
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Sing
art''
art''
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
find
found
VERB
VBD
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Diamond
Diamond
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
obj
Number=Sing
humor
humor
NOUN
NN
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
xcomp
Degree=Pos
sententious
sententious
ADJ
JJ
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
compound
Number=Sing
country
country
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
amod
Degree=Pos
western
western
ADJ
JJ
conj
Number=Plur
song
songs
NOUN
NNS
amod
Degree=Pos
tasteless
tasteless
ADJ
JJ
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.