Stark Naked and Absolutely Live

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Stark Naked and Absolutely Live
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Live album by
Released26 June 2000
Recorded1998–2000
Genre Synth-pop
Length72:58
Label Warner
Producer Marian Gold & Martin Lister
Alphaville chronology
Dreamscapes
(1999)
Stark Naked and Absolutely Live
(2000)
Forever Pop
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Stark Naked and Absolutely Live is the first official live album by German band Alphaville. [2] While the Dreamscapes compilation featured a full CD of live material, its tracks were culled from many different concerts. The tracks on Stark Naked and Absolutely Live were recorded specifically for the purpose of creating the album. The final listed track, Apollo, is followed by a hidden track: an acoustic version of "Dance with Me".

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleConcertLength
1."Sounds Like a Melody" Salt Lake City, 7/17/996:50
2."Guardian Angel" Paris, 5/19/994:30
3."Cosmopolitician"Salt Lake City, 7/17/995:56
4."A Victory of Love"Salt Lake City, 7/17/995:02
5."Monkey in the Moon"Salt Lake City, 7/17/994:44
6."New Horizons" Moscow, 6/11/985:48
7."Wishful Thinking" Singapore, 8/21/985:20
8."Jerusalem"Salt Lake City, 7/17/994:04
9."Flame"Salt Lake City, 7/17/994:06
10."Big in Japan" Kyiv, 1/29/996:05
11."Forever Young" Stockholm, 1/29/995:43
12."Apollo" (with an acoustic version of "Dance with Me" at 9:22)Salt Lake City, 7/17/9914:50

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References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r490511
  2. "Alphaville - Stark Naked And Absolutely Live". Discogs . discogs.com. Retrieved 24 November 2015.