Blues Alive

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Blues Alive
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Live album by
ReleasedMay 1993
Recorded20 May – 5 October 1992
Genre Blues rock, blues
Length76:11
Label Virgin
Producer Gary Moore
Gary Moore chronology
After Hours
(1992)
Blues Alive
(1993)
Around the Next Dream
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Blues Alive is a live album by Northern Irish guitarist Gary Moore, released in May 1993. [3] It is a collection of recordings taken from his 1992 tour and draws most of its material from Moore's then-recent Still Got the Blues and After Hours albums. It was by far the most successful of all his live albums, reaching number 8 on the UK Albums Chart and being certified Gold. Its release was preceded by the single "Parisienne Walkways" (live).

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Cold Day in Hell" (Gary Moore) – 5:35
  2. "Walking By Myself" (Kirke, Lane, Jimmy Rogers) – 5:00
  3. "Story of the Blues" (Moore) – 7:32
  4. "Oh, Pretty Woman" (A.C. Williams) – 4:25
  5. "Separate Ways" (Moore) – 5:48
  6. "Too Tired" (Maxwell Davis, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Saul Bihari) – 4:34
  7. "Still Got the Blues" (Moore) – 6:44
  8. "Since I Met You Baby" (Moore) – 3:02
  9. "The Sky Is Crying" (Elmore James, Clarence Lewis, Morgan Robinson) – 8:50
  10. "Further on Up the Road" (Joe Medwick, Don Robey) – 5:34
  11. "King of the Blues" (Moore) – 6:13
  12. "Parisienne Walkways" (Phil Lynott, Moore) – 7:03
  13. "Jumpin' at Shadows" (Duster Bennett) – 5:51

Personnel

Guest musician Albert Collins appears on "Too Tired" on guitar and vocals.

Charts

Chart performance for Blues Alive
Chart (1993)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [4] 73
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [5] 14
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6] 31
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [7] 18
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [8] 40
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] 14
UK Albums (OCC) [10] 8

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