Live! (The New Pornographers album)

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LIVE!
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Live album by
Released2006
RecordedSeptember 2005 – March 2006
Genre Indie rock
Length65:36
Label The Blue Curtain
The New Pornographers chronology
Twin Cinema
(2005)
LIVE!
(2006)
Challengers
(2007)

LIVE! is the first official live album by Canadian indie rock group the New Pornographers. It was released in 2006 as a tour-only release, and later sold through the band's web store.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by A. C. Newman except where noted.

  1. "The End of Medicine" – 2:20
  2. "Use It" – 3:20
  3. "Jackie, Dressed in Cobras" (Dan Bejar) – 3:00
  4. "The Laws Have Changed" – 3:28
  5. "Testament to Youth in Verse" (Dan Bejar) – 3:48
  6. "These Are the Fables" – 3:29
  7. "From Blown Speakers" – 2:36
  8. "Streets of Fire" (Dan Bejar) – 2:32
  9. "It's Only Divine Right" – 3:37
  10. "The Fake Headlines" – 2:32
  11. "Execution Day" (Dan Bejar) – 3:07
  12. "Sing Me Spanish Techno" – 4:36
  13. "Dreams" (Stevie Nicks) – 27:11
    • Unlisted. The song begins after 23:20 of silence.

Personnel

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