Live: Sacred and Profane

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Live: Sacred and Profane
Berlin Live Sacred and Profane 2000 Album Cover.jpg
Live album by
ReleasedApril 18, 2000 [1]
Length64:12
Label Time Bomb Recordings
Producer Terri Nunn (tracks 1-12)
Meeks (tracks 13-15)
Jamie Dunlap (co-producer, tracks 13-15)
Berlin chronology
Dancing in Berlin
(1987)
Live: Sacred and Profane
(2000)
Voyeur
(2002)

Live: Sacred and Profane is a live album from American new wave band Berlin, released in 2000 by Time Bomb Recordings. The band's first live album, it features twelve live tracks and three new studio tracks. [2] The live tracks were recorded at the Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, California on December 4, 1999. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
PopMatters unfavorable [4]

Upon release, Ben Varkentine of PopMatters said: "If you like these songs you're better off seeking out a greatest hits collection; as the new, increased guitar arrangements don't add anything particularly memorable to the old songs." [4] Doug Stone of AllMusic commented that the album "holds more guts than expected considering the vast keyboard capacity of Terri Nunn's vehicle" and the "melodies remain sharp, haunting, and hot". He concluded: "Live: Sacred and Profane is a surprise treat from an unlikely concert attraction." [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Masquerade"Chris Ruiz-Velasco4:10
2."Touch" John Crawford, David Diamond, Terri Nunn 3:18
3."No More Words"Crawford3:33
4."Steps"Nunn, Steven Seibold3:23
5."You Don't Know"Crawford5:03
6."The Metro"Crawford4:31
7."Turn You On"Nunn, Seibold, Pamela Phillips Oland4:45
8."For All Tomorrow's Lies"Crawford4:09
9."Confession Time" Karl Hyde, Nunn, Rick Smith3:59
10."Tell Me Why"Crawford5:05
11."Sex (I'm a ...)"Crawford, Nunn, Diamond4:18
12."Take My Breath Away" Giorgio Moroder, Tom Whitlock 6:07
13."Shayla" Chris Stein 4:24
14."Angel's Wings"Nunn, Charlotte Caffey 4:22
15."Xgirl"Nunn, Caffey3:05

Personnel

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