Live (George Thorogood and the Destroyers album)

Live
Live album by George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Released	August 1986
Recorded	May 23, 1986
Venue	Cincinnati Gardens, Ohio
Genre	Blues rock boogie rock hard rock
Length	53:34
Label	EMI America Records
Producer	Terry Manning The Delaware Destroyers
George Thorogood and the Destroyers chronology
Maverick (1985) Live (1986) Born to Be Bad (1988)
Singles from Bad to the Bone
"Reelin' and Rockin'" Released: 1986

Live is the first live album by American blues rock band George Thorogood & the Destroyers. It was released in 1986 by the label EMI America Records. ^{[1] [2]} The album was recorded on May 23, 1986 at the Cincinnati Gardens, Ohio. ^[3]

Live is one of the Destroyers' best-selling albums, selling more than one million copies. ^[4] The album is also one of the Destroyers' best performing, peaking at No. 33 on the Billboard 200 chart, ^[5] and spending 42 weeks on the chart. ^[6]

Release

EMI America released Live in August 1986. ^[2] The album debuted at No. 81, ^[7] and peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard 200 chart. ^[5] The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on April 19, 1995. ^[8]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
Billboard	(unrated) [10]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of the Blues	[11]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide	[12]

"Reelin' and Rockin'" was released as the only single from the album, ^[13] it peaked at No. 11 on the Mainstream Rock chart. ^[14]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Who Do You Love?"	Ellas McDaniel	5:37
2.	"Bottom of the Sea"	McKinley Morganfield	3:27
3.	"Night Time"	Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer	5:29
4.	"I Drink Alone"	George Thorogood	4:35
5.	"One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer"	John Lee Hooker	6:06

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Alley Oop"	Dallas Frazier	3:58
2.	"Madison Blues"	Elmore James	5:38
3.	"Bad to the Bone"	George Thorogood	5:35
4.	"The Sky Is Crying"	Elmore James	8:28
5.	"Reelin' and Rockin'"	Chuck Berry	5:10
Total length:			53:34

Personnel

• George Thorogood – slide guitar, vocals
• Bill Blough – bass, vocals
• Hank "Hurricane" Carter – saxophone, percussion
• Steve Chrismar – rhythm and lead guitar
• Jeff Simon – drums

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Live

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [15]	21
Canada (RPM) [16]	30
New Zealand (RMNZ) [17]	5
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [18]	43
US Billboard 200 [5]	33

Certifications

Certifications forLive

Region	Certification	Certified units /sales
Canada (Music Canada) [19]	Gold	40,000^
United States (RIAA) [8]	Platinum	1,000,000^

^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Live - George Thorogood & the Destroyers". AllMusic .
2. Peeples, Stephen K. (September 13, 1986). "Rockers Release Records Recorded By Reels On Wheels" (PDF). Billboard . p. 65 – via World Radio History.
3. uDiscover Team (March 8, 2020). "George Thorogood - Prodigiously-Talented Boogie Blues Guitarist". uDiscover Music.
4. Kachejian, Brian. "Top 10 George Thorogood Songs - ClassicRockHistory.com". Classic Rock History.
5. "Billboard 200". Billboard .
6. "Billboard 200". Billboard .
7. "Billboard 200". Billboard .
8. "Gold & Platinum - RIAA". RIAA.
9. AllMusic Review
10. "Reviews" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 98, no. 33. August 16, 1986. p. 94 – via World Radio History.
11. The Virgin Encyclopedia of the Blues. Virgin. 1998. p. 346.
12. The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. 1999. p. 654.
13. "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box . October 18, 1986. p. 9 – via World Radio History.
14. "Billboard - September 13, 1986" (PDF). Billboard . September 13, 1986. p. 15 – via World Radio History.
15. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 309. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
16. "Item: 591 - Library and Archives Canada". Library and Archives Canada.
17. "New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz.
18. "Swedish Charts". swedishcharts.com.
19. "Canadian album certifications – George Thorogood – Live". Music Canada.