Live (George Thorogood and the Destroyers album)

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Live
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Live album by
George Thorogood and the Destroyers
ReleasedAugust 1986
RecordedMay 23, 1986
Venue Cincinnati Gardens, Ohio
Genre
Length53:34
Label EMI America Records
Producer
George Thorogood and the Destroyers chronology
Maverick
(1985)		Live
(1986)		 Born to Be Bad
(1988)
Singles from Live
  1. "Reelin' and Rockin'"
    Released: July 23, 1986
  2. "Night Time"
    Released: October 1, 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] The album was recorded on May 23, 1986 at the Cincinnati Gardens, Ohio. [2]

Contents

Live is one of the Destroyers' best-selling albums, selling more than one million copies. [3] The album is also one of the Destroyers' best performing, peaking at No. 33 on the Billboard 200 chart, and spending 42 weeks on the chart. [4]

Release

EMI America released Live in August 1986. [5] The album debuted at No. 81, [6] and peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard 200 chart. [7] The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on April 19, 1995. [8]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Billboard (unrated) [10]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of the Blues Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]

"Reelin' and Rockin'" was released as a single [13] on July 23, 1986. [14] It peaked at No. 11 on the Mainstream Rock chart. [15] "Night Time" was also released as a single [16] on October 1. [17]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(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 Thorogood4:35
5."One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" John Lee Hooker 6:06
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Alley Oop" Dallas Frazier 3:58
2."Madison Blues" Elmore James 5:38
3."Bad to the Bone"George Thorogood5:35
4."The Sky Is Crying"Elmore James8:28
5."Reelin' and Rockin'" Chuck Berry 5:10
Total length:53:34

Personnel

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Live
Chart (1986)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [18] 21
Canada (RPM) [19] 30
New Zealand (RMNZ) [20] 5
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [21] 43
US Billboard 200 [7] 33

Certifications

Certifications forLive
RegionCertification Certified units /sales
Canada (Music Canada) [22] Gold40,000^
United States (RIAA) [8] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ "Live - George Thorogood & the Destroyers". AllMusic .
  2. ↑ uDiscover Team (March 8, 2020). "George Thorogood - Prodigiously-Talented Boogie Blues Guitarist". uDiscover Music.
  3. ↑ Kachejian, Brian. "Top 10 George Thorogood Songs - ClassicRockHistory.com". Classic Rock History.
  4. ↑ "Billboard 200". Billboard .
  5. ↑ Peeples, Stephen K. (September 13, 1986). "Rockers Release Records Recorded By Reels On Wheels" (PDF). Billboard . p. 65 – via World Radio History.
  6. ↑ "Billboard 200". Billboard .
  7. 1 2 "Billboard 200". Billboard .
  8. 1 2 "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 Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. 1999. p. 654.
  12. ↑ The Virgin Encyclopedia of the Blues. Virgin. 1998. p. 346.
  13. ↑ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box . October 18, 1986. p. 9 – via World Radio History.
  14. ↑ "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB . July 11, 1986. p. 33 – via World Radio History.
  15. ↑ "Billboard - September 13, 1986" (PDF). Billboard . September 13, 1986. p. 15 – via World Radio History.
  16. ↑ "FMQB - October 17, 1986" (PDF). FMQB . October 17, 1986. p. 50 – via World Radio History.
  17. ↑ "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB . September 19, 1986. p. 46 – via World Radio History.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ "Item: 591 - Library and Archives Canada". Library and Archives Canada.
  20. ↑ "New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz.
  21. ↑ "Swedish Charts". swedishcharts.com.
  22. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – George Thorogood – Live". Music Canada.
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