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 Bad to the Bone
  1. "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]

Contents

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
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Billboard (unrated) [10]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of the Blues Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

"Reelin' and Rockin'" was released as the only single from the album, [12] it peaked at No. 11 on the Mainstream Rock chart. [13]

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) [14] 21
Canada (RPM) [15] 30
New Zealand (RMNZ) [16] 5
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [17] 43
US Billboard 200 [5] 33

Certifications

Certifications forLive
RegionCertification Certified units /sales
Canada (Music Canada) [18] Gold40,000^
United States (RIAA) [8] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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