Live Monsters (video)

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Live Monsters
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Released1 March 2004 (2004-03-01)
Recorded5 July 2003
Venue Olympia (Paris)
Genre
Label
Director Fabien Raymond
Producer Dave Gahan
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Live Monsters is a live DVD by English singer Dave Gahan. [2] It was released by Mute Films on 1 March 2004. The DVD was filmed on 5 July 2003 at the Paris Olympia during Gahan's Paper Monsters tour. [3]

Contents

Gahan's backup band for the project included keyboardist Vincent Jones. [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dave Gahan and Knox Chandler, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hidden Houses"  
2."Hold On"  
3."Dirty Sticky Floors"  
4."A Question of Time" Martin Gore  
5."Bitter Apple"  
6."Black and Blue Again"  
7."Stay"  
8."A Little Piece"  
9."Walking in My Shoes"Gore 
10."I Need You"  
11."Bottle Living"  
12."Personal Jesus"Gore 
13."Goodbye"  
14."I Feel You"Gore 
15."Never Let Me Down Again"Gore 
Bonus material
No.TitleLength
16."Dirty Sticky Floors" (acoustic set from radio promotion appearance) 
17."Bitter Apple" (acoustic set from radio promotion appearance) 
18."Black and Blue Again" (acoustic set from radio promotion appearance) 
19."Live Monsters – A short film" 

Soundtrack to Live Monsters

Soundtrack to Live Monsters
Live album by
Released7 March 2004 (2004-03-07)
Recorded5 July 2003
Venue Olympia (Paris)
Genre
Label Mute
Producer Dave Gahan
Dave Gahan chronology
Soundtrack to Live Monsters
(2004)
Live from SoHo
(2007)
Singles from Soundtrack to Live Monsters
  1. "A Little Piece"
    Released: 9 February 2004

Soundtrack to Live Monsters is the first live album by Dave Gahan. It was released exclusively on iTunes by Mute Records on 7 March 2004.

Track listing

  1. "Hidden Houses"
  2. "Hold On"
  3. "Dirty Sticky Floors"
  4. "Bitter Apple"
  5. "Black and Blue Again"
  6. "Stay"
  7. "A Little Piece"
  8. "I Need You"
  9. "Bottle Living"
  10. "Goodbye"

Charts

Chart performance for Live Monsters
Chart (2004)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [4] 46

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