Live Wired

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Live Wired
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Live album by
ReleasedSeptember 16, 1996 (1996-09-16)
RecordedOctober 24, 1995 (1995-10-24)
VenueKulturzentrum Mainz
Genre Industrial metal, electro-industrial, EBM
Length111:24
Label Off Beat, Metropolis, Energy
Producer Bill Leeb, Rhys Fulber
Front Line Assembly chronology
The Remix Wars: Strike 2
(1996)
Live Wired
(1996)
Reclamation
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Culture ShockFavorable [2]
Metal Hammer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
VertigoFavorable [4]

Live Wired is a live album by Vancouver industrial band Front Line Assembly, released in 1996, with the majority of tracks coming from the bands previous two studio albums; Millennium and Hard Wired . A box set including the two CDs plus a VHS with all of the band's video clips to date (except "Mindphaser" and "Body Count"), and a live concert video (from the show in Chemnitz 1995, different from the one on CD) was released at the same time.

Contents

Track listing

Disc 1
No.TitleAlso onLength
1."Mortal" Hard Wired 7:03
2."Vigilante" Millennium 5:52
3."Circuitry"Hard Wired7:50
4."Bio-Mechanic" Tactical Neural Implant 5:24
5."Resist" Caustic Grip 5:24
6."Surface Patterns"Millennium6:15
7."Plasticity" 6:47
8."Modus Operandi"Hard Wired5:48
9."Liquid Separation"Millennium5:30
Total length:55:55
Disc 2
No.TitleAlso onLength
1."Gun"Tactical Neural Implant6:26
2."Overkill"Caustic Grip5:21
3."Millennium"Millennium11:46
4."Condemned"Hard Wired6:26
5."Mindphaser"Tactical Neural Implant9:46
6."Neologic Spasm"Hard Wired6:37
7."Body Count" Disorder 9:09
Total length:55:33
Live Wired Box Set VHS Video
No.TitleLength
1."Intro Visual Mind"0:25
2."Mortal"2:52
3."Vigilante"6:15
4."Circuitry"7:21
5."Bio-Mechanic"5:24
6."Iceolate" (Video Clip)5:14
7."Resist"5:21
8."Interview (Part1)"2:59
9."Surface Patterns"6:10
10."Millennium" (Video Clip)4:27
11."Gun"6:06
12."Interview (Part2)"3:17
13."Modus Operandi"5:28
14."Virus" (Video Clip)4:26
15."Liquid Separation"4:50
16."The Blade" (Video Clip)4:25
17."Overkill"5:24
18."Interview (Part3)"2:34
19."Millennium"7:47
20."Laughing Pain" (Video Clip)5:21
21."Mindphaser"6:39
22."Body Count"7:54
23."Plasticity" (Video Clip)4:17
Total length:114:56

Personnel

Front Line Assembly

Additional live musicians

Production and other personnel

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