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Released | September 16, 1996 | |||
Recorded | October 24, 1995 | |||
Venue | Kulturzentrum Mainz | |||
Genre | Industrial metal, electro-industrial, EBM | |||
Length | 111:24 | |||
Label | Off Beat, Metropolis, Energy | |||
Producer | Bill Leeb, Rhys Fulber | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Culture Shock | Favorable [2] |
Metal Hammer | [3] |
Vertigo | Favorable [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.
No. | Title | Also on | Length |
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1. | "Mortal" | Hard Wired | 7:03 |
2. | "Vigilante" | Millennium | 5:52 |
3. | "Circuitry" | Hard Wired | 7:50 |
4. | "Bio-Mechanic" | Tactical Neural Implant | 5:24 |
5. | "Resist" | Caustic Grip | 5:24 |
6. | "Surface Patterns" | Millennium | 6:15 |
7. | "Plasticity" | 6:47 | |
8. | "Modus Operandi" | Hard Wired | 5:48 |
9. | "Liquid Separation" | Millennium | 5:30 |
Total length: | 55:55 |
No. | Title | Also on | Length |
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1. | "Gun" | Tactical Neural Implant | 6:26 |
2. | "Overkill" | Caustic Grip | 5:21 |
3. | "Millennium" | Millennium | 11:46 |
4. | "Condemned" | Hard Wired | 6:26 |
5. | "Mindphaser" | Tactical Neural Implant | 9:46 |
6. | "Neologic Spasm" | Hard Wired | 6:37 |
7. | "Body Count" | Disorder | 9:09 |
Total length: | 55:33 |
No. | Title | Length |
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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 |
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