Live and Sleazy

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Live and Sleazy
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Live album / Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1979
Genre Disco
Length70:14
Label Casablanca
Producer Jacques Morali
Village People chronology
Go West
(1979)
Live and Sleazy
(1979)
Can't Stop the Music
(1980)
Singles from Live and Sleazy
  1. "Ready for the 80's"
    Released: October 1979
  2. "Sleazy"
    Released: 1979

Live and Sleazy is the first live album and fifth studio album by the Village People and features a mixture of live and studio recordings. It was released as a double LP. The album featured numerous lead singers: original cop Victor Willis on the entire "Live" disk; on the "Sleazy" disk, construction worker David Hodo on track 1, Ray Simpson (who replaced Willis as the cop) on tracks 2, 3, and 5, and G.I. Alex Briley on track 4. Horace Ott is credited as the arranger and conductor of the string and horn sections. The musicians were credited as Bittersweet.

Contents

Victor Willis had announced plans for the live portion of this album be remastered and reissued as a stand alone live album titled “Village People Live At The Greek Theatre” in 2018. Other songs left off the original release though performed on the 1979 tour include "Key West", "Go West", "Village People", and "I Wanna Shake Your Hand".[ citation needed ]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Cash Box called the song "Sleazy" "an amusing self-parody which, vocally, relies more than ever on the group's zealous choral work." [2] Record World called it "great dance music." [3]

Track listing

All music composed by Jacques Morali

Live

No.TitleSongwriterLength
1."Fire Island" J. Morali, H. Belolo, B. Whitehead, P. Hurtt 4:01
2."Hot Cop"J. Morali, H. Belolo, V. Willis 6:00
3."Medley: San Francisco (You've Got Me) / In Hollywood (Everybody is a Star)"J. Morali, H. Belolo, B. Whitehead, P. Hurtt11:07
4."Macho Man"J. Morali, H. Belolo, V. Willis, B. Whitehead6:00
5."In the Navy"J. Morali, H. Belolo, V. Willis6:25
6."Y.M.C.A."J. Morali, V. Willis [4] 8:00

Sleazy

All songs written by J. Morali, H. Belolo, B. Whitehead, P. Hurtt

No.TitleLength
1."Sleazy"6:10
2."Rock and Roll Is Back Again"7:00
3."Ready for the 80's"6:38
4."Save Me" (Ballad)4:00
5."Save Me" (Uptempo Version)5:07

Note: The Rebound Records CD release placed the studio tracks before the live tracks.

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1979)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [5] 69
Canadian Albums (RPM) [6] 23
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [7] 80
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [8] 13
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [9] 25
US Billboard 200 [10] 32

Certifications and sales

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RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [11] Platinum100,000^
United States (RIAA) [12] Gold800,000 [13]
Summaries
Wotldwide2,000,000 [13]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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