Live at Savoy, 1981

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Live at Savoy, 1981
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Live album by
Released1999
RecordedAugust 25, 1981
Venue The Savoy, New York City
Genre Pop rock [1]
Length1: 26: 53
Label King Biscuit Flower Hour
Kim Carnes chronology
Gypsy Honeymoon: The Best of Kim Carnes
(1993)
Live at Savoy, 1981
(1999)
Chasin' Wild Trains
(2004)

Live at Savoy, 1981 is a live album by American singer-songwriter Kim Carnes, recorded at the Savoy nightclub in New York on August 25, 1981 as part of her Mistaken Identity tour. [2] The album was released in 1999 by King Biscuit Flower Hour Records, a label owned by the American radio program King Biscuit Flower Hour.

Contents

Background and release

Live at Savoy was recorded during Carnes' promotional tour in support of Mistaken Identity (1981). The concert featured premiere performances of "Say You Don't Know Me" and "Thrill of the Grill" which appeared on her next album Voyeur (1982). Her live performance of "Still Hold On" was included as a bonus track on the 2001 reissue of Voyeur by One Way Records/EMI-Capitol Special Markets. [3] The recording first aired on September 20, 1981. [4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Jason Ankeny of AllMusic rated the album two and a half out of five stars and stated that her performances "capture Carnes at the peak of her career". [1]

In a contemporary review of the concert for The New York Times , Stephen Holden wrote that Carnes had an "effervescent stage presence" and "could hardly be a more fitting representative of the shifting sounds and attitudes of mainstream Los Angeles pop". [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Under My Thumb"5:50
2."Break the Rules Tonite (Out of School)"
3:15
3."Hit and Run"3:53
4."Do You Love Her"Carnes5:14
5."More Love" Smokey Robinson 4:05
6."Cry Like a Baby"3:35
7."Miss You Tonite"Carnes6:36
8."Say You Don't Know Me"Carnes5:03
9."Mistaken Identity"Carnes5:36
10."Dwayne" 3:33
11."Draw of the Cards"
5:48
12."Still Hold On"
5:38
13."What's Your Name"11:21
14."Bette Davis Eyes"
  • Weiss
  • DeShannon
4:22
15."Thrill of the Grill"Carnes4:16
16."Tear Me Apart"4:14
17."Don't Be Cruel" Otis Blackwell 4:34

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Ankeny, Jason. "Live at Savoy, 1981 – Kim Carnes". AllMusic . Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  2. "Backstage Visit" (PDF). Billboard. September 12, 1981. p. 50. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  3. Voyeur (liner notes). Kim Carnes. One Way Records. 2001. 72435-34783-2-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. "Radio Specials" (PDF). Billboard. September 12, 1981. p. 27. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
  5. Holden, Stephen (August 26, 1981). "Kim Carnes Sings at Savoy". The New York Times . Retrieved February 17, 2022.