Live at the Forum (Babymetal album)

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Live at the Forum
Babymetal Live at the Forum LP cover.jpg
LP cover
Live album by
ReleasedSeptember 22, 2021 (2021-09-22) (live album)
May 13, 2020 (2020-05-13) (video)
RecordedOctober 11, 2019
Venue The Forum (Inglewood, California)
Genre
Length75:05
Label
Producer Kobametal
Babymetal album chronology
Legend S: Baptism XX
(2021)
Live at the Forum
(2021)
10 Babymetal Budokan
(2021)
Video track list
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Future Metal" Kitsune of Metal God 5:08
2."Da Da Dance" (featuring Tak Matsumoto)
4:18
3."Megitsune"
  • Mk-metal
  • Norimetal
5:58
4."Elevator Girl"
3:09
5."Shanti Shanti Shanti"
  • Mukti-metal
  • Megmetal
4:12
6."Kagerou"
5:23
7."Starlight"
  • Metal Saints
  • Megmetal
  • Metal Skywalker
5:08
8."Gimme Chocolate!!"4:21
9."Pa Pa Ya!!" (featuring F. Hero)Siammetal4:01
10."Distortion" (featuring Alissa White-Gluz)
  • Dkmetal
  • Takemetal
4:47
11."Karate"Yuyoyuppe4:59
12."Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!"
  • Edometal
  • Nakametal
  • Narasaki
4:47
13."Road of Resistance"
  • Kitsune of Metal God
  • Mk-metal
  • Kxbxmetal
  • Mish-Mosh
  • Norimetal
  • Kyt-metal
11:21
14."Shine"
  • Kitsune of Metal God
  • Takemetal
6:37
15."Arkadia"Norimetal3:37
Total length:75:05

Personnel

Credits adapted from Live at the Forum booklet. [15]

Charts

Chart (2020–2021)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [14] 268
Japanese DVD (Oricon) [16] 3
Japanese Music DVD (Oricon) [17] 2
Japanese Blu-ray (Oricon) [18] 3
Japanese Music Blu-ray (Oricon) [19] 1

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelEdition(s)CatalogRef.
JapanMay 13, 2020
  • DVD
  • Blu-ray
  • BMD Fox Records
  • Toy's Factory
  • Amuse, Inc.
Standard videoTFBQ-18224
TFXQ-78181
[10]
Blu-ray, CD"The One" limited videoONEB-0023 [9]
September 22, 2021LPLive albumTFJC-38089
TFJC-38090
TFJC-38091
[11]

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