Live in Action

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Live in Action
Starz - Live In Action.jpg
Live album by
Released1989
Recorded Louisville, Kentucky, 1978 and Cleveland, Ohio, 1977
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal, power pop
Length66:00
Label Metal Blade
Producer Starz, Brian Slagel
Starz chronology
Coliseum Rock
(1978)
Live in Action
(1989)
Greatest Hits Live
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 7/10 [1]

Live in Action is the fifth album and first live album by the American hard rock band Starz. The album contains live recordings from 1977 and 1978 and was released by Metal Blade Records in 1989.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."(She's Just a) Fallen Angel"3:38
2."Tear it Down"3:10
3."Live Wire"4:12
4."Monkey Business"2:48
5."Detroit Girls"5:07
6."She"3:35
7."Rock Six Times"3:44
8."Subway Terror"4:16
9."Cool One"3:15
10."X-Ray Specs"3:00
11."Cherry Baby"4:05
12."Medley: Waiting on You / Greatest Riffs of All Time / Coliseum Rock"9:15
13."Pull the Plug"9:13
14."Boys in Action"6:42
Double vinyl edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
1."Johnny All Alone"7:16

Personnel

Starz

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References

  1. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN   978-1894959315.