Viva! (Roxy Music album)

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Viva! Roxy Music
Viva cover.jpg
Live album by
Released16 July 1976 [1]
RecordedNovember 1973, October 1974 and October 1975
Venue Glasgow Apollo, Newcastle City Hall, Wembley Empire Hall
Genre
Length46:15
Label Island
Producer Chris Thomas
Roxy Music chronology
Siren
(1975)
Viva! Roxy Music
(1976)
Roxy Music Greatest Hits
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Christgau's Record Guide B [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Viva! Roxy Music was the first live Roxy Music album. It was released in July 1976 and was recorded at three venues in the United Kingdom between 1973 and 1975. The recordings were from the band's shows at the Glasgow Apollo in November 1973, Newcastle City Hall in October 1974 and the Wembley Empire Pool in October 1975.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Bryan Ferry except "Out of the Blue" by Ferry and Phil Manzanera.

Side one
No.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."Out of the Blue" (Newcastle City Hall, 27 or 28 October 1974 [5] ) Country Life (1974)4:44
2."Pyjamarama" (Glasgow Apollo, 2 November 1973)Non-album single (March 1973)3:36
3."The Bogus Man" (Newcastle City Hall, 27 or 28 October 1974) For Your Pleasure (1973)7:05
4."Chance Meeting" (Glasgow Apollo, 2 November 1973) Roxy Music (1972)2:58
5."Both Ends Burning" (Wembley Empire Pool, 17 or 18 October 1975) Siren (1975)4:46
Side two
No.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."If There Is Something" (Newcastle City Hall, 27 or 28 October 1974)Roxy Music (1972)10:37
2."In Every Dream Home a Heartache" (Newcastle City Hall, 27 or 28 October 1974)For Your Pleasure (1973)8:23
3."Do the Strand" (Newcastle City Hall, 27 or 28 October 1974)For Your Pleasure (1973)4:00

Personnel

Roxy Music

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1976)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [7] 15
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [8] 94
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [9] 2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10] 48
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [11] 20
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [12] 10
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [13] 9
UK Albums (OCC) [14] 6
US Billboard 200 [15] 81

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [16] Silver60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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