Live (Vanessa Paradis album)

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Live
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Live album by
Vanessa Paradis
Released28 February 1994
RecordedMarch–April 1993
Venue L'Olympia (Paris)
Genre
Label Remark
Vanessa Paradis chronology
Vanessa Paradis
(1992)		Live
(1994)		 Bliss
(2000)

Live is the first live album by French singer Vanessa Paradis, released on 28 February 1994 by Remark Records. The album was recorded on her Natural High Tour, on 21 April 1993 and is unique for featuring a large number of English songs when compared to her other live albums and tours.

Contents

Track listing

CD and cassette

  1. "Natural High" – 4:59 (Lenny Kravitz; album Vanessa Paradis , 1992)
  2. "Les Cactus" – 2:47 (Jacques Lanzmann, Jacques Dutronc; no album material)
  3. "Marilyn & John" – 4:10 (Étienne Roda-Gil, Franck Langolff; M&J , 1988)
  4. "As Tears Go By" – 4:00 (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards; no album material)
  5. "Tandem" 3:46 (Serge Gainsbourg, Langolff; Variations sur le même t'aime , 1990)
  6. "Dis-lui toi que je t'aime" – 4:24 (Gainsbourg, Langolff; Variations sur le même t'aime)
  7. "Joe le Taxi" – 4:16 (Roda-Gil, Langolff; M&J)
  8. "La Vague à lames" – 4:32 (Gainsbourg, Langolff; Variations sur le même t'aime)
  9. "Maxou" – 4:29 (Roda-Gil, Langolff; M&J)
  10. "Sunday Mondays" – 3:48 (Henry Hirsch, Kravitz, Paradis; Vanessa Paradis)
  11. "Silver And Gold" – 2:46 (Kravitz; Vanessa Paradis)
  12. "Gotta Have It" – 2:31 (Hirsch, Kravitz, Craig Ross; Vanessa Paradis)
  13. "Lonely Rainbows" – 2:34 (Hirsch, Kravitz; Vanessa Paradis)
  14. "I'm Waiting for the Man" – 3:31 (Lou Reed; Vanessa Paradis)
  15. "Be My Baby" – 3:50 (Gerry DeVeaux, Kravitz; Vanessa Paradis)
  16. "Just as Long as You Are There" – 6:00 (Hirsch, Kravitz; Vanessa Paradis)

Source: skamelot.free.fr [1] [2]

LP

Side A

  1. "Natural High" – 4:59
  2. "Les Cactus" – 2:47
  3. "Marilyn & John" – 4:10
  4. "As Tears Go By" – 4:00
  5. "Tandem" 3:46
  6. "Dis-lui toi que je t'aime" – 4:24
  7. "Joe le Taxi" – 4:16

Side B

  1. "La Vague à lames" – 4:32
  2. "Sunday Mondays" – 3:48
  3. "Silver And Gold" – 2:46
  4. "Gotta Have It" – 2:31
  5. "Lonely Rainbows" – 2:34
  6. "I'm Waiting for the Man" – 3:31
  7. "Be My Baby" – 3:50

Source: skamelot.free.fr [3]

Personnel

Design

Charts

Chart performance for Live
Chart (1994)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (IFPI) [4] 4
French Albums (SNEP) [5] 7

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References

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