Live in Tokyo (Public Image Limited album)

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Live in Tokyo
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Live album by
ReleasedAugust 1983 (Japan)
26 September 1983 (UK)
14 July 1986 (USA) [1]
Recorded1–2 July 1983
Venue Nakano Sun Plaza Hall, Nakano, Nakano, Tokyo
Genre Post-punk
Length45:50
Label Columbia
Producer Public Image Ltd
Public Image Ltd chronology
The Flowers of Romance
(1981)
Live in Tokyo
(1983)
This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Robert Christgau C [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 1/10 [5]

Live in Tokyo is a 1983 live album released by Public Image Ltd as a 2-EP 45 RPM set. It was issued by Columbia Records in Japan and later reissued by Virgin Records in the UK and reached #28 on the British charts. A single-LP 33 RPM edition was later issued by Elektra Records in the US.

Contents

A 35-minute live videocassette from the same series of concerts was also issued by Columbia Records in Japan under the title Live '83.

Live in Tokyo was the world's first digitally recorded live album according to Martin Atkins and the band recorded the concerts specifically to use the new Japanese digital technology [6]

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Annalisa" – 5:17
  2. "Religion II" – 5:49

Side Two

  1. "Low-Life" – 2:47
  2. "Solitaire" – 3:59
  3. "Flowers of Romance" – 4:46

Side Three

  1. "This Is Not a Love Song" – 6:27
  2. "Swan Lake" – 5:06

Side Four

  1. "Bad Life" – 4:44
  2. "Banging the Door" – 4:55
  3. "Under the House" – 1:56

Personnel

Public Image Limited
Technical

Charts

Chart (1983)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [7] 92
UK Albums Chart [8] 28

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