Live (X Cert)

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Live (X Cert)
Live (X Cert) cover
Live album by The Stranglers
Released February 21, 1979
Recorded 1977 and 1978 at:
The Roundhouse
The Nashville
The Hope and Anchor
Battersea Park
Genre post-punk
Length ??:??
Label United Artists
Producer ???
Professional reviews
The Stranglers live albums chronology
Live at the Hope and Anchor
(1977)
Live (X Cert)
(1979)
The Stranglers & Friends Live in Concert
(1980)

Live (X Cert) is a live album by the The Stranglers in 1979, recorded in 1977 and 1978 at The Roundhouse, The Nashville, The Hope and Anchor, and also at Battersea Park.

Critics have generally regarded the album as somewhat lacklustre, comparing it unfavourably with the respective studio versions; however, it provides a fairly accurate picture of the Stranglers' live sound during this period.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "(Get a) Grip (on Yourself)"
  2. "Dagenham Dave"
  3. "Burning up Time"
  4. "Dead Ringer"
  5. "Hanging Around"
  6. "I Feel Like a Wog"
  7. "Straighten Out"
  8. "Curfew"
  9. "Do You Wanna? Death And Night And Blood (Yukio)"
  10. "5 Minutes"
  11. "Go Buddy Go"
  12. "Peasant in the Big Shitty" (CD Bonus Track, originally a free 7" with the Rattus Norvegicus album)
  13. "In the Shadows" (CD Bonus Track, originally included on the Don't Bring Harry EP)