Live in Tokyo (Public Image Limited album)
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| Live album by Public Image Ltd | ||||
| Released |
August 1983 (Japan) 26 September 1983 (UK) 14 July 1986 (USA)[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1–2 July 1983 | |||
| Venue | Nakano Sun Plaza Hall, Nakano, Nakano, Tokyo | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Length | 45:50 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Public Image Ltd | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Robert Christgau | C[3] |
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.
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 [4]
Track listing
Side One
- "Annalisa" – 5:17
- "Religion" – 5:49
Side Two
- "Low Life" – 2:47
- "Solitaire" – 3:59
- "Flowers of Romance" – 4:46
Side Three
- "This Is Not a Love Song" – 6:27
- "Death Disco" – 5:06
Side Four
- "Bad Life" – 4:44
- "Banging the Door" – 4:55
- "Under the House" – 1:56
Personnel
- John Lydon - vocals
- Joseph Guida - guitar
- Louis Bernardi - bass
- Tommy Zvoncheck - keyboards
- Martin Atkins - drums
Charts
UK
- “Live in Tokyo” entered the UK Albums Chart, where it stayed for 6 weeks and reached #28 on 8 October 1983.[5]
USA
- When the album was released in the USA in 1986, “Live in Tokyo” did not enter the Billboard 200 albums chart.[6]
References
- ↑ Cocatalog.loc.gov United States Copyright Office website
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Robert Christgau. "Robert Christgau: CG: Public Image Ltd". Retrieved September 9, 2013.
- ↑ Heylin, Clinton (1989). Public Image Rise/Fall. Omnibus Press. p. 72. ISBN 0-7119-1684-5
- ↑ Theofficialcharts.com website
- ↑ Billboard.com website
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