Live Santa Monica '72
2008 live album by David Bowie
Live Santa Monica '72 | ||||
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Live album by David Bowie | ||||
Released | 30 June 2008 (2008-06-30) | |||
Recorded | 20 October 1972 (1972-10-20) | |||
Venue | Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA | |||
Genre | Glam rock | |||
Length | 74:21 | |||
Label | EMI | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
NME | 8/10[2] |
Pitchfork Media | 7.7/10[3] |
Rolling Stone | [4] |
Live Santa Monica '72 is a live album by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie. It was released on 30 June 2008 (2008-06-30) in the United Kingdom and 22 July 2008 (2008-07-22) in the United States. It is the official release of KMET FM's radio broadcast, then bootleg album and – later – semi-legal release Santa Monica '72, recorded at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium during the Ziggy Stardust Tour.
By November 2008 the album had sold 10,000 copies in US.[5]
Track listing
All songs written by David Bowie except where noted.[6][7]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Introduction" | 0:13 | |
2. | "Hang On to Yourself" | 2:46 | |
3. | "Ziggy Stardust" | 3:23 | |
4. | "Changes" | 3:27 | |
5. | "The Supermen" | 2:55 | |
6. | "Life on Mars?" | 3:28 | |
7. | "Five Years" | 4:32 | |
8. | "Space Oddity" | 5:05 | |
9. | "Andy Warhol" | 3:50 | |
10. | "My Death" | Jacques Brel, Eric Blau, Mort Shuman | 5:51 |
11. | "The Width of a Circle" | 10:44 | |
12. | "Queen Bitch" | 3:00 | |
13. | "Moonage Daydream" | 4:53 | |
14. | "John, I'm Only Dancing" | 3:16 | |
15. | "Waiting for the Man" | Lou Reed | 5:45 |
16. | "The Jean Genie" | 4:00 | |
17. | "Suffragette City" | 4:12 | |
18. | "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" | 3:01 |
Personnel
Musicians
- David Bowie – vocals, acoustic guitar
- Mick Ronson – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Trevor Bolder – bass guitar
- Mick "Woody" Woodmansey – drums
- Mike Garson – keyboards
Technical personnel
- Mike Moran – recording engineer
- Grover Hesley – mixing engineer
- B. Mitchel Reed – KMET announcer
- Bob Griffin – KMET engineer
- Bill Fure – KMET engineer
- Bill Calucci – KMET studio tape editor
- Richard Kimball – KMET producer
- Ted Jensen – mastering engineer
Chart performance
Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] | 81 |
French Albums (SNEP)[9] | 118 |
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[10] | 37 |
Italian Albums (FIMI)[11] | 98 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[12] | 66 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13] | 40 |
UK Albums (OCC)[14] | 61 |
References
- ^ Live Santa Monica '72 at AllMusic
- ^ Thornton, Anthony (1 July 2008). "David Bowie – 'Live: Santa Monica '72' review". NME. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "David Bowie: Five Years 1969–1973 Album Review – Pitchfork". Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Rolling Stone Music | Album Reviews". Rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- ^ admin (21 November 2008). "Ask Billboard: Girls Aloud, David Bowie, Brits". Billboard. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ "Live in Santa Monica '72". allmusic. Macrovision Corporation. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
- ^ David Bowie. Live Santa Monica '72 (EMI, 2008).
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – David Bowie – Live Santa Monica '72" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – David Bowie – Live Santa Monica '72". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2016. 5. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "Italiancharts.com – David Bowie – Live Santa Monica '72". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – David Bowie – Live Santa Monica '72". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
External links
- Live Santa Monica '72 (2008, UK, vinyl edition) on Discogs.
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Side one |
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Side two |
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- "Velvet Goldmine"
- "Sweet Head"
- "Shadow Man"
- Ziggy Stardust Tour
- Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (film)
- Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture
- Santa Monica '72
- Live Santa Monica '72
- "All the Young Dudes"
- Ziggy Stardust (character)
- The Spiders from Mars
- David Bowie discography
- The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!