Blues Alive
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{{Infobox album
| name = Blues Alive
| type = Live
| artist = Gary Moore
| cover = BluesAliveCover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 10 May 1993{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Albums|magazine=Music Week|page=18|date=8 May 1993}}
| recorded = 20 May – 5 October 1992
| venue =
| genre = Blues rock, blues
| length = 76:11
| label = Virgin
| producer = Gary Moore
| prev_title = After Hours
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = Around the Next Dream
| next_year = 1994
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Blues Alive
| type = Live
| single1 = Parisienne Walkways
| single1date = 26 April 1993{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=29|date=24 April 1993}}
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r184135}}
| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings
| rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Russell |first1=Tony |last2=Smith |first2=Chris |title=The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |year=2006 |edition=|publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-140-51384-4|page=472}}
}}
Blues Alive is a live album by Northern Irish guitarist Gary Moore, released in May 1993.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/562/mode/2up|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=562 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles }} It is a collection of recordings taken from his 1992 tour and draws most of its material from Moore's then-recent Still Got the Blues and After Hours albums. It was by far the most successful of all his live albums, reaching number 8 on the UK Albums Chart and being certified Gold. Its release was preceded by the single "Parisienne Walkways" (live).
Track listing
- "Cold Day in Hell" (Gary Moore) – 5:35
- "Walking By Myself" (Kirke, Lane, Jimmy Rogers) – 5:00
- "Story of the Blues" (Moore) – 7:32
- "Oh, Pretty Woman" (A.C. Williams) – 4:25
- "Separate Ways" (Moore) – 5:48
- "Too Tired" (Maxwell Davis, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Saul Bihari) – 4:34
- "Still Got the Blues" (Moore) – 6:44
- "Since I Met You Baby" (Moore) – 3:02
- "The Sky Is Crying" (Elmore James, Clarence Lewis, Morgan Robinson) – 8:50
- "Further on Up the Road" (Joe Medwick, Don Robey) – 5:34
- "King of the Blues" (Moore) – 6:13
- "Parisienne Walkways" (Phil Lynott, Moore) – 7:03
- "Jumpin' at Shadows" (Duster Bennett) – 5:51
Personnel
- Gary Moore – guitar / vocals
- Tommy Eyre – keyboards
- Andy Pyle – bass guitar
- Graham Walker – drums
- Martin Drover – trumpet
- Frank Mead – alto saxophone / harmonica
- Nick Pentalow – tenor saxophone
- Nick Payn – baritone saxophone
- Candy Mackenzie – backing vocals
- Carol Thompson – backing vocals
Guest musician Albert Collins appears on "Too Tired" on guitar and vocals.
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for Blues Alive ! scope="col"| Chart (1993) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite Ryan|page=193}}
| 73 |
|---|
| {{album chart|Austria|14|artist=Gary Moore|album=Blues Alive|rowheader=true|access-date=29 August 2022}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|31|id=1616|artist=Gary Moore|album=Blues Alive|rowheader=true|access-date=29 August 2022}} |
| {{album chart|Norway|18|artist=Gary Moore|album=Blues Alive|rowheader=true|access-date=29 August 2022}} |
| {{album chart|Sweden|40|artist=Gary Moore|album=Blues Alive|rowheader=true|access-date=29 August 2022}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|14|artist=Gary Moore|album=Blues Alive|rowheader=true|access-date=29 August 2022}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|8|date=19930516|rowheader=true|access-date=29 August 2022}} |