Live (Roxy Music album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Live

| type = live

| artist = Roxy Music

| cover = roxymusiclive.jpg

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| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2003|06|02}}

| recorded = 17 June – 2 October 2001{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-mw0000597108|title=Live – Roxy Music | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic|access-date=27 December 2021}}

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| genre = Art rock, glam rock, new wave, new romanticism

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| label = Eagle

| producer = Rhett Davies, Roxy Music

| prev_title = Concerto

| prev_year = 2001

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| next_year =

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Live is a double live album by English art rock band Roxy Music, released in 2003. Their fourth official live album, it contains performances from a variety of venues on their 2001 reunion world tour, and represents the entire set list from those concerts.{{Cite web |url=http://www.roxyrama.com/classic/releases/roxy_music/albums/live.shtml |title=Roxy Music – Live by Roxy Music |access-date=19 September 2008 |archive-date=15 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915091657/http://www.roxyrama.com/classic/releases/roxy_music/albums/live.shtml |url-status=dead }} Live was packaged in a Digipak case.{{Cite web |url=http://cd.ciao.co.uk/Concerto_Live_Roxy_Music__6092374 |title=Concerto (Live) [Digipak] – Roxy Music : Read reviews and compare prices at Ciao.co.uk |access-date=19 September 2008 |archive-date=16 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416220426/http://cd.ciao.co.uk/Concerto_Live_Roxy_Music__6092374 |url-status=dead }}

Critical reception

{{Album ratings

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|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}

|rev2 = bbc.co.uk

|rev2score = (4/5){{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/music/2003/06/roxy_music.shtml |title=BBC – Nottingham Music – Roxy Music |access-date=19 September 2008 |archive-date=29 March 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050329135451/http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/music/2003/06/roxy_music.shtml |url-status=dead }}

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On AllMusic Sean Westergaard wrote: "This set should impress those unfamiliar with Roxy and will surely thrill longtime fans. It's a fine testament to this band that these songs sound timeless rather than dated nearly 30 years down the line in many cases. After nearly two decades away, Roxy Music prove that they still have plenty of style and plenty of substance".

On bbc.co.uk, Nigel Bell stated: "Roxy's reunion might have been short lived (who knows?) but this is evidence that the band members can still compete with their younger upstarts".

Uncut magazine wrote the following: "Brian Eno's sniffy dismissal of his former colleagues' decision to regroup for this 2001 tour was soon retracted. No wonder—from the adrenalised rampage of the opening "Re-make/Re-model" to the dazed wonder of the final "For Your Pleasure", this two-CD features Roxy sounding as good if not better than ever. Eno or no Eno. The song choices are faultless, Ferry shimmers like a wounded apparition on "Every Dream Home", and elsewhere he's a riot of swooning romance and slick-backed menace. They still capture the giddy thrall of future pop perfection like no other outfit before or since. The strangely unadvertised original drummer, Paul Thompson, remains the devastating powerhouse helping them reach places beyond other bands' comprehension. Unfeasibly brilliant, dare they now chance a full-scale new album reunion? It would need to be very good not to sour these memories."{{Cite web |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/roxy-music/roxy-music-live-review |title=Roxy Music – Live – Uncut.co.uk |access-date=23 January 2015 |archive-date=25 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150125071626/http://www.uncut.co.uk/roxy-music/roxy-music-live-review |url-status=dead }}

Track listing

=Disc one=

{{Track listing

| title1 = Re-Make/Re-Model

| note1 = 2001-07–29th; Pine Knob, Detroit

| length1 = 4:28

| title2 = Street Life

| note2 = 2001-09–19th; Sporthalle, Hamburg

| length2 = 2:28

| title3 = Ladytron

| note3 = 2001-09–24th; Forum, Milan

| length3 = 5:02

| title4 = While My Heart Is Still Beating

| note4 = 2001-09–29th; S.E.C.C., Glasgow

| length4 = 4:50

| title5 = Out of the Blue

| note5 = 2001-09–28th; E.N. Arena, Manchester

| length5 = 4:21

| title6 = A Song for Europe

| note6 = 2001-08–19th; Ent. Centre, Perth

| length6 = 8:09

| title7 = My Only Love

| note7 = 2001-09–22nd; Schleyerhalle, Stuttgart

| length7 = 8:25

| title8 = In Every Dream Home a Heartache

| note8 = 2001-09–14th; Sportspaleis, Antwerp

| length8 = 6:18

| title9 = Oh Yeah

| note9 = 2001-07–29th; Pine Knob, Detroit

| length9 = 4:21

| title10 = Both Ends Burning

| note10 = 2001-09–24th; Forum, Milan

| length10 = 6:06

| title11 = Tara

| note11 = 2001-07–16th; Air Canada Centre, Toronto

| length11 = 3:27

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=Disc two=

{{Track listing

| title1 = More than This

| note1 = 2001-09–07th; Int. Forum, Tokyo

| length1 = 3:55

| title2 = If There Is Something

| note2 = 2001-06–17th; N.E.C., Birmingham

| length2 = 5:54

| title3 = Mother of Pearl

| note3 = 2001-09–26th; Gasometer, Vienna

| length3 = 6:10

| title4 = Avalon

| note4 = 2001-10–02nd; Apollo, London

| length4 = 4:20

| title5 = Dance Away

| note5 = 2001-08–17th; Ent. Centre, Adelaide

| length5 = 3:51

| title6 = Jealous Guy

| note6 = 2001-06–17th; N.E.C., Birmingham

| length6 = 5:25

| title7 = Editions of You

| note7 = 2001-08–19th; Ent. Centre, Perth

| length7 = 3:47

| title8 = Virginia Plain

| note8 = 2001-09–22nd; Schleyerhalle, Stuttgart

| length8 = 3:01

| title9 = Love Is the Drug

| note9 = 2001-08–19th; Ent. Centre, Perth

| length9 = 3:48

| title10 = Do the Strand

| note10 = 2001-08–03rd; G.M.P., Vancouver

| length10 = 3:50

| title11 = For Your Pleasure

| note11 = 2001-08–17th; Ent. Centre, Adelaide

| length11 = 6:41

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Personnel

;Roxy Music

with:

  • Chris Spedding – guitar
  • Colin Good – piano, backing vocals, musical director
  • Zev Katz – bass
  • Lucy Wilkins – violin, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Julia Thornton – percussion, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Sarah Brown – backing vocals
  • Yanick Étienne – backing vocals
  • Michelle John – backing vocals
  • Sharon White – backing vocals

=Production=

Charts

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!scope="col"| Chart (2003)

!scope="col"| Peak
position

{{Album chart|Germany4|100|artist=Roxy Music|album=Live|id=25529|rowheader=true|access-date=September 5, 2024}}
{{Album chart|UKIndependent|18|date=20030608|rowheader=true|access-date=September 5, 2024}}

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