Live at the Milky Way
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{{Infobox album
| name = Live at the Milky Way
| type = live
| artist = Captain Sensible
| cover = Live_at_the_Milky_Way.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1994
| recorded = 31 October 1993{{cite web|title=The Damned & Associated: Live Performances - Site Updates (22 August 2010) |url=http://www.whiterabbitskgs.co.uk/misc/updates.htm |publisher=whiterabbitskgs.co.uk|access-date=4 November 2018}}{{cite web|title=Brezhnev - New Rose (Live Melkweg 1993) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjvUff2qvfk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/FjvUff2qvfk |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|publisher=Youtube.com|access-date=4 November 2018}}{{cbignore}}
| studio =
| genre = Rock, punk, psychedelia
| length = 73:54
| label = Humbug
| producer =
| prev_title = The Universe of Geoffrey Brown
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Meathead
| next_year = 1995
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Bruce |last=Eder |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000173348 |pure_url=yes}}|title=Live at the Milky Way|publisher=AllMusic |access-date=4 November 2018}}
| rev2 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book|last1=Larkin|first1=Colin|date= 2011|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Concise (5th Edition)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=Larkin%2C+Colin+The+Encyclopedia+of+Popular+Music+captain+sensible&pg=PA3062 |publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|access-date=4 November 2018}}
}}
Live at the Milky Way is a live album by Captain Sensible, released in 1994 by Humbug Records. It was recorded at the Milky Way club in Amsterdam on the final gig of a European tour supporting the album The Universe of Geoffrey Brown.{{cite web |first=Bruce |last=Eder |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000173348 |pure_url=yes}}|title=Live at the Milky Way|publisher=AllMusic |access-date=4 November 2018}} Sensible's backing band, known as the Ugly Sods, features ex-Damned bassist Paul Gray, keyboardist Malcolm Dixon and drummer Garrie Dreadful.{{cite book |first=Barry |last=Hutchinson |title=The Damned - The Chaos Years: An Unofficial Biography |publisher=Barry Hutchinson |date=2017 |page=334 |isbn=978-0-244-30256-6}}
Critical reception
In his review for AllMusic, Bruce Eder wrote that Live at the Milky Way includes "hard grinding, deep crunching, yet richly recorded versions of "Jet Boy Jet Girl," "Neat Neat Neat," "Smash It Up," "Love Song," and "New Rose". He called the sound "both raw and lush", noting that "some of the between-song chatter is as good as the music."{{cite web |first=Bruce |last=Eder |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000173348 |pure_url=yes}}|title=Live at the Milky Way|publisher=AllMusic |access-date=4 November 2018}} In the 5th edition of his Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Colin Larkin wrote that the album managed to capture both Sensible's "humour and considerable songwriting talent", adding that "the band performs as if it is their last day on the planet on rewarding versions of "Neat Neat Neat", "New Rose" and "Happy Talk."{{cite book|last1=Larkin|first1=Colin|date= 2011|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Concise (5th Edition)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=Larkin%2C+Colin+The+Encyclopedia+of+Popular+Music+captain+sensible&pg=PA3062 |publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|access-date=4 November 2018}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| all_writing =
| title1 = Interstellar Overcoat
| writer1 = Captain Sensible, Malcolm Dixon, Paul Gray, Garrie Priest
| length1 = 3:16
| title2 = Jet Boy, Jet Girl
| writer2 = Alan Ward, Lou Deprijck, Yves Lacomblez
| length2 = 3:51
| title3 = Smash It Up
| writer3 = Rat Scabies, Sensible, Dave Vanian, Algy Ward
| length3 = 3:13
| title4 = Back to School?
| writer4 = Sensible
| length4 = 5:34
| title5 = Come On Geoffrey Brown
| writer5 = Sensible
| length5 = 6:57
| title6 = Happy Talk
| writer6 = Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein
| length6 = 5:16
| title7 = The Kamikaze Millionaire
| writer7 = Ray Burns, Martin Newell
| length7 = 5:32
| title8 = Exploding Heads and Teapots (Past Their Prime)
| writer8 = Burns
| length8 = 4:40
| title9 = Love Song
| writer9 = Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward
| length9 = 2:24
| title10 = Neat Neat Neat
| writer10 = Brian James
| length10 = 7:44
| title11 = New Rose
| writer11 = James
| length11 = 2:57
| title12 = Wot
| writer12 = Sensible
| length12 = 6:50
| title13 = Lookin' at You
| writer13 = Michael Davis, Wayne Kramer, Fred "Sonic" Smith, Dennis Thompson, Rob Tyner
| length13 = 5:30
| title14 = Hey Joe
| writer14 = Billy Roberts
| length14 = 5:33
| title15 = Glad It's All Over
| writer15 = Sensible, Tony Mansfield
| length15 = 4:28
}}
Personnel
;Musicians
- Captain Sensible - guitar, vocals
- Paul Gray - bass
- Malcolm Dixon - organ, synthesizer
- Garrie Dreadful - drums
;Technical
- Captain Barrington-White - "space whispers", synthesizer programming
- Riny Van Zoolingen - live recording
- Mixed at the Old Pink Dog, Worthing
- Mike Roberts - engineer
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