Live from Earth
{{Short description|1983 live album by Pat Benatar}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Live from Earth
| type = live
| artist = Pat Benatar
| cover = Live from Earth (Pat Benatar album - cover art).jpg
| alt =
| released = October 1983
| recorded = France and California during the 'Get Nervous' tour of 1982–1983, with Le Mobile and Artisan Recorders Mobile One
| venue =
| studio = MCA Whitney Studios, Glendale, California, 1983 (studio tracks)
| length = 43:02
| label = Chrysalis
| producer = {{flatlist|
- Neil Giraldo
- Neil Giraldo and Peter Coleman (studio tracks)}}
| prev_title = Get Nervous
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Tropico
| next_year = 1984
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Live from Earth
| type = live
| single1 = Love Is a Battlefield
| single1date = September 12, 1983
| single2 = Lipstick Lies
| single2date = 1983 (New Zealand Only)
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-from-earth-mw0000192948 | title = Pat Benatar – Live from Earth review | accessdate = March 8, 2012 | last = DeGagne | first = Mike | work = AllMusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation}}
|rev2 = Rolling Stone
|rev2score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/patbenatar/albums/album/273971/review/5942728/live_from_earth | title = Album Reviews: Pat Benatar – Live from Earth | accessdate = March 8, 2012 | last = Pond | first = Steve | date = November 24, 1983 | magazine = Rolling Stone | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071001161319/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/patbenatar/albums/album/273971/review/5942728/live_from_earth | archivedate = October 1, 2007}}
|rev3 = Kerrang!
| noprose=yes
}}
{{Infobox album
| name = In Concert
| type = video
| artist = Pat Benatar
| cover = Pat Benatar in concert.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1985
| recorded = December 19, 1982
| venue = New Haven Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut
| studio =
| length = 73 minutes
| label = RCA/Columbia Pictures
| director = Marty Callner, Molly Miles
| producer = Rick Newman, Richard Fields, Karen Glass, Neil Giraldo
| chronology = Pat Benatar video
| prev_title = Hit Videos
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = Pat Benatar The Visual Music Collection
| next_year = 1987
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-in-new-haven-1983-mw0000038920 | title = Pat Benatar – Live in New Haven 1983 | accessdate = July 22, 2014 | work = AllMusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation}}
| noprose=yes
}}
Live from Earth is the first live album by American rock singer Pat Benatar, and was released in October 1983. The album was recorded during Benatar's sold out 'Get Nervous' world tour in late 1982 and early 1983. It also contains two studio tracks, "Love Is a Battlefield" and "Lipstick Lies", which were produced by Neil Giraldo and Peter Coleman. The album peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard 200 albums chart{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/pat-benatar/chart-history/tlp/ |title=Pat Benatar Chart History: Billboard 200 |work=Billboard.com |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=March 21, 2018 }} and shipped more than a million copies.{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=pat+benatar#search_section |title=RIAA Searchable database: search for " Pat Benatar" |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America |accessdate=July 18, 2014}} "Love Is a Battlefield" was an international hit single and garnered Benatar her fourth consecutive Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 1984.{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/rockfemale.htm|title=Grammy Awards: Best Rock Vocal Performance – Female|publisher=Rock on the Net|accessdate=May 25, 2010}}
A concert from the same tour was filmed for a HBO special and released on VHS in 1985 with the title In Concert, but with a different and expanded track listing.{{cite web |url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/pat-benatar/1982/new-haven-veterans-memorial-coliseum-new-haven-ct-4bd80f9e.html |title= Pat Benatar Setlist at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, USA |publisher=Setlist.fm |accessdate=July 22, 2014}} The footage was re-released on VHS with the title Benatar the same year and in 1998 on DVD as Live in New Haven, without the last two tracks.
Track listing
;Side one
- "Fire and Ice" (Tom Kelly, Scott St. Clair Sheets, Pat Benatar) – 3:46
- "Lookin' for a Stranger" (Franne Golde, Peter McIan) – 3:28
- "I Want Out" (Neil Giraldo, Billy Steinberg) – 4:05
- "We Live for Love" (Giraldo) – 3:39
- "Hell Is for Children" (Giraldo, Benatar, Roger Capps) – 6:06
;Side two
- "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" (Eddie Schwartz) – 3:07
- "Promises in the Dark" (Giraldo, Benatar) – 5:14
- "Heartbreaker" (Geoff Gill, Clint Wade) – 4:21
- "Love Is a Battlefield" (Mike Chapman, Holly Knight) – 5:23 (studio recording)
- "Lipstick Lies" (Giraldo, Myron Grombacher) – 3:51 (studio recording)
VHS track listing
- "Anxiety (Get Nervous)”
- "Fire and Ice"
- "You Better Run"
- "Little Too Late"
- "Fight It Out"
- "Looking for a Stranger"
- "I Want Out"
- "We Live for Love"
- "In the Heat of the Night"
- "Shadows of the Night"
- "Heartbreaker"
- "Hit Me with Your Best Shot"
- "Hell Is for Children"
- "Little Paradise"
- "Love Is a Battlefield" (video)
Personnel
- Pat Benatar – vocals
- Neil Giraldo – guitar, backing vocals
- Charlie Giordano – keyboards
- Roger Capps – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Myron Grombacher – drums
Production
=Live recordings=
- Neil Giraldo – producer, mixing
- Guy Charbonneau – engineer, mixing
- Cliff Bonnell, Andy Rose, Tim Wybrow, Bobby Ainsworth – assistant engineers
=Studio recordings=
- Neil Geraldo, Peter Coleman – producers, mixing
- Dave Hernandez – assistant engineer
- Steve Hall – mastering
=Video recordings=
- Marty Callner – director
- Molly Miles – additional directing
- Rick Newman, Richard Fields – producers
- Neil Giraldo – audio producer
- Karen Glass – associate producer
- Bob Giraldi – "Love Is a Battlefield" video director
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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|+ Weekly chart performance for Live from Earth |
scope="col"| Chart (1983–1984)
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scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{harvnb|Kent|1993|pp=32–33}}
| 2 |
{{album chart|Canada|25|chartid=4384a|rowheader=true|access-date=August 21, 2021}} |
{{album chart|Netherlands|4|artist=Pat Benatar|album=Live from Earth|rowheader=true|access-date=July 23, 2014}} |
{{album chart|Germany4|7|id=10302|artist=Pat Benatar|album=Live from Earth|rowheader=true|access-date=March 26, 2018}} |
scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite book |last=AA.VV. |title=Album Chart-Book Complete Edition 1970~2005 |location=Tokyo |publisher=Oricon |date=April 25, 2006 |isbn=978-487-1-31077-2}}
| 58 |
{{album chart|New Zealand|12|artist=Pat Benatar|album=Live from Earth|rowheader=true|access-date=August 30, 2019}} |
{{album chart|Sweden|45|artist=Pat Benatar|album=Live from Earth|rowheader=true|access-date=July 23, 2014}} |
{{album chart|UK2|60|date=19831009|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2021}} |
{{album chart|Billboard200|13|artist=Pat Benatar|rowheader=true|access-date=August 21, 2021}} |
scope="row"| US Rock Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1983/1983-10-29-Billboard-Page-0024.pdf |title=Rock Albums |magazine=Billboard |volume=95 |issue=44 |date=October 29, 1983 |page=24 |issn=0006-2510 |via=World Radio History}}
| 1 |
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=Year-end charts=
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Certifications
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Pat Benatar|title=Live From Earth|award=Platinum|certyear=1983|relyear=1983|accessdate=April 15, 2020}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=New Zealand|artist=Pat Benatar|title=Live From Earth|award=Platinum|id=1984-02-10|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|relyear=1983}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Pat Benatar|title=Live From Earth|award=Platinum|certyear=1983|relyear=1983|accessdate=April 15, 2020}}
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References
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=Bibliography=
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- {{cite book |last=Kent |first=David |author-link=David Kent (historian) |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |edition=illustrated |location=St Ives, N.S.W. |publisher=Australian Chart Book |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6}}
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Category:Chrysalis Records live albums