Live (George Thorogood and the Destroyers album) explained

Live
Type:	live
Artist:	George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Cover:	George Thorogood - Live.png
Released:	August 1986
Recorded:	May 23, 1986
Venue:	Cincinnati Gardens, Ohio
Genre:	Blues rock boogie rock hard rock
Length:	53:34
Label:	EMI America Records
Producer:	Terry Manning The Delaware Destroyers
Prev Title:	Maverick
Prev Year:	1985
Year:	1986
Next Title:	Born to Be Bad
Next Year:	1988

Live is the first live album by American blues rock band George Thorogood & the Destroyers. It was released in 1986 by the label EMI America Records.^{[1] [2]} The album was recorded on May 23, 1986 at the Cincinnati Gardens, Ohio.^[3]

Live is one of the Destroyers' best-selling albums, selling more than one million copies.^[4] The album is also one of the Destroyers' best performing, peaking at No. 33 on the Billboard 200 chart,^[5] and spending 42 weeks on the chart.^[6]

Release

EMI America released Live in August 1986. The album debuted at No. 81,^[7] and peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on April 19, 1995.^[8] "Reelin' and Rockin'" was released as the only single from the album,^[9] it peaked at No. 11 on the Mainstream Rock chart.^[10]

Personnel

• George Thorogood – slide guitar, vocals
• Bill Blough – bass, vocals
• Hank "Hurricane" Carter – saxophone, percussion
• Steve Chrismar – rhythm and lead guitar
• Jeff Simon – drums

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Live!Chart (1986)!Peak
position

Australia (Kent Music Report)^[11]	21
Canada (RPM)^[12]	30
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[13]	5
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[14]	43
US Billboard 200	33

Certifications

Certifications for Live!Region!Certification!Certified units/sales

Canada (Music Canada)^[15]	Gold	40,000^
United States (RIAA)	Platinum	1,000,000^

^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Live - George Thorogood & the Destroyers . AllMusic.
2. Peeples . Stephen K. . September 13, 1986 . Rockers Release Records Recorded By Reels On Wheels . . 65 . World Radio History.
3. Web site: uDiscover Team . March 8, 2020 . George Thorogood - Prodigiously-Talented Boogie Blues Guitarist . uDiscover Music.
4. Web site: Kachejian . Brian . Top 10 George Thorogood Songs - ClassicRockHistory.com . Classic Rock History.
5. Web site: Billboard 200 . Billboard.
6. Web site: Billboard 200 . Billboard.
7. Web site: Billboard 200 . Billboard.
8. Web site: Gold & Platinum - RIAA . RIAA.
9. October 18, 1986 . Single Releases . . 9 . World Radio History.
10. September 13, 1986 . Billboard - September 13, 1986 . . 15 . World Radio History.
11. Book: Kent, David . David Kent (historian)

    . Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . Australian Chart Book . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6 . illustrated . St Ives, N.S.W. . 309 . David Kent (historian).

12. Web site: Item: 591 - Library and Archives Canada . Library and Archives Canada.
13. Web site: New Zealand charts portal . charts.nz.
14. Web site: Swedish Charts . swedishcharts.com.
15. Web site: Canadian album certifications – George Thorogood – Live . Music Canada.