Live Line Explained

Live Line
Type:live
Artist:The Angels
Cover:The angels liveline.jpg
Released:December 1987
Recorded:1983–1987
Genre:Hard rock
Length:48:25
Label:Mushroom
Producer:The Angels
Prev Title:Howling
Prev Year:1986
Next Title:Beyond Salvation
Next Year:1989

Live Line is double live album by Australian hard rock band The Angels originally released in December 1987. It reached No. 3 in Australia and No.14 in New Zealand.[1] [2]

Description

The collection spanned ten years of the band's career. The majority of the album was recorded at the Bankstown RSL Club in Sydney, with some tracks taken from earlier tours featuring John Brewster. A live version of "Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again" was issued as a single, as was a medley of "Love Takes Care" and "Be with You". Following the success of the album, The Angels embarked on a massive tour of Australia with a lengthy three-hour show, with three sets chronologically spanning a significant portion of the band's history. The remastered CD version was released on 8 February 1999 by Shock Records as a double live album and included several songs not included on the vinyl release.

Reception

Smash Hits said, "It could hardly fail with half the songs being basically the band's greatest hits with a whole heap of lesser known but equally excellent tracks that drive audiences wild across the nation. The recording quality is impeccable."[3]

Track listings

Disc 1

  1. "Comin' Down" – 4:28
  2. "No Secrets" – 4:42
  3. "Did You Hurt Somebody" – 3:26
  4. "Standing over You" – 3:01
  5. "Shadow Boxer" – 2:41
  6. "After the Rain" – 5:07
  7. "Small Price" – 4:47
  8. "Fashion and Fame" – 4:49
  9. "Love Takes Care" – 4:39
  10. "Be with You" – 4:07
  11. "Run for the Shelter" – 3:59
  12. "Save Me" – 4:23
  13. "Underground" – 6:58

Disc 2

  1. "Back on You" – 4:12
  2. "Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again" – 3:15
  3. "Stand Up" – 4:10
  4. "Don't Waste My Time" – 5:17
  5. "Face the Day" – 3:28
  6. "City Out of Control" – 9:53
  7. "Eat City" – 5:03
  8. "Small Talk" – 3:25
  9. "Take a Long Line" – 5:24
  10. "Mr. Damage" – 4:28
  11. "Marseilles" – 10:16

Remastered CD edition

Disc 1

  1. "Comin' Down" – 4:28
  2. "No Secrets" – 4:42
  3. "Did You Hurt Somebody" – 3:26
  4. "Standing over You" – 3:01
  5. "Shadow Boxer" – 2:41
  6. "After the Rain" – 5:07
  7. "Small Price" – 4:47
  8. "Fashion and Fame" – 4:49
  9. "Love Takes Care" – 4:39
  10. "Be with You" – 4:07
  11. "Run for the Shelter" – 3:59
  12. "Save Me" – 4:23
  13. "Underground" – 6:58
  14. "Back on You" – 4:12
  15. "Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again" – 3:15
  16. "Stand Up" – 4:10
  17. "Don't Waste My time" – 5:17
  18. "Face the Day" – 3:28

Disc 2

  1. "City Out of Control" – 9:53
  2. "Eat City" – 5:03
  3. "Small Talk" – 3:25
  4. "Take a Long Line" – 5:24
  5. "Mr. Damage" – 4:28
  6. "Marseilles" – 10:16
  7. "Nothin to Win" – 5:14
  8. "Night Comes Early" – 3:59
  9. "Into the Heat" – 3:16
  10. "Long Night" – 4:17
  11. "Easy Prey" – 3:22
  12. "Is That You?" – 3:48
  13. "No Sleep in Hell" – 5:25
  14. "Talk About You" – 3:46
  15. "Gonna Leave You" – 3:04
  16. "I Ain't the One" – 2:56

Personnel

The Angels
Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987/88)Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[4] 3
New Zealand Albums Chart10

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Discography The Angels . Australian Charts Portal . Hung Medien . Hung . Steffen . 4 January 2017.
  2. Web site: Discography The Angels . Hung . Steffen . New Zealand Charts Portal . Hung Medien . 4 January 2017 .
  3. Smash Hits, Australian edition . Albums. David Nichols . 18 April 1988.
  4. Book: . Kent . David . David Kent (historian) . Australian Chart Book Ltd . . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6 . 17–18. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts
  5. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia. pdf. 16–17.