| Live and Sleazy | |
| Type: | live |
| Longtype: | / Studio album |
| Artist: | Village People |
| Cover: | Liveandsleazy1979.jpg |
| Released: | September 1979 |
| Genre: | Disco |
| Length: | 70:14 |
| Label: | Casablanca |
| Producer: | Jacques Morali |
| Prev Title: | Go West |
| Prev Year: | 1979 |
| Next Title: | Can't Stop the Music |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
Live and Sleazy is the first live album and fifth studio album by the Village People and features a mixture of live and studio recordings. It was released as a double LP. The album featured numerous lead singers: original cop Victor Willis on the entire "Live" disk; on the "Sleazy" disk, construction worker David Hodo on track 1, Ray Simpson (who replaced Willis as the cop) on tracks 2, 3, and 5, and G.I. Alex Briley on track 4. Horace Ott is credited as the arranger and conductor of the string and horn sections. The musicians were credited as Bittersweet.
Victor Willis had announced plans for the live portion of this album be remastered and reissued as a stand alone live album titled “Village People Live At The Greek Theatre” in 2018. Other songs left off the original release though performed on the 1979 tour include "Key West", "Go West", "Village People", and "I Wanna Shake Your Hand".
Cash Box called the song "Sleazy" "an amusing self-parody which, vocally, relies more than ever on the group's zealous choral work."[1] Record World called it "great dance music."[2]
All music composed by Jacques Morali
All songs written by J. Morali, H. Belolo, B. Whitehead, P. Hurtt
Note: The Rebound Records CD release placed the studio tracks before the live tracks.
Additional percussion and background vocals
| Chart (1979) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[3] | 69 |
| Canadian Albums (RPM)[4] | 23 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5] | 80 |
| US Billboard 200[6] | 32 |