Live from Earth explained

Live from Earth
Type:live
Artist:Pat Benatar
Cover:Live from Earth (Pat Benatar album - cover art).jpg
Released:October 1983
Recorded:France and California during the 'Get Nervous' tour of 1982–1983, with Le Mobile and Artisan Recorders Mobile One
Studio:MCA Whitney Studios, Glendale, California, 1983 (studio tracks)
Genre:Rock, hard rock
Length:43:02
Label:Chrysalis
Prev Title:Get Nervous
Prev Year:1982
Next Title:Tropico
Next Year:1984
In Concert
Type:video
Artist:Pat Benatar
Cover:Pat Benatar in concert.jpg
Released:1985
Recorded:December 19, 1982
Venue:New Haven Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut
Genre:Rock, hard rock
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

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[1] and shipped more than a million copies.[2] "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.[3]

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.[4] 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
  1. "Fire and Ice" (Tom Kelly, Scott St. Clair Sheets, Pat Benatar) – 3:46
  2. "Lookin' for a Stranger" (Franne Golde, Peter McIan) – 3:28
  3. "I Want Out" (Neil Giraldo, Billy Steinberg) – 4:05
  4. "We Live for Love" (Giraldo) – 3:39
  5. "Hell Is for Children" (Giraldo, Benatar, Roger Capps) – 6:06
Side two
  1. "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" (Eddie Schwartz) – 3:07
  2. "Promises in the Dark" (Giraldo, Benatar) – 5:14
  3. "Heartbreaker" (Geoff Gill, Clint Wade) – 4:21
  4. "Love Is a Battlefield" (Mike Chapman, Holly Knight) – 5:23 (studio recording)
  5. "Lipstick Lies" (Giraldo, Myron Grombacher) – 3:51 (studio recording)

VHS track listing

Personnel

Production

Live recordings

Studio recordings

Video recordings

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Live from Earth
Chart (1983–1984)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)2
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5] 58
US Rock Albums (Billboard)[6] 1

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Live from Earth
Chart (1984)Position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)18
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7] 32
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 64
US Billboard 200[9] 84

References

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pat Benatar Chart History: Billboard 200 . Billboard.com . . March 21, 2018 .
  2. Web site: RIAA Searchable database: search for " Pat Benatar" . . July 18, 2014.
  3. Web site: Grammy Awards: Best Rock Vocal Performance – Female. Rock on the Net. May 25, 2010.
  4. Web site: Pat Benatar Setlist at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, USA . Setlist.fm . July 22, 2014.
  5. Book: AA.VV. . Album Chart-Book Complete Edition 1970~2005 . Tokyo . . April 25, 2006 . 978-487-1-31077-2.
  6. Rock Albums . Billboard . 95 . 44 . October 29, 1983 . 24 . 0006-2510 . World Radio History.
  7. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Album 1984 . nl . . August 21, 2021.
  8. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 1984 . Offizielle Deutsche Charts . de . August 21, 2021.
  9. Top Pop Albums of 1984 . Billboard . December 31, 1984 . August 21, 2021 . https://archive.today/20121231160407/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/archivesearch/article_display/855368?imw=Y . December 31, 2012.