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Live in Tokyo (Public Image Limited album)

Live in Tokyo is a 1983 live album released by Public Image Ltd as a 2-EP 45 RPM set. It was issued by Columbia Records in Japan and later reissued by Virgin Records in the UK and reached #28 on the British charts. A single-LP 33 RPM edition was later issued by Elektra Records in the US.

Live in Tokyo
Live album by
Public Image Ltd
ReleasedAugust 1983 (Japan)
26 September 1983 (UK)
14 July 1986 (USA)[1]
Recorded1–2 July 1983
VenueNakano Sun Plaza Hall, Nakano, Nakano, Tokyo
GenrePost-punk
Length45:50
LabelColumbia
ProducerPublic Image Ltd
Public Image Ltd chronology
The Flowers of Romance
(1981) 		Live in Tokyo
(1983) 		This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert ChristgauC[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
Spin Alternative Record Guide1/10[5]

A 35-minute live videocassette from the same series of concerts was also issued by Columbia Records in Japan under the title Live '83.

Live in Tokyo was the world's first digitally recorded live album according to Martin Atkins and the band recorded the concerts specifically to use the new Japanese digital technology [6]

Track listing

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Side One

  1. "Annalisa" – 5:17
  2. "Religion II" – 5:49

Side Two

  1. "Low-Life" – 2:47
  2. "Solitaire" – 3:59
  3. "Flowers of Romance" – 4:46

Side Three

  1. "This Is Not a Love Song" – 6:27
  2. "Swan Lake" – 5:06

Side Four

  1. "Bad Life" – 4:44
  2. "Banging the Door" – 4:55
  3. "Under the House" – 1:56

Personnel

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Public Image Limited
Technical
  • Kenji Miura - cover photograph

Charts

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Chart (1983) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 92
UK Albums Chart[8] 28

References

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  1. ^ Cocatalog.loc.gov United States Copyright Office website
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Robert Christgau. "Robert Christgau: CG: Public Image Ltd". Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  4. ^ Coleman, Mark; Matos, Michaelangelo (2004). "Public Image Ltd.". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 662–63. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  5. ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 315.
  6. ^ Heylin, Clinton (1989). Public Image Rise/Fall. Omnibus Press. p. 72. ISBN 0-7119-1684-5
  7. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 242. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  8. ^ Theofficialcharts.com website
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