Live Santa Monica '72 | ||||
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Released | 30 June 2008 | |||
Recorded | 20 October 1972 | |||
Venue | Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA | |||
Genre | Glam rock | |||
Length | 74:21 | |||
Label | EMI | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
NME | 8/10[2] |
Pitchfork Media | 7.7/10[3] |
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Live Santa Monica '72 is a live album by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie. It was released on 30 June 2008 in the United Kingdom and 22 July 2008 in the United States. It is the official release of KMET FM's radio broadcast, then bootleg album and – later – semi-legal release Santa Monica '72, recorded at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium during the Ziggy Stardust Tour.
By November 2008 the album had sold 10,000 copies in US.[5]
Track listing
All songs written by David Bowie except where noted.[6][7]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Introduction" | 0:13 | |
2. | "Hang On to Yourself" | 2:46 | |
3. | "Ziggy Stardust" | 3:23 | |
4. | "Changes" | 3:27 | |
5. | "The Supermen" | 2:55 | |
6. | "Life on Mars?" | 3:28 | |
7. | "Five Years" | 4:32 | |
8. | "Space Oddity" | 5:05 | |
9. | "Andy Warhol" | 3:50 | |
10. | "My Death" | Jacques Brel, Eric Blau, Mort Shuman | 5:51 |
11. | "The Width of a Circle" | 10:44 | |
12. | "Queen Bitch" | 3:00 | |
13. | "Moonage Daydream" | 4:53 | |
14. | "John, I'm Only Dancing" | 3:16 | |
15. | "Waiting for the Man" | Lou Reed | 5:45 |
16. | "The Jean Genie" | 4:00 | |
17. | "Suffragette City" | 4:12 | |
18. | "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" | 3:01 |
Personnel
Musicians
- David Bowie – vocals, acoustic guitar
- Mick Ronson – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Trevor Bolder – bass guitar
- Mick "Woody" Woodmansey – drums
- Mike Garson – keyboards
Technical personnel
- Mike Moran – recording engineer
- Grover Hesley – mixing engineer
- B. Mitchel Reed – KMET announcer
- Bob Griffin – KMET engineer
- Bill Fure – KMET engineer
- Bill Calucci – KMET studio tape editor
- Richard Kimball – KMET producer
- Ted Jensen – mastering engineer
Chart performance
Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] | 81 |
French Albums (SNEP)[9] | 118 |
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[10] | 37 |
Italian Albums (FIMI)[11] | 98 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[12] | 66 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13] | 40 |
UK Albums (OCC)[14] | 61 |
References
- ^ Live Santa Monica '72 at AllMusic
- ^ Thornton, Anthony (1 July 2008). "David Bowie – 'Live: Santa Monica '72' review". NME. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "David Bowie: Five Years 1969–1973 Album Review – Pitchfork". Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Rolling Stone Music | Album Reviews". Rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- ^ admin (21 November 2008). "Ask Billboard: Girls Aloud, David Bowie, Brits". Billboard. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ "Live in Santa Monica '72". allmusic. Macrovision Corporation. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
- ^ David Bowie. Live Santa Monica '72 (EMI, 2008).
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – David Bowie – Live Santa Monica '72" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – David Bowie – Live Santa Monica '72". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2016. 5. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "Italiancharts.com – David Bowie – Live Santa Monica '72". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – David Bowie – Live Santa Monica '72". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
External links
- Live Santa Monica '72 (2008, UK, vinyl edition) on Discogs.