Live Santa Monica '72

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Live Santa Monica '72
Live album by
David Bowie
Released30 June 2008 (2008-06-30)
Recorded20 October 1972 (1972-10-20)
VenueSanta Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA
GenreGlam rock
Length74:21
LabelEMI
David Bowie chronology
David Bowie
(2007)		 Live Santa Monica '72
(2008)		 iSelect
(2008)
David Bowie live albums chronology
LiveAndWell.com
(1999)		 Live Santa Monica '72
(2008)		 VH1 Storytellers
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[1]
NME8/10[2]
Pitchfork Media7.7/10[3]
Rolling StoneStarStarStarStarStar[4]

Live Santa Monica '72 is a live album by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie. It was released on 30 June 2008 (2008-06-30) in the United Kingdom and 22 July 2008 (2008-07-22) 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.TitleWriter(s)Length
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 Shuman5:51
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 Reed5:45
16."The Jean Genie" 4:00
17."Suffragette City" 4:12
18."Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" 3:01

Personnel

Musicians

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
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

  1. Live Santa Monica '72 at AllMusic
  2. 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.
  3. "David Bowie: Five Years 1969–1973 Album Review – Pitchfork". Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  4. "Rolling Stone Music | Album Reviews". Rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  5. admin (21 November 2008). "Ask Billboard: Girls Aloud, David Bowie, Brits". Billboard. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  6. "Live in Santa Monica '72". allmusic. Macrovision Corporation. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
  7. David Bowie. Live Santa Monica '72 (EMI, 2008).
  8. "Dutchcharts.nl – David Bowie – Live Santa Monica '72" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  9. "Lescharts.com – David Bowie – Live Santa Monica '72". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  10. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2016. 5. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  11. "Italiancharts.com – David Bowie – Live Santa Monica '72". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  12. "Official Scottish Albums Chart on 6/7/2008 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  13. "Swedishcharts.com – David Bowie – Live Santa Monica '72". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  14. "Official Albums Chart on 6/7/2008 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 November 2021.