Filthy Lucre Live
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Filthy Lucre Live is a 1996 live album
by the then recently-reformed Sex Pistols
.
The album was recorded live at London
's Finsbury Park
on 23 June 1996 during the band's Filthy Lucre Tour
.
was previously released as a single, charting at #18. No Fun, the second of the band's encores, did not make it onto the live album, although it was included on the japanese version.
Additional tracks on the Japanese CD release (Virgin Records Cat. No. VJCP-25247)
16. "Buddies"
17. "No Fun"
18. "Problems" (Chris Spedding
Demo)
Note: The additional tracks also appear on the CD single "Pretty Vacant" taken from this album. "Buddies" as the same performance as "Bodies" but the audience noise is mixed much higher (John Lydon's vocal is barely audible under the audience singing the first verse).
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
by the then recently-reformed Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians...
.
The album was recorded live at London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
's Finsbury Park
Finsbury Park
Finsbury Park is a 46 hectare public park in the London Borough of Haringey. Officially part of the London area of Harringay, it is also adjacent to Stroud Green, the Finsbury Park district and Manor House. It was one of the first of the great London parks laid out in the Victorian...
on 23 June 1996 during the band's Filthy Lucre Tour
Filthy Lucre Tour
The Filthy Lucre Tour was the infamous 1996 reunion tour of the pioneering British Punk rock band Sex Pistols. The 78-date world tour lasted for almost six months....
.
Reception
The album reached #26 in the UK charts, and the track Pretty VacantPretty Vacant
"Pretty Vacant" is a song by the English punk rock band The Sex Pistols. It was released on 1 July 1977 as the third single from their only album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. The song marked the band's only appearance on the British music show Top of the Pops...
was previously released as a single, charting at #18. No Fun, the second of the band's encores, did not make it onto the live album, although it was included on the japanese version.
Track listing
- "BodiesBodies (Sex Pistols song)"Bodies" is a Sex Pistols song about abortion from the 1977 album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. The lyrics contain very graphic imagery about a terminated fetus and feature a great deal of profanity for the time: the third and final verse begins with a couplet in which the word...
" - "Seventeen"
- "New York"
- "No Feelings"
- "Did You No Wrong"
- "God Save the QueenGod Save the Queen (Sex Pistols song)"God Save the Queen" is a song by the English punk rock band The Sex Pistols. It was released as the band's second single and was featured on their only album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. The song was released during Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee in 1977...
" - "Liar"
- "Satellite"
- "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" Steppin' Stone" is a rock song by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart. It was first recorded by Paul Revere & the Raiders and appeared on their 1966 album Midnight Ride....
" - "Holidays in the SunHolidays in the Sun"Holidays in the Sun" is a song by the English punk rock band the Sex Pistols. It was released on 14 October 1977 as the fourth and final single from their only album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. A number eight chart hit in the UK, the single proved to be the last with singer...
" - "Submission"
- "Pretty VacantPretty Vacant"Pretty Vacant" is a song by the English punk rock band The Sex Pistols. It was released on 1 July 1977 as the third single from their only album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. The song marked the band's only appearance on the British music show Top of the Pops...
" - "EMI"
- "Anarchy in the U.K.Anarchy in the U.K."Anarchy in the U.K." was covered by American thrash metal band Megadeth for their third album So Far, So Good... So What!, released in 1988.Notoriously, the song has incorrect lyrics...
" - "Problems"
Additional tracks on the Japanese CD release (Virgin Records Cat. No. VJCP-25247)
16. "Buddies"
17. "No Fun"
18. "Problems" (Chris Spedding
Chris Spedding
Chris Spedding is an English rock and roll and jazz guitarist, best known for his session work. Allmusic states - "Spedding is one of the UK's most versatile session guitarists, and has had a long career on two continents that saw him tackle nearly every style of rock and roll, as well as...
Demo)
Note: The additional tracks also appear on the CD single "Pretty Vacant" taken from this album. "Buddies" as the same performance as "Bodies" but the audience noise is mixed much higher (John Lydon's vocal is barely audible under the audience singing the first verse).