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Live at the Y.M.C.A. 27-10-79

Live at the Y.M.C.A 27-10-79 is a live album by industrial/post-punk band Cabaret Voltaire, recorded in 1979 and originally released in 1980 by Rough Trade. It was re-released on CD in 1990 on Mute Records in the UK and on Restless Records in the USA. The album contains a cover of The Velvet Underground's "Here She Comes Now" from their album White Light/White Heat.

Live at the Y.M.C.A 27-10-79
Live album by
Cabaret Voltaire
Released1980
RecordedOctober 27, 1979
Genre
Length39:19
LabelRough Trade
ProducerCabaret Voltaire
Cabaret Voltaire chronology
Mix-Up
(1979) 		Live at the Y.M.C.A 27-10-79
(1980) 		Three Mantras
(1980)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music     [3]
New Musical Express6/10[4]
Record Mirror     [5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide     [6]
Select3/5[7]
Smash Hits7/10[8]
Sounds     [9]
Spin Alternative Record Guide6/10[10]
Uncut     [11]

Wilson Neate in AllMusic said, "Although this album isn't easy listening -- and of course it wasn't intended to be -- it documents Cabaret Voltaire's role as electro-industrial pioneers.[1] Marc Ross at Trouser Press asserted that Live at the YMCA was more accessible than their debut album Mix-Up, going on to say: "There are strong intelligences at work here. What's fascinating is that live they maintain the style and imagination displayed in the studio... and absorb ambient sounds (audience, hall) into their music."[12]

Track listing

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All songs written by Cabaret Voltaire except for "No Escape", by Sky Saxon and "Here She Comes Now", by Lou Reed.

  1. "Untitled" - 5:51
  2. "On Every Other Street" - 4:16
  3. "Nag, Nag, Nag" - 4:55
  4. "The Set Up" - 4:13
  5. "Expect Nothing" - 6:18
  6. "Havoc" - 3:02
  7. "Here She Comes Now" - 4:12
  8. "No Escape" - 3:42
  9. "Baader Meinhof" - 4:10

Notes

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Recorded on a cassette player October 27, 1979 and cut at Portland Recording Studios.
Track 1 was later recorded and included in the LP The Voice of America under the title "Damage Is Done."

Personnel

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Cabaret Voltaire

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Live at the Y.M.C.A. - Cabaret Voltaire". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Bottomley, Charles (2003). "Cabaret Voltaire". In Buckley, Peter (ed.). The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). London: Rough Guides. pp. 159–160. ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  4. ^ Page, Betty (14 July 1990). "Mecca city two". New Musical Express. p. 35.
  5. ^ Westwood, Chris (29 March 1980). "Cabaret Voltaire: Live At The YMCA 1979". Record Mirror. p. 14.
  6. ^ Considine, J. D. (2004). "Cabaret Voltaire". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 128–29. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  7. ^ Finlay, Leo (July 1990). "Praying To Mecca". Select. p. 122.
  8. ^ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (February 21 – March 5): 28.
  9. ^ McCullough, Dave (16 February 1980). "Enigma variations". Sounds. p. 37.
  10. ^ Sinker, Mark (1995). "Cabaret Voltaire". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 67–68. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  11. ^ Carlin, Marcello (February 2003). "Doom with a view". Uncut. No. 69. p. 93.
  12. ^ Ross, Alec (June 1980). "Cabaret Voltaire: Live at the YMCA 27-10-79" (PDF). Trouser Press. 7 (5). New York, NY: Ira A. Robbins: 38.
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