Live... in the Heart of the City

Live...in the Heart of the City
Cover art by Jeff Cummins
Live album by
Whitesnake
Released3 November 1980[1]
Recorded23 November 1978
23 and 24 June 1980
VenueHammersmith Odeon, London
Genre
Length80:22
LabelLiberty/EMI (UK and Germany)
Mirage/Atlantic (North America)
Polydor (Japan)
United Artists (Rest of the world)
ProducerMartin Birch
Whitesnake chronology
Ready an' Willing
(1980) 		Live...in the Heart of the City
(1980) 		Come an' Get It
(1981)
Live at Hammersmith cover
1980 Japanese live LP.
Singles from Live...in the Heart of the City
  1. "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City"
    Released: 7 November 1980[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Classic Rock[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10[5]
MusicHound Rock[6]

Live...in the Heart of the City is a 1980 live album by English rock band Whitesnake. Originally released as a double-vinyl album, and double-play cassette, it utilises recordings made in 1978 and 1980. The album charted at number 5 on the UK Albums Chart with Platinum certification,[7] and number 146 on the Billboard 200.[8] The Classic Rock magazine in 2011 and 2023 placed it among the best live albums ever.[9][10]

  1. ^ "BPI certifications for Whitesnake".
  2. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 34.
  3. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Whitesnake – Live in the Heart of the City review". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  4. ^ ""A superb document of, and tribute to, a brilliant band in its prime": Whitesnake: Live... in the Heart of the City Album Of The Week Club review". Classic Rock. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  5. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 411. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  6. ^ Graff, Gary, ed. (1996), MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide, Visible Ink Press, p. 728, ISBN 9780787610371
  7. ^ "Whitesnake – Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  8. ^ "Live ... In The Heart Of The City Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
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