Live (Fleetwood Mac album)

Live
Live album by
Released5 December 1980
Recorded17 October 1975 – 4 September 1980
Genre
Length91:06
LabelWarner Bros.
Producer
Fleetwood Mac chronology
Tusk
(1979)
Live
(1980)
Mirage
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauC+[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
Record Mirror[4]

Live is a double live album released by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac on 5 December 1980.[5] It was the first live album from the then-current line-up of the band, and the next would be The Dance from 1997. The album was certified gold (500,000 copies sold) by the RIAA in November 1981.[6] A deluxe edition of the album was released on 9 April 2021.[7]

Live consists of recordings taken primarily from the 1979–1980 Tusk Tour and a Buckingham Nicks track, "Don't Let Me Down Again", from the 1975 Fleetwood Mac Tour. The deluxe edition also includes a few recordings from the earlier Rumours Tour of 1977 and the later Mirage Tour of 1982. According to the liner notes, two songs were recorded at a Paris soundcheck and three at a performance at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium "for an audience of friends and road crew".

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Fleetwood Mac: Live". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: fleetwood mac". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  3. ^ Tucker, Ken (19 February 1981). "Fleetwood Mac: Live". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone.
  4. ^ Smith, Robin (6 December 1980). Fleetwood Mac: Live. Record Mirror. p. 20.
  5. ^ "BPI".
  6. ^ "American album certifications – Fleetwood Mac – Live". Recording Industry Association of America.
  7. ^ "Fleetwood Mac announce deluxe edition of classic 'Fleetwood Mac Live' album". NME. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.