| Live | ||||
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| Released | August 10, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | November 1992 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 123:15 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| MusicHound | 3.5/5[3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Live (stylised as (LIVE)) is the first live album by singer-songwriter James Taylor released on August 10, 1993, by Columbia Records. The double album presents selections from 14 shows during a November 1992 tour. In the US, Live peaked at number 20 on the Billboard 200 chart[5] and has sold more than one million copies, being certified 2× platinum by the RIAA.
A single-album CD of highlights of the double album was also released, titled Best Live. There are two different versions of this album; a 17-track version was released in 1993,[6] and a shorter 12-track version on June 21, 1994.[7] On digital distributors such as Spotify and iTunes, many of the verbal introductions that were present in the original CD have been cut.
- ^ "AllMusic review". Allmusic. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 1125. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
- ^ "James Taylor: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- ^ "James Taylor awards". Allmusic. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
- ^ "James Taylor – (Best Live)". Discogs. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ^ "James Taylor – (Best Live)". James Taylor. Retrieved April 3, 2013.