Play (Magazine album)

Play
Live album by
ReleasedDecember 1980
April 1981 (US)
June 2009 (Play+)
RecordedMelbourne Festival Hall, 6 September 1980
Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall, 21 July 1978 (Play+)
GenrePost-punk
Length43:09
90:35 (Play+)
LabelVirgin, I.R.S. (US)
ProducerMagazine, John Brand
Magazine chronology
The Correct Use of Soap
(1980)
Play
(1980)
Magic, Murder and the Weather
(1981)

Play is the first live album by English post-punk/new wave band Magazine. It was released in December 1980 by Virgin Records (International) and in April 1981 by I.R.S. Records (US).[1] It peaked at No. 69 on the UK Album Chart.[2] It was Magazine's sixth 1980 release.

  1. ^ "Mr Bill's I.R.S. Records Corner: Everything about the world of IRS Records!". Irscorner.tk. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Chart Stats - Magazine". Theofficialcharts.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2014.