Live (Iron Butterfly album)

Live is the forth album and first live album by Iron Butterfly, released on April 22, 1970. The last album to be recorded with the longstanding quartet of Brann, Bushy, Dorman, and Ingle, it is the only Iron Butterfly album which does not feature more than one lead vocalist. It was a commercial hit, reaching number 20 on the Billboard album chart.[1][2]

Live
Live album by
ReleasedApril 22, 1970
RecordedMay 25–30, 1969
GenrePsychedelic rock, acid rock, hard rock
Length36:53
LabelAtco
ProducerRichard Podolor
Iron Butterfly chronology
Ball
(1969)
Live
(1970)
Metamorphosis
(1970)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated Live three out of five stars. He called the album "a dull document of Iron Butterfly's thundering live show," and declared the live rendition of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" to be "three times as tedious" as the original version.[3]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "In the Time of Our Lives" (Doug Ingle, Ron Bushy) – 4:23
  2. "Filled with Fear" (Ingle) – 3:27
  3. "Soul Experience" (Ingle, Bushy, Erik Brann, Lee Dorman) – 3:55
  4. "You Can't Win" (Danny Weis, Darryl DeLoach) – 2:48
  5. "Are You Happy" (Ingle) – 3:20

Side two

  1. "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (Ingle) – 19:00

Personnel

Iron Butterfly

Technical

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References

  1. Joynson, Vernon (1995). Fuzz, Acid, & Flowers Archived 2011-08-25 at the Wayback Machine. London: Borderline Books.
  2. "Billboard 200 - Iron Butterfly". Retrieved September 22, 2017.
  3. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Iron Butterfly Live - Iron Butterfly at AllMusic. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
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