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Live from Earth

1983 live album by Pat Benatar

Summary

1983 live album by Pat Benatar

FieldValue
nameLive from Earth
typelive
artistPat Benatar
coverLive from Earth (Pat Benatar album - cover art).jpg
altdrawing of signature "Benatar" in purple to magenta gradient on black
releasedOctober 1983
recordedFrance and California during the 'Get Nervous' tour of 1982–1983, with Le Mobile and Artisan Recorders Mobile One
studioMCA Whitney Studios, Glendale, California, 1983 (studio tracks)
genreRock, hard rock
length43:02
labelChrysalis
producer{{flatlist
prev_titleGet Nervous
prev_year1982
next_titleTropico
next_year1984
misc{{Singles
nameLive from Earth
typelive
single1Love Is a Battlefield
single1dateSeptember 12, 1983
single2Lipstick Lies
single2date1983 (New Zealand Only)
  • Neil Giraldo
  • Neil Giraldo and Peter Coleman (studio tracks)}}

Live from Earth is the first live album by American rock singer Pat Benatar, and was released in October 1983. The album was recorded during Benatar's sold out Get Nervous world tour in late 1982 and early 1983. It also contains two studio tracks, "Love Is a Battlefield" and "Lipstick Lies", which were produced by Neil Giraldo and Peter Coleman. The album peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and shipped more than a million copies. "Love Is a Battlefield" was an international hit single and garnered Benatar her fourth consecutive Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 1984.

A concert from the same tour was filmed for a HBO special and released on VHS in 1985 with the title In Concert, but with a different and expanded track listing. The footage was re-released on VHS with the title Benatar the same year and in 1998 on DVD as Live in New Haven, without the last two tracks.

Track listing

;Side one

  1. "Fire and Ice" (Tom Kelly, Scott St. Clair Sheets, Pat Benatar) – 3:46
  2. "Lookin' for a Stranger" (Franne Golde, Peter McIan) – 3:28
  3. "I Want Out" (Neil Giraldo, Billy Steinberg) – 4:05
  4. "We Live for Love" (Giraldo) – 3:39
  5. "Hell Is for Children" (Giraldo, Benatar, Roger Capps) – 6:06

;Side two

  1. "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" (Eddie Schwartz) – 3:07
  2. "Promises in the Dark" (Giraldo, Benatar) – 5:14
  3. "Heartbreaker" (Geoff Gill, Cliff Wade) – 4:21
  4. "Love Is a Battlefield" (Mike Chapman, Holly Knight) – 5:23 (studio recording)
  5. "Lipstick Lies" (Giraldo, Myron Grombacher) – 3:51 (studio recording)

VHS track listing

  • "Anxiety (Get Nervous)”
  • "Fire and Ice"
  • "You Better Run"
  • "Little Too Late"
  • "Fight It Out"
  • "Looking for a Stranger"
  • "I Want Out"
  • "We Live for Love"
  • "In the Heat of the Night"
  • "Shadows of the Night"
  • "Heartbreaker"
  • "Hit Me with Your Best Shot"
  • "Hell Is for Children"
  • "Little Paradise"
  • "Love Is a Battlefield" (video)

Personnel

  • Pat Benatar – vocals
  • Neil Giraldo – guitar, backing vocals
  • Charlie Giordano – keyboards
  • Roger Capps – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Myron Grombacher – drums

Production

Live recordings

  • Neil Giraldo – producer, mixing
  • Guy Charbonneau – engineer, mixing
  • Cliff Bonnell, Andy Rose, Tim Wybrow, Bobby Ainsworth – assistant engineers

Studio recordings

  • Neil Geraldo, Peter Coleman – producers, mixing
  • Dave Hernandez – assistant engineer
  • Steve Hall – mastering

Video recordings

  • Marty Callner – director
  • Molly Miles – additional directing
  • Rick Newman, Richard Fields – producers
  • Neil Giraldo – audio producer
  • Karen Glass – associate producer
  • Bob Giraldi – "Love Is a Battlefield" video director

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1983–1984)Peak
positionAustralian Albums (Kent Music Report)European Albums (Music & Media)Japanese Albums (Oricon)US Rock Albums (Billboard)
2
21
58
1

Year-end charts

Chart (1984)PositionAustralian Albums (Kent Music Report)Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)US Billboard 200
18
32
64
84

Certifications

References

Bibliography

References

  1. DeGagne, Mike. "Pat Benatar – Live from Earth review". [[Rovi Corporation]].
  2. Pond, Steve. (November 24, 1983). "Album Reviews: Pat Benatar – Live from Earth".
  3. (November 3, 1983). "Kerrang!". Spotlight Publications Ltd..
  4. "Pat Benatar – Live in New Haven 1983". [[Rovi Corporation]].
  5. "Pat Benatar Chart History: Billboard 200". [[Billboard (magazine).
  6. "RIAA Searchable database: search for " Pat Benatar"". [[Recording Industry Association of America]].
  7. "Grammy Awards: Best Rock Vocal Performance – Female". Rock on the Net.
  8. "Pat Benatar Setlist at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, USA". Setlist.fm.
  9. {{harvnb. Kent. 1993
  10. (March 19, 1984). "European Top 100 Albums".
  11. AA.VV.. (April 25, 2006). "Album Chart-Book Complete Edition 1970~2005". [[Oricon]].
  12. (October 29, 1983). "Rock Albums".
  13. {{harvnb. Kent. 1993
  14. "Jaaroverzichten – Album 1984". [[Dutch Charts]].
  15. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 1984". Offizielle Deutsche Charts.
  16. (December 31, 1984). "Top Pop Albums of 1984".
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