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{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Cardiacs Live
| Type = Live album
| name = Cardiacs Live
| Artist = [[Cardiacs]]
| type = Live album
| Cover = Cardiacs_Live.jpg
| artist = [[Cardiacs]]
| Released = 1989
| cover = Cardiacs_Live.jpg
| Recorded = 15 May 1988
| alt =
| released = 31 October 1988<ref>{{cite AV media |url=http://cardiacs.org/exhibits/documents/yousletters_56.html |title=Cardiacs Yousletter |type=Newsletter |access-date=15 August 2014 |via=Cardiacs.org}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023}}</ref>
| Genre = [[Pronk (music)|Pronk]]
| Length =
| recorded = 15 May 1988
| venue = [[Paradiso (Amsterdam)|The Paradiso]], Amsterdam
| Label = Alphabet Business Concern
| Producer =
| studio =
| Reviews =
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| length = 51:58
| Last album = ''[[A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window]]''<br/>(1988)
| label = Alphabet Business Concern
| This album = ''Cardiacs Live''<br/>(1989)
| producer =
| Next album = ''[[On Land and in the Sea]]''<br>(1989)
| prev_title = [[A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window]]
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title = [[On Land and in the Sea]]
| next_year = 1989
}}
{{Album ratings
|title = Professional ratings
|rev1 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Larkin 2006">{{cite book |last=Larkin |first=Collin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8gkKAQAAMAAJ |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Brown, Marion - Dilated Peoples |publisher=[[Muze]] |year=2006 |chapter=Cardiacs |author-link=Colin Larkin |page=182|isbn=978-0-19-531373-4 }} ''Note: Search "Paradiso".''</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]''
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|full=U+25CF.svg}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Unsworth |first=Cathi |author-link=Cathi Unsworth |date=29 October 1988 |title=Honky tonkin' |url=https://cardiacs.org/cardiacs-press-book-pdf.pdf |magazine=[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]] |page=37 |access-date=7 May 2023 |via=''Cardiacs Press Book'' {{Page numbers|3}} on Cardiacs.org}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music]]''
|rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Larkin 1997">{{cite book |last=Larkin |first=Collin |chapter=Cardiacs |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hrs7AQAAIAAJ |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-7535-0159-7 |location=London |author-link=Colin Larkin |orig-date=1992|page=93}} ''Note: Search "Paradiso".''</ref>
}}
}}

This is a live album by [[Cardiacs]], recorded at the Paradiso in Amsterdam on 15 May 1988.
'''''Cardiacs Live'''''{{efn|Longer titles:
*'''''Cardiacs Live at the Paradiso, Amsterdam'''''<ref name="Larkin 1997"/>
*'''''Cardiacs Live: Recorded Live at the Paradiso Amsterdam, Holland<ref name="Larkin 2006"/>}} is a live album by [[Cardiacs]], recorded at the [[Paradiso (Amsterdam)|Paradiso]] in Amsterdam on 15 May 1988. The live photo on the back cover, however, appears to have been taken at The Town and Country Club in London.


A bootleg does exist with extra tracks that were unused on the official LP/CD.
A bootleg does exist with extra tracks that were unused on the official LP/CD.


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
# "The Icing On The World"
# "To Go Off And Things"
# "In A City Lining"
# "[[Gina Lollabrigida]]"
# "[[There's Too Many Irons In The Fire]]"
# "Tarred and Feathered"
# "Goosegash"
# "Loosefish Scapegrace"
# "Cameras"
# "[[Is This The Life?]]"
# "[[Big Ship]]"


{{Track listing
==Lineup==
| all_writing = [[Tim Smith (Cardiacs)|Tim Smith]], except where noted
* Tim Smith - Guitar and Vocals
| extra_column = Album
* Jim Smith - Bass
| title1 = The Icing on the World
* Sarah Smith - Sax
| length1 = 6:12
* William.D.Drake - Keyboards
| title2 = To Go Off and Things
* Dominic Luckman - Drums
| length2 = 3:10
* Tim Quy - Percussion
| writer2 = {{hlist|Smith|[[Mark Cawthra]]}}
| title3 = In a City Lining
| length3 = 6:53
| title4 = Gina Lollobrigida
| length4 = 4:02
| title5 = [[There's Too Many Irons in the Fire]]
| length5 = 3:13
| title6 = Tarred and Feathered
| length6 = 4:21
| writer6 = {{hlist|Smith|[[William D. Drake]]}}
| title7 = Goosegash
| length7 = 2:05
| title8 = Loosefish Scapegrace
| length8 = 7:31
| title9 = Cameras
| length9 = 2:09
| writer9 = {{hlist|Smith|Drake|Cawthra}}
| title10 = [[Is This the Life]]
| length10 = 6:11
| title11 = [[Big Ship (Cardiacs album)|Big Ship]]
| length11 = 6:11
| total_length = 51:58
}}

==Personnel==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
'''Band'''
* [[Tim Quy]]&nbsp;– percussion, synth, big bass drum
* [[Tim Smith (Cardiacs)|Tim Smith]]&nbsp;– lead singer, guitar
* [[Jim Smith (bassist)|Jim Smith]]&nbsp;– bass, singing, big bass drum
* Sarah Smith&nbsp;– sax, singing, big bass drum
* [[William D. Drake]]&nbsp;– keyboards, singing
* Dominic Luckman&nbsp;– drums

'''Artwork'''
* Steve Payne&nbsp;– front cover photo of Cardiacs
* David Oliver&nbsp;– front cover of decorative items
* Dominic Search&nbsp;– back cover photo
{{col-2}}
'''Crew'''
* Matthew Cutts
* Dave Mercer
* Dominic Parker
* Bill Hiles
* Graham Simmonds

'''Management'''
* Mr. Walmesley&nbsp;– management
* The Consultant&nbsp;– sordid artfulness
* Miss Swift&nbsp;– serenity
* John Daniel&nbsp;– accountancy
{{col-end}}
==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Cardiacs}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Cardiacs live albums]]
[[Category:1989 live albums]]



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Latest revision as of 13:58, 8 July 2023

Cardiacs Live
Live album by
Cardiacs
Released31 October 1988[1]
Recorded15 May 1988
VenueThe Paradiso, Amsterdam
GenreRock
Length51:58
LabelAlphabet Business Concern
Cardiacs chronology
A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window
(1988) 		Cardiacs Live
(1988) 		On Land and in the Sea
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Sounds[3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music[4]

Cardiacs Live[a] is a live album by Cardiacs, recorded at the Paradiso in Amsterdam on 15 May 1988. The live photo on the back cover, however, appears to have been taken at The Town and Country Club in London.

A bootleg does exist with extra tracks that were unused on the official LP/CD.

Track listing

[edit]

All tracks are written by Tim Smith, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Icing on the World" 6:12
2."To Go Off and Things"
3:10
3."In a City Lining" 6:53
4."Gina Lollobrigida" 4:02
5."There's Too Many Irons in the Fire" 3:13
6."Tarred and Feathered"
4:21
7."Goosegash" 2:05
8."Loosefish Scapegrace" 7:31
9."Cameras"
  • Smith
  • Drake
  • Cawthra
2:09
10."Is This the Life" 6:11
11."Big Ship" 6:11
Total length:51:58

Personnel

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Notes

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  1. ^ Longer titles:
    • Cardiacs Live at the Paradiso, Amsterdam[4]
    • Cardiacs Live: Recorded Live at the Paradiso Amsterdam, Holland[2]

References

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  1. ^ Cardiacs Yousletter (Newsletter). Retrieved 15 August 2014 – via Cardiacs.org.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ a b Larkin, Collin (2006). "Cardiacs". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Brown, Marion - Dilated Peoples. Muze. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4. Note: Search "Paradiso".
  3. ^ Unsworth, Cathi (29 October 1988). "Honky tonkin'" (PDF). Sounds. p. 37. Retrieved 7 May 2023 – via Cardiacs Press Book p. 3 on Cardiacs.org.
  4. ^ a b Larkin, Collin (1997) [1992]. "Cardiacs". The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music. London: Virgin Books. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-7535-0159-7. Note: Search "Paradiso".


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