Live '84

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Live '84
Black Flag - Live '84 cover.jpg
Live album by
Black Flag
ReleasedDecember 1984
RecordedAugust 26, 1984
VenueThe Stone in San Francisco, California
GenreHardcore punk, post-hardcore, jazz fusion, sludge metal
Length75:28
LabelSST (030)
ProducerGreg Ginn
Black Flag chronology
Slip It In
(1984) 		Live '84
(1984) 		Loose Nut
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music2/5 stars[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide1.5/5 stars[3]
Punknews.org4/5 stars[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide1.5/5 stars[5]
Spin Alternative Record Guide4/10[6]

Live '84 is an album released by Black Flag in 1984 on SST Records.[7][8] It is a live recording of a show played in 1984 and features mostly tracks from My War and Slip It In. A video was shot simultaneously and was briefly available through SST; the now-out-of-print video has been widely bootlegged.

The album was originally issued as a cassette-only release, almost simultaneously with Slip It In. In 1998, Greg Ginn remixed the album for CD reissue.

Recording[]

The album was recorded at the Stone nightclub in San Francisco, CA.[9]

Critical reception[]

Maximum Rocknroll called the album "a superior quality live tape showcasing an evening with a seminal, legendary, masochistic, poignant, chaotic beast of an outfit who have not lost one iota of aggro."[10] Trouser Press wrote that "Black Flag concerts were typically an utter mess, which suits the songs perfectly, making this chaotic explosion naturally one of their best releases."[11] The Spin Alternative Record Guide deemed it "tolerable until the lounge-core latter half of side two."[6]

Track listing[]

  1. "The Process of Weeding Out" (Ginn) – 8:31
  2. "Nervous Breakdown" (Ginn) – 2:06
  3. "Can't Decide" (Ginn) – 5:01
  4. "Slip It In" (Ginn) – 5:54
  5. "My Ghetto" (Ginn/Rollins) – 1:14
  6. "Black Coffee" (Ginn) – 4:53
  7. "I Won't Stick Any of You Unless and Until I Can Stick All of You!" (Ginn) – 4:53
  8. "Forever Time" (Ginn/Rollins) – 2:20
  9. "Fix Me" (Ginn) – 0:53
  10. "Six Pack" (Ginn) – 2:26
  11. "My War" (Dukowski) – 3:34
  12. "Jealous Again" (Ginn) – 1:59
  13. "I Love You" (Dukowski) – 3:19
  14. "Swinging Man" (Ginn/Rollins) – 3:10
  15. "Three Nights" (Ginn/Rollins) – 6:10
  16. "Nothing Left Inside" (Ginn/Rollins) – 6:25
  17. "Wound Up" (Ginn/Rollins) – 4:00
  18. "Rat's Eyes" (Ginn/Rollins) – 4:21
  19. "The Bars" (Dukowski/Rollins) – 4:38

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Dougan, John. "Live '84 – Black Flag | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 1: MUZE. p. 630.CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 112.
  4. ^ "Black Flag - Live '84". www.punknews.org.
  5. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 62.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 44–45.
  7. ^ "Black Flag | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. ^ Thompson, Dave (March 9, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. Voyageur Press. ISBN 9781627883795 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "Live '84 cassette".
  11. ^ "Black Flag". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
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