Live and Sleazy
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Released | September 1979 | |||
Genre | Disco | |||
Length | 70:14 | |||
Label | Casablanca | |||
Producer | Jacques Morali | |||
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Singles from Live and Sleazy | ||||
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Live and Sleazy is the first live album and fifth studio album by the Village People and features a mixture of live and studio recordings. It was released as a double LP. The album featured numerous lead singers: original cop Victor Willis on the entire "Live" disk; on the "Sleazy" disk, construction worker David Hodo on track 1, Ray Simpson (who replaced Willis as the cop) on tracks 2, 3, and 5, and G.I. Alex Briley on track 4. Horace Ott is credited as the arranger and conductor of the string and horn sections. The musicians were credited as Bittersweet.
Victor Willis had announced plans for the live portion of this album be remastered and reissued as a stand alone live album titled “Village People Live At The Greek Theatre” in 2018. Other songs left off the original release though performed on the 1979 tour include "Key West", "Go West", "Village People", and "I Wanna Shake Your Hand".
Track listing[]
All music composed by Jacques Morali
Live[]
No. | Title | Songwriter[1] | Length |
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1. | "Fire Island" | J. Morali, H. Belolo, , P. Hurtt | 4:01 |
2. | "Hot Cop" | J. Morali, H. Belolo, V. Willis | 6:00 |
3. | "Medley: San Francisco (You've Got Me) / In Hollywood (Everybody is a Star)" | J. Morali, H. Belolo, B. Whitehead, P. Hurtt | 11:07 |
4. | "Macho Man" | J. Morali, H. Belolo, V. Willis, B. Whitehead | 6:00 |
5. | "In the Navy" | J. Morali, H. Belolo, V. Willis | 6:25 |
6. | "Y.M.C.A." | J. Morali, V. Willis[2] | 8:00 |
Sleazy[]
All songs written by J. Morali, H. Belolo, B. Whitehead, P. Hurtt
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Sleazy" | 6:10 |
2. | "Rock and Roll Is Back Again" | 7:00 |
3. | "Ready for the 80's" | 6:38 |
4. | "Save Me" (Ballad) | 4:00 |
5. | "Save Me" (Uptempo Version) | 5:07 |
Note: The Rebound Records CD release placed the studio tracks before the live tracks.
Personnel[]
Credits adapted from Discogs.[3]
Village People[]
Production[]
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Bittersweet[]
Additional Percussion and background vocals
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Charts[]
Weekly charts[]
Chart (1979) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] | 69 |
Canadian Albums (RPM)[5] | 23 |
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[6] | 80 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[7] | 13 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8] | 25 |
US Billboard 200[9] | 32 |
Certifications and sales[]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada)[10] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[11] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References[]
- ^ Discogs info 2. Retrieved September 18, 2015
- ^ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/jury-decides-village-people-ymca-779420
- ^ Discogs. Retrieved September 18, 2015
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 330. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "RPM: Village People (albums)". RPM Magazine. Archived from the original on October 14, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ "Oricon Archive - Village People". Oricon. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Village People – Live and Sleazy". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Village People – Live and Sleazy". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
- ^ "The Village People – Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Village People – Live and Sleazy". Music Canada.
- ^ "American album certifications – Village People – Live and Sleazy". Recording Industry Association of America.
- 1979 albums
- Albums arranged by Horace Ott
- Albums produced by Jacques Morali
- Casablanca Records albums
- Village People albums
- 1970s pop album stubs