Live at the Y.M.C.A. 27-10-79

Live at the Y.M.C.A 27-10-79
Live album by Cabaret Voltaire
Released	1980
Recorded	October 27, 1979
Genre	Industrial, post-punk
Length	39:19
Label	Rough Trade
Producer	Cabaret Voltaire
Cabaret Voltaire chronology
Mix-Up (1979) Live at the Y.M.C.A 27-10-79 (1980) Three Mantras (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Smash Hits	7/10[2]

Live at the Y.M.C.A 27-10-79 is a live album by industrial/post-punk band Cabaret Voltaire, recorded in 1979 and originally released in 1980 by Rough Trade. It was re-released on CD in 1990 on Mute Records in the UK and on Restless Records in the US. The album contains a cover of The Velvet Underground's "Here She Comes Now" from their album White Light/White Heat.

Reception[]

Wilson Neate in AllMusic said, "Although this album isn't easy listening -- and of course it wasn't intended to be -- it documents Cabaret Voltaire's role as electro-industrial pioneers.^[1]

Track listing[]

All songs written by Cabaret Voltaire except for "No Escape", by Sky Saxon and "Here She Comes Now", by Lou Reed.

1. "Untitled" - 5:51
2. "On Every Other Street" - 4:16
3. "Nag, Nag, Nag" - 4:55
4. "The Set Up" - 4:13
5. "Expect Nothing" - 6:18
6. "Havoc" - 3:02
7. "Here She Comes Now" - 4:12
8. "No Escape" - 3:42
9. "Baader Meinhof" - 4:10

Notes[]

Recorded on a cassette player October 27, 1979 and cut at Portland Recording Studios.
Track 1 was later recorded and included in the LP The Voice Of America under the title "Damage Is Done."

Personnel[]

Cabaret Voltaire

• Chris Watson - electronic tape
• Stephen Mallinder - bass, percussion, vocals
• Richard H. Kirk - guitar, wind instruments

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