Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby

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Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby
Tin-machine oy.jpg
Live album by
Tin Machine
Released2 July 1992 (1992-07-02)
Recorded20 November 1991 (1991-11-20) – 11 February 1992 (1992-02-11)
GenreRock
Length49:17
LabelLondon
ProducerReeves Gabrels, Max Bisgrove, Tom Dubé, Dave Bianco, David Bowie
Tin Machine chronology
Tin Machine II
(1991) 		Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby
(1992) 		Live at La Cigale, Paris, 25th June, 1989
(2019)
David Bowie chronology
Tin Machine II
(1991) 		Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby
(1992) 		Black Tie White Noise
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic2/5 stars[1]

Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby is a live album and concert video by Tin Machine, originally released by London Records in 1992.

The album includes songs recorded between 20 November 1991 and 11 February 1992 from five different venues on the North American and Asian legs of Tin Machine's It's My Life Tour. The concert video is a single show recorded mostly live at The Docks, Hamburg on October 24, 1991 - the then current single, Baby Universal was the studio recording played against a live rendition.

The album received negative reviews, and it became the first album Bowie released since his 1967 self-titled album to fail to chart in the UK.

Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby was the last Tin Machine album prior to the band disbanding.

Album title[]

The title, suggested by Hunt Sales, was a pun on U2's album Achtung Baby (1991). Plans for a second live album (Use Your Wallet, another Sales pun, this time on Guns N' Roses 1991 albums Use Your Illusion I and II) were shelved when Oy Vey, Baby failed to chart and garnered poor critical reviews.[2]

Critical reviews[]

Bowie biographer Nicholas Pegg lamented that the album suffered due to "ugly, indistinct packaging", "an unspeakably misconceived title", and an unimaginative playlist that included an 8-minute version of the "dreaded" "Stateside", all of which combined to lackluster sales and poor reviews. Still, he reserved some good judgement for the release ("it's not actually a bad album").[2] Stephen Erlewine from Allmusic.com called the album "not enough to rescue the batch of underdeveloped songs that form the backbone of the record."[1]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels except where noted[a].

No.TitleWriter(s)Recording dates and locationLength
1."If There Is Something"Bryan Ferry17 February 1992 in Tokyo3:55
2."Amazing" 7 December 1991 in Chicago4:06
3."I Can't Read" 20 November 1991 in Boston6:25
4."Stateside"Bowie, Hunt Sales27 or 29 November 1991 in New York8:11
5."Under the God"Bowie10 or 11 February 1992 in Sapporo4:05
6."Goodbye, Mr. Ed"Bowie, Hunt Sales, Tony Sales17 February 1992 in Tokyo3:31
7."Heaven's in Here"Bowie27 or 29 November 1991 in New York12:05
8."You Belong in Rock n' Roll" 7 December 1991 in Chicago6:59
Total length:47:17

Personnel[]

Video[]

Unlike the live album, which was recorded across a variety of venues during the tour, the live video was recorded at a single show at The Docks, Hamburg on 24 October 1991. The video runtime is 88 minutes and was distributed by PolyGram Video Limited in the UK.[3]

All tracks are written by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels except where noted[b].

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bus Stop"  
2."Sacrifice Yourself"Bowie, Hunt Sales, Tony Sales 
3."Goodbye Mr. Ed""Bowie, Hunt Sales, Tony Sales 
4."I Can't Read"  
5."Baby Universal"  
6."You Can't Talk"  
7."Go Now"Larry Banks, Milton Bennett 
8."Under The God"Bowie 
9."Betty Wrong"  
10."Stateside"Bowie, Hunt Sales 
11."I've Been Waiting For You"Neil Young 
12."You Belong in Rock n' Roll"  
13."One Shot"Bowie, Gabrels, Hunt Sales, Tony Sales 
14."If There Is Something"Bryan Ferry 
15."Heaven's In Here"Bowie 
16."Amlapura"  
17."Crack City"Bowie, Gabrels, Hunt Sales, Tony Sales 

Total length = 88 minutes

Notes[]

  1. ^ Sources for this section:[2]
  2. ^ Sources for this section:[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Pegg, Nicholas (October 2016). "The Complete David Bowie New Edition: Expanded and Updated". Titan Books.
  3. ^ "Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby". PolyGram Video Limited (Barcode: 0 44008 53203 3).

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