Silver is a live album and DVD by Cheap Trick.
It was recorded at Davis Park in Rockford, Illinois in 1999.
Category: Power Pop Live Albums
Power Pop Live Albums
Power Pop is a name for music that comes in and out of fashion.
It fits within the gap created between The Beatles and The Who as a singles band.
The sound is melodic and features vocal harmonies but the guitars are amplified. Similar to AOR in some ways but without the pretensions.
Pete Townshend is credited with inventing the phrase when he said in 1967 “Power pop is what we play—what the Small Faces used to play, and the kind of pop The Beach Boys played in the days of ‘Fun, Fun, Fun’ which I preferred.”
The early bands described as power pop included Badfinger, Big Star and the Rasberries in the early 1970s.
The power pop phrase disappeared for a few years and came back in the late 1970s with the Rich Kids (a great formed by Glen Matlock after he left The Sex Pistols and also featured Midge Ure before Ultravox.) Music by Nick Lowe and the first studio album by Elvis Costello, My Aim is True fit uncomfortably under the new wave and punk banner.
The phrase reappeared again in the early 1990s when Teenage Fanclub had modest success sounding like a more amplified version of Big Star.
To help you to find the best live power pop albums I have created a readers poll.
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Power pop live albums include:
10cc In Concert 1975 (King Biscuit Flower Hour)
Big Star – Big Star Live 1974
Big Star – Columbia Live at Missouri University 1993
Blondie Live in Philadelphia 1978 & Dallas 1980
Cheap Trick At Budokan 1978
Dodgy So Far On Three Wheels Dodgy On The Radio 1996
The Kinks One For The Road 1980
The Knack Live From The Rock ‘n’ Roll Fun House
Raspberries – Live On Sunset Strip 2005
Squeeze A Round And A Bout 1990
Wings – Wings Over America 1976
XTC Live In Concert 1980
Crowded House Farewell To The World 1996
Farewell To The World is a live album and DVD by Crowded House.
It was recorded outside the famous Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia on 24 November 1996 as a charity event to raise money for the local children’s hospital. It was also the band’s farewell as they had announced that they were breaking up.
The live album was released in 2006 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the event.
Radio Stars Something for the Weekend 1977 1978
Something for the Weekend is a compilation of live recordings by punky power pop band Radio Stars.
It was recorded at various venues from their 1977/78 tours.
Are they punk? No but they appeared as punk and new wave was exploding and they had a similar self-made quality. Both Andy Ellison (John’s Children with Marc Bolan) and Martin Gordon (Sparks) had form including both being members of Jet.
This has some excellent, very catchy tunes on it although you do risk finding yourself singing “I Want To Take So.me Dirty Pictures Of You” at inappropriate moments. I bought the single back when it came out and looked Nervous Wreck and No Russians In Russia as well. I was surprised the band didn’t go on to bigger success.
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Crowded House Recurring Dream Live 1991 To 1994
When the Crowded House compilation Recurring Dream was first sold, there was the option of paying more to get a bonus CD of live recordings of the band.
Since there was no official live album, fans eagerly bought the double CD. Since then, we’ve had Farewell To The World, a recording from 1996 but I don’t play it as often as this one.
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The Jam At The BBC 1977 to 1982
The Jam At The BBC is a collection of live in the studio and live in concert recordings made by the BBC between 1977 and 1981.
It comes in two forms:
- The standard two CDs version with concerts from 1978 and 1981
- A limited edition three CDs version with an extra concert from the 1979 Setting Sons tour.
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The Move Live At The Fillmore 1969
Live At The Fillmore is a live recording of The Move.
It was recorded at the Fillmore West in San Francisco in 1969.
Cheap Trick Sgt Pepper Live 2007
Sgt Pepper Live is a live album by American power pop band, Cheap Trick.
It was recorded to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of the album, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles.
Fans of The Beatles may fear this is disrespectful so feel assured that it was engineered by Geoffrey Emerick, the same man who won a Grammy award for engineering the original album.The band were backed by a full orchestra when it was recorded on 12 December 2007.
I’ve always wanted a live album by the late 1960s version of The Beatles but the closest I’ve come to it is when Paul McCartney raid his back catalogue.
Del Amitri Into the Mirror Live in Concert 2014
Into the Mirror: Del Amitri Live in Concert is a live album by Del Amitri.
It was recorded on their UK reunion tour in 2014.
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Sad Cafe Live In Concert 1980
Sad Cafe Live In Concert is a live album by English rock band Sad Cafe, best known for their ballad Every Day Hurts.
It was recorded at the Apollo Theatre in Manchester over three nights in 1980.
Todd Rundgren Back to the Bars 1978
Back To The Bars is a live album by Todd Rundgren.
It was recorded at The Bottom Line in New York City, The Roxy in Los Angeles and The Agora in Cleveland in 1978.
