Live_and_Sleazy

<i>Live and Sleazy</i>

Live and Sleazy

1979 live album / Studio album by Village People

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.

Quick Facts Live and Sleazy, Released ...

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".[citation needed]

Critical reception

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Cash Box called the song "Sleazy" "an amusing self-parody which, vocally, relies more than ever on the group's zealous choral work."[2] Record World called it "great dance music."[3]

Track listing

All music composed by Jacques Morali

Live

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Sleazy

All songs written by J. Morali, H. Belolo, B. Whitehead, P. Hurtt

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Note: The Rebound Records CD release placed the studio tracks before the live tracks.

Personnel

Charts

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Certifications and sales

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References

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    "Live and Sleazy Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  2. [2]
    "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. October 6, 1979. p. 20. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  3. [3]
    "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. September 29, 1979. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
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    "Jury Decides Village People 'Y.M.C.A.' Songwriter Has 50 Percent Song Share". The Hollywood Reporter. 5 March 2015.
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    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.
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    "RPM: Village People (albums)". RPM Magazine. Archived from the original on October 14, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
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    "Oricon Archive - Village People". Oricon. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
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    "Norwegiancharts.com – Village People – Live and Sleazy". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
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    "Swedishcharts.com – Village People – Live and Sleazy". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
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    "The Village People – Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
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    "Canadian album certifications – Village People – Live and Sleazy". Music Canada.
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    "American album certifications – Village People – Live and Sleazy". Recording Industry Association of America.
  13. [13]
    Murrells, Joseph. Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s : an illustrated directory. Arco Pub. p. 483. ISBN 0668064595. This album sold over two million globally (800,000 of these in the U.S.A.)


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