Live Baby Live is the first live album by Australian rock band INXS. It was released on 4 November 1991 and features tracks recorded during their Summer XS Tour in Paris, New York, Chicago, London, Dublin, Glasgow, Rio de Janeiro, Montreal, Spain, Switzerland, Melbourne, Sydney, Philadelphia, and Las Vegas. The album peaked in the top 10 on both the Australian and United Kingdom albums charts. It has sold over one million copies in the United States, earning a platinum certification by the RIAA. A single, "Shining Star", was released from and ahead of the album on 21 October. It became the group's ninth Top 40 single on the UK Singles Chart, but failed to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, despite reaching the top 20 of the rock charts.

The title's two uses of 'live', indistinguishable by spelling alone, are pronounced differently – according to The Greatest Hits album's accompanying booklet – the first is pronounced to rhyme with 'give', whereas the second is pronounced as in 'five'. The name is a play on the first line of "New Sensation".

Background

In September 1990, Australian rock band, INXS released their seventh studio album, X, which was produced by Chris Thomas (Sex Pistols, Pink Floyd, The Pretenders, Elton John) and it peaked at No. 3 in Australia,

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Controversially, Ian Meldrum questioned the validity of the album's 'live' status. AllMusic gave the album one star out of five. AllMusic's reviewer, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, was unimpressed with Live Baby Live, "[it] is a lifeless live album ... All of the performances sound like the studio versions, stripped of their excitement and savvy productions". The album reached No. 3 on the ARIA Albums Chart and No. 8 on the UK Albums Chart but was less popular in the United States, peaking at No. 72 on the Billboard 200. The band played to a sold-out crowd of over 72,000 fans. Special features include band interviews and backstage footage.

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In 2019 Live Baby Live at Wembley Stadium had been remastered in 4K resolution and cinematic 16:9 widescreen accompanied with newly restored sound at Abbey Road Studios by Giles Martin and Sam Okell presented in a Dolby Atmos mix. Footage for the performance of "Lately" - originally edited out in the 1991 and 2003 releases - was discovered and was added, being the first time that the full length concert was released with the original setlist, the audio having been previously released as a bonus feature on the DVD release.

The film was given a theatrical release for the first time for one-night-only in Australia and New Zealand on 14 November 2019, a U.K., Ireland and continental European release on 27 November and in North and South America on 9 December.

A soundtrack for the concert film was released on 15 November on CD, Vinyl, and digital services.

Background

The film was released on DVD from a 35mm negative, however, INXS manager Chris Murphy had been looking for the original film cans for over a decade. Murphy searched for them in the United States and the United Kingdom; it was eventually discovered in Sydney. During the Ultra HD restoration process, the film was carefully restored shot-by-shot during a twelve-month period.

Release

Live Baby Live had its world premiere at the Byron Bay International Film Festival in late October 2019. Prior to this, special screenings in July had also taken place including one held in New York City.

The concert film was first released in Australia and New Zealand on 14 November 2019 by Fathom Events and in Europe including the U.K., Ireland, Greece, the Netherlands by Cinevents. It is intended to be released on up to 1000 screens worldwide.

Box office

INXS: Live Baby Live grossed £48,161 ($62,312) in the United Kingdom and $307,818 in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $370,361.

Home media

Eagle Rock Entertainment released the concert film in the US and Canada on DVD and Blu-ray Disc and in the United Kingdom on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD, alongside Blu-ray and DVD editions packaged with the CD soundtrack on 26 June 2020.

2019 remastered track listing

Unlike the original release, this is solely taken from a Wembley Stadium date.

  1. "Guns in the Sky"
  2. "New Sensation"
  3. "I Send a Message"
  4. "The Stairs"
  5. "Know the Difference"
  6. "Disappear"
  7. "By My Side"
  8. "Hear That Sound"
  9. "Original Sin"
  10. "Lately"
  11. "The Loved One"
  12. "Wild Life"
  13. "Mystify"
  14. "Bitter Tears"
  15. "Suicide Blonde"
  16. "What You Need"
  17. "Kick"
  18. "Need You Tonight"
  19. "Mediate"
  20. "Never Tear Us Apart"
  21. "Who Pays the Price"
  22. "Devil Inside"

Notes

  • The 2019 standalone CD and digital editions of the soundtrack do not feature "Shining Star", which features on the end credits and on the original album and first reissue (minus "Lately"), but is included in the editions packaged with the Blu-ray and DVD releases.

Charts and certifications

Charts

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! scope="row"| UK Official Music Video Chart (OCC)

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