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Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles ’74)
Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74) is a live album by David Bowie, released in 2017. It captures a show from the Diamond Dogs Tour in September 1974, produced by Bowie and mixed by Tony Visconti. Some material from the tour also featured in the BBC documentary Cracked Actor, which gave the album its name. It came out as a Record Store Day release in the US on 22 April 2017, with a wider CD release from Parlophone in the UK and Europe on 16 June.
It sits apart from David Live, the first live album from the same tour. The band here leans more towards R&B, with Earl Slick and Carlos Alomar alongside backing singer Luther Vandross. The setlist also includes songs recorded for The Gouster, an album that later turned into Young Americans. The full show runs across five vinyl sides, with an etching of Bowie on the sixth.
Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles ’74): tracklist, credits and charts
20 tracks · 1:37:12Tracklist
- Disc 1
- 1Introduction1:49
- 21984David Bowie2:55
- 3Rebel RebelDavid Bowie2:31
- 4Moonage DaydreamDavid Bowie5:18
- 5Sweet Thing / Candidate / Sweet Thing (reprise)David Bowie7:40
- 6ChangesDavid Bowie and Daniel Licht3:47
- 7Suffragette CityDavid Bowie3:49
- 8Aladdin SaneDavid Bowie5:00
- 9All the Young DudesDavid Bowie4:10
- 10Cracked ActorDavid Bowie3:19
- 11Rock ’n’ Roll With MeDavid Bowie and Warren Peace4:58
- Disc 2
- 1Knock on WoodSteve Cropper and Eddie Floyd3:16
- 2It’s Gonna Be MeDavid Bowie7:11
- 3Space OddityDavid Bowie5:15
- 4Diamond DogsDavid Bowie6:58
- 5Big BrotherDavid Bowie4:04
- 6TimeDavid Bowie5:47
- 7The Jean GenieDavid Bowie5:40
- 8Rock ’n’ Roll SuicideDavid Bowie5:09
- 9John, I’m Only Dancing (Again)David Bowie8:39
- Produced by
- David Bowie
- Recorded at
- Gibson Amphitheatre
- Recorded
- 5 September 1974
- Label
- Parlophone
- Length
- 1:37:12
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart · 2017 | 20 |
| Scottish Albums · 2017 | 11 |
| Ireland 2 · 2017 | 19 |
| Dutch Albums · 2017 | 49 |
| Belgian Albums (Flanders) · 2017 | 50 |
| Italian Albums · 2017 | 51 |
| Austrian Albums · 2017 | 73 |
| Belgian Albums (Wallonia) · 2017 | 83 |
| German Albums · 2017 | 88 |
| Spanish Albums · 2017 | 95 |
All 11 charts
| French Albums · 2017 | 191 |
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How we know the release date sources disagree on the year (1990, 2017)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 1990 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 22 April 2017 | |
| Wikidata | 2017 | |
| US release | 22 April 2017 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 16 June 2017 | earliest UK or European date |
7 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 April 2017 | US | Parlophone | 190295869281 | other |
| 22 April 2017 | US | Parlophone | 0190295869373 | other |
| 16 June 2017 | XE | Parlophone | 190295869328 | other |
| 16 June 2017 | US | Parlophone | 190295869304 | other |
| 17 June 2017 | AU | Parlophone | 9397601008674 | other |
| 26 July 2017 | JP | Warner Music Japan | 4943674266913 | other |
| 1 September 2017 | DE | Parlophone | 0190295830687 | other |
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