Live Sentence (1984) is the only live album released by the American heavy metal band Alcatrazz featuring the band's original line-up. The live concert recorded for the album was performed on 28 January 1984 at Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo. In addition to tracks from Alcatrazz's debut album, No Parole from Rock 'n" Roll, the album includes performances by Alcatrazz of songs from the Rainbow album Down to Earth recorded and released when Graham Bonnet, Alcatrazz's singer and primary lyricist, was the lead singer of Rainbow. According to Billboard, the album spent 16 weeks on the chart and peaked at No. 133.[3]
Live Sentence | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | 1984 | |||
Recorded | January 28, 1984 | |||
Venue | Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo, Japan | |||
Genre | Heavy metal | |||
Length | 38:52 | |||
Label | Rocshire (US) Polydor (Japan) | |||
Producer | Andrew Trueman, Lester Claypool | |||
Alcatrazz chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 6/10[2] |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Too Young to Die, Too Drunk to Live" | Graham Bonnet, Yngwie Malmsteen | 4:48 |
2. | "Hiroshima Mon Amour" | Bonnet, Malmsteen | 4:13 |
3. | "Night Games" (from Graham Bonnet's solo album Line Up) | Ed Hamilton | 3:28 |
4. | "Island in the Sun" | Bonnet, Malmsteen, Jimmy Waldo | 4:09 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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5. | "Kree Nakoorie" | Bonnet, Malmsteen, Waldo | 6:52 |
6. | "Coming Bach" (instrumental) | Johann Sebastian Bach | 0:52 |
7. | "Since You've Been Gone" (Rainbow cover) | Russ Ballard | 3:32 |
8. | "Evil Eye" (instrumental) | Malmsteen | 5:13 |
9. | "All Night Long" (Rainbow cover) | Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover | 5:45 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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10. | "Big Foot" | Bonnet, Malmsteen | 4:12 |
11. | "Suffer Me" | Bonnet, Malmsteen | 4:52 |
12. | "Desert Song" (Michael Schenker Group cover) | Michael Schenker, Bonnet | 5:10 |
13. | "Guitar Crash" (instrumental) | Malmsteen | 4:00 |
14. | "Lost in Hollywood" (Rainbow cover) | Blackmore, Glover, Cozy Powell | 5:25 |
15. | "Koujou No Tsuki" | Bonnet, Malmsteen | 1:37 |
16. | "Something Else" (Eddie Cochran cover) | Bob Cochran, Sharon Sheeley | 3:38 |
Total length: | 67:46 |