Live from Earth

Live from Earth
drawing of signature "Benatar" in purple to magenta gradient on black
Live album by
Pat Benatar
ReleasedOctober 1983
RecordedFrance and California during the 'Get Nervous' tour of 1982–1983, with Le Mobile and Artisan Recorders Mobile One
StudiosMCA Whitney Studios, Glendale, California, 1983 (studio tracks)
GenresRock, hard rock
Length43:02
LabelChrysalis
Producers
Pat Benatar chronology
Get Nervous
(1982)		 Live from Earth
(1983)		 Tropico
(1984)
Singles from Live from Earth
  1. "Love Is a Battlefield"
    Released: September 12, 1983
  2. "Lipstick Lies"
    Released: 1983 (New Zealand Only)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar
Rolling StoneStarStar
Kerrang!(mixed)
In Concert
Video by
Pat Benatar
Released1985
RecordedDecember 19, 1982
VenuesNew Haven Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut
GenresRock, hard rock
Length73 minutes
LabelRCA/Columbia Pictures
DirectorsMarty Callner, Molly Miles
ProducersRick Newman, Richard Fields, Karen Glass, Neil Giraldo
Pat Benatar video chronology
Hit Videos
(1984)		 In Concert
(1985)		 Pat Benatar The Visual Music Collection
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarHalf star

Live from Earth is the first live album by American rock singer Pat Benatar, and was released in October 1983. The album was recorded during Benatar's sold out Get Nervous world tour in late 1982 and early 1983. It also contains two studio tracks, "Love Is a Battlefield" and "Lipstick Lies", which were produced by Neil Giraldo and Peter Coleman. The album peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and shipped more than a million copies. "Love Is a Battlefield" was an international hit single and garnered Benatar her fourth consecutive Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 1984.

A concert from the same tour was filmed for a HBO special and released on VHS in 1985 with the title In Concert, but with a different and expanded track listing. The footage was re-released on VHS with the title Benatar the same year and in 1998 on DVD as Live in New Haven, without the last two tracks.

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Fire and Ice" (Tom Kelly, Scott St. Clair Sheets, Pat Benatar) – 3:46
  2. "Lookin' for a Stranger" (Franne Golde, Peter McIan) – 3:28
  3. "I Want Out" (Neil Giraldo, Billy Steinberg) – 4:05
  4. "We Live for Love" (Giraldo) – 3:39
  5. "Hell Is for Children" (Giraldo, Benatar, Roger Capps) – 6:06
Side two
  1. "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" (Eddie Schwartz) – 3:07
  2. "Promises in the Dark" (Giraldo, Benatar) – 5:14
  3. "Heartbreaker" (Geoff Gill, Cliff Wade) – 4:21
  4. "Love Is a Battlefield" (Mike Chapman, Holly Knight) – 5:23 (studio recording)
  5. "Lipstick Lies" (Giraldo, Myron Grombacher) – 3:51 (studio recording)

VHS track listing

Personnel

Production

Live recordings

Studio recordings

Video recordings

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) Platinum 100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) Platinum 15,000^
United States (RIAA) Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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