''Live '84'' is an album released by Black Flag in 1984 on

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. It is a live recording of a show played in 1984 and features mostly tracks from ''

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'' and '' Slip It In''. A video was shot simultaneously and was briefly available through SST; the now-out-of-print video has been widely bootlegged. The album was originally issued as a

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-only release, almost simultaneously with ''Slip It In''. In 1998,

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remixed the album for CD reissue.

Recording

The album was recorded at the Stone nightclub in

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Critical reception

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'' called the album "a superior quality live tape showcasing an evening with a seminal, legendary, masochistic, poignant, chaotic beast of an outfit who have not lost one iota of aggro." ''

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'' wrote that "Black Flag concerts were typically an utter mess, which suits the songs perfectly, making this chaotic explosion naturally one of their best releases." The '' Spin Alternative Record Guide'' deemed it "tolerable until the lounge-core latter half of side two."

Track listing

#"The Process of Weeding Out" (Ginn) – 8:31 #"Nervous Breakdown" (Ginn) – 2:06 #"Can't Decide" (Ginn) – 5:01 #"Slip It In" (Ginn) – 5:54 #"My Ghetto" (Ginn/Rollins) – 1:14 #"Black Coffee" (Ginn) – 4:53 #"I Won't Stick Any of You Unless and Until I Can Stick All of You!" (Ginn) – 4:53 #"Forever Time" (Ginn/Rollins) – 2:20 #"Fix Me" (Ginn) – 0:53 #"Six Pack" (Ginn) – 2:26 #"My War" (Dukowski) – 3:34 #"Jealous Again" (Ginn) – 1:59 #"I Love You" (Dukowski) – 3:19 #"Swinging Man" (Ginn/Rollins) – 3:10 #"Three Nights" (Ginn/Rollins) – 6:10 #"Nothing Left Inside" (Ginn/Rollins) – 6:25 #"Wound Up" (Ginn/Rollins) – 4:00 #"Rat's Eyes" (Ginn/Rollins) – 4:21 #"The Bars" (Dukowski/Rollins) – 4:38

Personnel

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– vocals *

– guitar *

Kira Roessler Kira Roessler (born June 12, 1961) is an American musician and two-time Emmy Award-winning dialogue editor. She is best known as the bassist for the influential hardcore punk band Black Flag from 1983 to 1985. Since the mid-1980s, she has been ...

– bass * Bill Stevenson – drums *Tom Troccoli – backing vocals

References

{{Authority control Black Flag (band) live albums 1984 live albums SST Records live albums