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Live
Live
Live album by Iron Butterfly
Released	April 22, 1970
Recorded	May 25–30, 1969
Genre	Psychedelic rock; acid rock; hard rock; jam rock;
Length	36:53
Label	Atco
Producer	Richard Podolor
Iron Butterfly chronology

Live is the first live album by Iron Butterfly, released on April 22, 1970. The last album to be recorded with the longstanding quartet of Brann, Bushy, Dorman, and Ingle, it is the only Iron Butterfly album which does not feature more than one lead vocalist. It was a commercial hit, reaching number 20 on the Billboard album chart.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated Live three out of five stars. He called the album "a dull document of Iron Butterfly's thundering live show," and declared the live rendition of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" to be "three times as tedious" as the original version.^[3]

Track listing

Side one

"In the Time of Our Lives" (Doug Ingle, Ron Bushy) – 4:23
"Filled with Fear" (Ingle) – 3:27
"Soul Experience" (Ingle, Bushy, Erik Brann, Lee Dorman) – 3:55
"You Can't Win" (Danny Weis, Darryl DeLoach) – 2:48
"Are You Happy" (Ingle) – 3:20

Side two

"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (Ingle) – 19:00

Charts

Chart (1970)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)	17^[4]

Personnel

Iron Butterfly

Technical

Richard Podolor – producer
Bill Cooper – engineer
John Kress – album art
Bob Jenkins, Ron Bushy – photography

References

^ Joynson, Vernon (1995). Fuzz, Acid, & Flowers Archived 2011-08-25 at the Wayback Machine. London: Borderline Books.
^ "Billboard 200 - Iron Butterfly". Retrieved September 22, 2017.
^ ^a ^b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Iron Butterfly Live - Iron Butterfly at AllMusic. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 149. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.