Livegasm! is the third live album by the Danish power rock band Dizzy Mizz Lizzy,[1] released on 29 November 2017 in Japan, and on 8 December 2017 in Denmark on double vinyl and as digital album on Columbia Records. It instantly became the best sold vinyl record in Denmark in 2017.[2]

Livegasm!
Live album by
ReleasedNovember 29, 2017 (2017-11-29) (Japan)
December 8, 2017 (2017-12-08) (Denmark)
Recorded2016
Venue
  • Roskilde Festival, Denmark, July 2, 2016
  • Tinderbox, Denmark, June 24, 2016
  • Målrock, Norway, August 11, 2016
GenreGrunge, alternative rock
Length78 min
LabelColumbia / Sony Music
Dizzy Mizz Lizzy chronology
Forward in Reverse
(2016)
Livegasm!
(2017)
Alter Echo
(2020)

The songs are a compilation of recordings from three festival shows by the band in the summer of 2016, with the tracks predominantly originating from their show at the Roskilde Festival in Roskilde (Denmark). Additional tracks were recorded at Tinderbox in Odense, Denmark and Målrock in Årdal, Norway. It includes songs that have not been recorded live before.[3]

The album title is derived from the song Mindgasm on the band's 2016 album Forward in Reverse.[3]

Track listing

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All tracks written by Tim Christensen and arranged by Dizzy Mizz Lizzy.

Record one
Side one
No.TitleOriginal albumLength
1."Forward in Reverse"Forward in Reverse5:24
2."Terrified in Paradise"Forward in Reverse3:53
3."Brainless"Forward in Reverse4:35
4."Barbedwired Baby's Dream"Dizzy Mizz Lizzy4:55
Side two
No.TitleOriginal albumLength
5."Glory"Dizzy Mizz Lizzy6:19
6."Love is a Loser's Game"Dizzy Mizz Lizzy4:31
7."Love at Second Sight"Forward in Reverse4:20
8."Made to Believe"Forward in Reverse4:45
Record two
Side three
No.TitleOriginal albumLength
9."Rotator"Rotator3:19
10."67 Seas in Your Eyes"Dizzy Mizz Lizzy8:49
11."Say It to Me Anyway"Forward in Reverse7:20
Side four
No.TitleOriginal albumLength
12."Waterline"Dizzy Mizz Lizzy5:01
13."Mindgasm"Forward in Reverse4:00
14."Silverflame"Dizzy Mizz Lizzy5:24
15."I Would If I Could But I Can't"Forward in Reverse5:24

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Ekstra Bladet      [4]
GAFFA      [5]

Thomas Treo of Ekstra Bladet says that "the rock band's newfound format is firmly cemented with the concert recording Livegasm!", which "appears to sounds almost unreal" and on which the new songs impress the most.[4]

Jan Opstrup Poulsen of Danish music magazine GAFFA calls Livegasm! "an excellent documentation of a band that has regained energy and can also play on new strings", on which "it is a bit unexpected that the new songs are the strongest", but "that the audience's singing along and cheering is fully mixed into the soundtrack [which] somewhat ruins the pleasure".[5]

Personnel

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Additional crew

  • Vibeke Nørskov (Nutwood Nest) – cover art designer
  • Michael Boe Laigard – photography
  • Henrik Seifert – booking, management

Charts

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Chart (2017) Peak
position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[6] 4

References

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  1. ^ Discogs (2010). "Dizzy Mizz Lizzy - Livegasm! on Discogs". Retrieved on 15 December 2017.
  2. ^ Svidt, Ole Rosenstand (10 January 2018). " Her er årets mest solgte vinylplader i Danmark ("Here are this year's most sold vinyl records in Denmark"). GAFFA. (in Danish)
  3. ^ a b Svidt, Ole Rosenstand (5 December 2017). " Dizzy Mizz Lizzy udgiver snart livealbum ("Dizzy Mizz Lizzy to release live album soon"). GAFFA. (in Danish)
  4. ^ a b Treo, Thomas (6 December 2017). "Dizzy Mizz Lizzy springer i luften: Trioens eksplosive livealbum fra primært Roskilde Festival lyder næsten for godt til at være sandt" ("Dizzy Mizz Lizzy jumps in the air: The trio's explosive live album mainly from Roskilde Festival sounds almost too good to be true"). Ekstra Bladet. (in Danish)
  5. ^ a b Poulsen, Jan Opstrup (2017). "Toptunet rocktrio på sejrstogt" ("Toptuned trio triumphs"). GAFFA. (in Danish)
  6. ^ "Hitlisten.NU – Album Top-40 Uge 50, 2017". Hitlisten. Retrieved 20 December 2017.