Live at Max's Kansas City (Johnny Thunders album)
| Live at Max's Kansas City | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1979 (original LP) | |||
| Recorded | 1978 (original LP) 1979 (CD bonus tracks) | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 34:44 (LP) 57:57 (CD) | |||
| Label | Max's Kansas City (LP) Beggars Banquet (LP) ROIR (CD) | |||
| Producer | Peter Crowley The Heartbreakers | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | link |
| Christgau's Record Guide | A− |
Live at Max's Kansas City is a live album by the Heartbreakers. Recorded at a "reunion"/"farewell" show on September 16, 1978, at Max's Kansas City nightclub, the album's performance — loud, sloppy, and laden with bawdy introductions and/or lyric changes to many of the familiar songs from their only studio album, L.A.M.F. — further cemented the band's live reputation. A classic of early punk rock, the album has been called "probably the best official document of any New York band of the era."