5X5 Live

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5X5 Live is a double live album, the third such release by Scottish rock band Simple Minds, released on 19 November 2012.

History

The album is composed of recordings from Simple Minds' "5X5 Live" tour to promote the similarly-named box set. It features five songs from each of the band's first five albums, as well as five bonus tracks.

Sound engineer Olivier Gerard mixed the tracks at Jet Studio, Brussels. The intro 'Reel' was mixed by guitarist Charlie Burchilll and consisted of brief snippets of songs from the era, edited together eventually leading into I Travel as the band took to the stage. This short piece of music was made available to download for free from the simpleminds.com members section prior to the album's release.

The album was recorded at the following locations and venues:

• Razzamatazz, Barcelona, Spain, 16th February 2012,
• Cirque Royal, Brussels, Belgium, 23rd February 2012,
• the O2 Academy, Birmingham, England, 24th February 2012,
• Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, Scotland, 25th February 2012,
• The Roundhouse, London, England, 2nd March 2012,
• Théâtre Antique d'Arles, Arles, France, 21st July 2012,
• Pinede Gould, Antibes Juan-Les-Pins, France, 25th July 2012 and
• Villa Bellini, Catania, Sicily 31st July 2012.

5X5 Live was released in a clamshell box consisting of two CDs, each in card packaging and which reflected artwork similar to that of the 1981 album set Sons & Fascination / Sister Feelings Call. It also features a colour booklet of live and studio images, credits, quotes from the band, a fold out tour poster and a peel-off sticker in the style of a concert ticket. The album was the middle set of three multi CD reissues/compilations, each incorporating similar styled packaging, that had begun with the 5X5 Box Set itself and ended with the 2013's Celebrate - The Greatest Hits+ Tour 2013 release of 6 shows (12 CDs).

Track List

DISC 01:

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Reel"	2:14
2.	"I Travel"	4:53
3.	"Thirty Frames A Second"	4:25
4.	"Today I Died Again"	3:31
5.	"Celebrate"	5:18
6.	"Life In A Day"	3:47
7.	"Calling Your Name"	5:15
8.	"Scar"	3:23
9.	"King Is White & In The Crowd"	4:19
10.	"Hunter & The Hunted"	5:21
11.	"Wasteland"	3:26
12.	"Love Song"	4:42
13.	"This Fear Of Gods"	5:03
14.	"Pleasantly Disturbed"	6:40
15.	"Room"	5:22

DISC 02:

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The American"	5:02
2.	"70 Cities As Love Brings The Fall"	4:40
3.	"In Trance As Mission"	4:13
4.	"Sons & Fascination"	4:12
5.	"Sweat In Bullet"	4:03
6.	"Changeling"	4:05
7.	"Factory"	4:39
8.	"Big Sleep"	4:03
9.	"Premonition"	5:11
10.	"Promised You A Miracle"	4:18
11.	"Someone Somewhere In Summertime"	5:05
12.	"Theme For Great Cities"	4:33
13.	"Glittering Prize"	4:14
14.	"Someone"	3:57
15.	"Chelsea Girl"	4:03
16.	"New Gold Dream"	5:13