''Live Blood'' is the third
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by the English
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musician
Peter Gabriel
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. Recorded at the HMV
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, London on 23 and 24 March 2011, the concert featured Gabriel singing with the New Blood Orchestra and vocalists
Ane Brun
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,
Melanie Gabriel
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and Tom Cawley.
The setlist included songs from his previous orchestral covers album ''
Scratch My Back
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'' and new orchestral arrangements of his solo songs, most of which went on to appear on the studio album ''
New Blood''. A single CD version of ''Live Blood'' formed part of the New Blood Deluxe Edition DVD released in 2011. The concerts were filmed in 3D.
The orchestral versions were arranged by
John Metcalfe with Peter Gabriel except "Signal to Noise" which was arranged by Peter Gabriel and Will Gregory and "The Book of Love", which was arranged by Nick Ingman. The songs were conducted by
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, who is best known for his work on the BBC science fiction series
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, except "
In Your Eyes
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" which was conducted by John Metcalfe.
Reception
In ''
The Independent
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'', Andy Gill gave the album three stars out of five and said, "the overall effect can be gruelling. At best, the new arrangements open up dark alleyways of meaning, but save for "The Book of Love", where Gabriel's sincerity washes away the irony to leave the song more straightforwardly affectionate, the new meanings are rarely optimistic."
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
References
External links
''Live Blood''at PeterGabriel.com
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2012 live albums
Peter Gabriel albums
Real World Records live albums
Virgin Records live albums