''Live in London'' is the first live album by American

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band

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from German label Pure Pop For Now People. It debuted worldwide on November 22, 2015. It captures their November 22, 2014 show at The Lexington in

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. Retrieved December 11, 2015. The performance was part of a concert hosted by

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with whom they previously collaborated. It drew from their first three albums including their debut '' Sol!d Pop'' along with live versions of "Kinky" from their untitled 2004 compilation with S/T (informally called ''Hyperbubble + S/T'',Hyperbubble compilation discography
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included three Hyperbubble buttons.

Critical reception

''Live in London'' is Hyperbubble's first live album, a "highly (sic) quality recording featuring a set that could be regarded as Hyperbubble's greatest hits," according to Chi Ming Lai of The Electricity Club and echoed elsewhere. One critic noted that the live show afforded listeners the opportunity to hear the band "let loose with

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more structured songs. The result shows just how talented they are at re-inventing the synthpop wheel." Eleven music magazine further wrote, "the beats are aggressive but not overstated, the basslines bouncy and the synths pulsating beneath (lead vocalist) Jess’ exquisitely catchy vocals." Generally commenting on their style,

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magazine described ''Live in London'' as at "the edges of keyboard minimal, groove, like

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, and Saturday morning cartoons into your mind."

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

* Jess DeCuir –

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* Jeff DeCuir –

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Production

* Producers – Jess and Jeff DeCuir * Head Engineer – Jeff DeCuir * Graphics – Jeff DeCuir * Cover Photo – Trevor Odd Box * Photography – Trevor Odd Box, Hyperbubble * Hyperbubble Tour Button photo – Kent

References

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