''Live in Atlantic City'' is the eighth

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by American singer-songwriter

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. It was released on November 22, 2013, by

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and Parkwood Entertainment. Released as a part of the

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for her autobiographical television film ''

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'', ''Live in Atlantic City'' contains footage from Beyoncé's four-night

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at Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, Revel Presents: Beyoncé Live (2012). The

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was directed by Ed Burke and Beyoncé herself. It encompasses live performances of 21 songs, while the album includes Beyoncé's previously unreleased "God Made You Beautiful" as a bonus audio track. A commercial success, ''Live in Atlantic City'' peaked atop the US Top Music Videos alongside ''Life Is But a Dream'', becoming Beyoncé's fourth number-one album on the chart. Furthermore, it reached the top ten in numerous other countries, being certified platinum in the United Kingdom. To promote the album, Beyoncé premiered videos for performances of "

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", " Dance for You" and "

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" via her

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channel.

Background

On February 16, 2013,

released ''

'', an autobiographical television film. It premiered on

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, garnering 1.8 million viewers for the initial broadcast, becoming the largest audience for a documentary since

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revised its method of measuring viewership in 2004. However, critical commentary towards ''Life Is But a Dream'' was mixed with divided opinions by critics.

Film synopsis

''Live in Atlantic City'' contains live performances of twenty-one songs along with a new song "God Made You Beautiful", written by Australian singer-songwriter Sia. Several short excerpts of the performances found on the film are also featured in ''

'' itself. The film opens with Beyoncé appearing in front of a large screen with her silhouette being seen. As the music of " End of Time" starts, she performs a choreography with her female dancers and French duo

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on stage further singing the song's lyrics. "

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" follows with a similarly choreographed performance and for the third song " Baby Boy", the singer dances with her background dancers in front of a holographic background performing a

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dance at the end. "

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" and "

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" are featured as the fourth and fifth song, respectively. " Naughty Girl" is preceded by a video projection with a voice-over by Beyoncé talking about

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. A snippet of

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's " Love to Love You Baby" is interpolated within it and the singer performs the song with her female dancers. She continues with "

" for which a prominent

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theme is featured. Prior to starting " Dance for You", Beyoncé announces to the audience that she is going to dance to the song without singing it. "

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" opens with a short interlude during which several dancers appear onstage dancing with long dresses. Beyoncé appears and performs the song, interacting with her guitarist towards the end. " I Care" is performed by the singer alone on stage and during "

" a laser show is displayed for a choreographed dance. "

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" sees Beyoncé singing the song atop a piano and " Flaws and All" follows. "

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" is preceded by a video interlude set to the music of "

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", shown on the screen onstage. A video featuring various footage from Beyoncé's life follows as she recites the lyrics from her song " I Was Here". After that, she performs the opening lines of "

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as a tribute to

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and continues with her own song "

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". "

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is performed afterwards with the same choreography from its music video and "

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" is used as the

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. " Love on Top" is the last song on ''Live in Atlantic City'', performed by Beyoncé and her dancers as the credits for the concert film are shown. "God Made You Beautiful" is featured as a bonus audio song on the album and it premiered online on November 22, 2013. It is a down-tempo

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, with a

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beat and a

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-tinged

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. Instrumentally, it consists of drums,

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, pianos, runs and hand claps. It opens with an "echoey"

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and it lyrically talks about Beyoncé and

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's daughter Blue Ivy as the singer tells that she "brought me back to life/you bring me back to life."

Release

''Live in Atlantic City''s

release for DVD and

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formats was announced on October 30, 2013 along with a trailer. During the video, it was revealed that the release included a two-disc set, with the second part, ''Live in Atlantic City'', being bonus concert footage filmed during Beyoncé's four-night

Revel Presents: Beyoncé Live at

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between May 25–28, 2012. A new song, titled "God Made You Beautiful", was also featured on the concert film and heard as the background music in the trailer. The home media release was made available for pre-order on November 1, 2013. ''Live in Atlantic City'' was first released in Germany and the Netherlands on November 22, 2013 as part of the two-disc set of ''Life Is But a Dream''. Three days later, the DVD was also released in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, and the Blu-ray edition was released in the latter country the same day. In the United States, the Blu-ray edition was released on December 17, 2013. After the film was released, videos of the performances of three songs were released online. The performance of "

" from the film was previewed on Beyoncé's official YouTube channel on November 25, 2013. A writer of ''

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'' magazine felt that the

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from the performance "brighten dup Atlantic City". The performance of " Dance for You" was also uploaded to the singer's channel two days later. The live rendition of "

" was the final uploaded video from the concert film on December 2. John Walker of

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reviewed it positively writing: "The sparkling, goddess-like centerpiece in a swirling sea of pink feathers, Beyoncé shines like a true showgirl on stage. Thankfully, unlike the 1995 camp classic, none of her backup dancers look nefarious enough to try anything funny". Walker further praised Beyoncé's vocals and dance moves as "on point as always" and the "flawlessly areolicious bustier" she wore.

Commercial performance

On November 30, 2013, ''Live in Atlantic City'' debuted at number four on the Dutch Music DVD Chart and later peaked at number two. The same week it also debuted at number ten on the Belgian Music DVD Chart in Flanders and at number thirty on the French Music DVD Chart. The next week, the album moved to number nine on the French Music DVD Chart, setting a new peak position in that country. On the Spanish Music DVD Chart it peaked at number eleven on November 25, 2013, which became its only placement outside of the top ten on a DVD chart. The album debuted at number one in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2013, becoming Beyoncé's first UK Music Video Chart number-one. It remained at the top in its second week, before falling to number two by ''One Night at the Palladium'' (2013) by

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the following week. It spent six more weeks within the top five on the chart and it was seen for the last time on May 31, 2014 at number forty, having spent a total of twenty-six weeks on the chart. On December 27, 2013 the

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(BPI) certified the album platinum for shipments of 50,000 copies in the United Kingdom. In the United States, ''Live in Atlantic City'' became Beyoncé's fourth number-one album on the Top Music Videos chart, debuting on top for the week of December 14, 2013. In Australia, the album peaked at number two on the chart and was certified gold by the

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(ARIA) for shipments of 7,500 copies.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits for ''Live in Atlantic City'' taken from the album's liner notes and Beyoncé's official website. *Creative director –

*Director of choreography – Frank D. Gatson Jr. *Musical director – Kim Burse, Derek Dixie *Visual content directors – Beyoncé, Ed Burke * Lighting designer – LeRoy Bennett *Band – Rebecca Buxton, Cora Coleman-Dunham, Kiku Collins,

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, Katty Rodríguez-Harrold, Lauren Taneil Robinson, Rie Tsuji, Britanni Washington *

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– Crystal Collins, Montina Donnell, Tiffany Riddick *Dance captain – Ashley Everett *Dancers – Larry Bourgeois, Laurent Bourgeois, Sarah Burns, Anthony Burrell, Tanesha Cason, Olivia Cipolla, Hannah Douglas, Amandy Fernández, Kimmie Gipson, Christina Owens, Ryan Ramírez *Co-choreographers – Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight *Assistant choreographer – Danielle Polanco *Contributing choreographers – Beyoncé, James Aslop, Larry Bourgeois, Laurent Bourgeois, Anthony Burrell, Rhapsody James, Jonte Moaning, Sheryl Murakami, Christian Owens, Michelle Robinson, Ebony Williams *Assistant to choreographers – Kristopher Mohfanz *Director of wardrobe –

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*Head stylist – Ty Hunter *Stylist – Raquel Smith *Wardrobe assistants – Enid Gayle, Amber Glaspie, Taneka McLeod, Kwasi Fordjour *Designers –

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and Scott Nylund, Timothy White and Enid Gayle for Tina Knowles *Make-up artist – Francesca Tolot *Hair stylist – Neal Farinah *

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– Lisa Logan *Band/dancers make-up – Crissy Gómez, Erica Martínez, Rashad Taylor, Yuki Ara *Band/dancers hair – Yolanda Ward,

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, Eric Williams *Additional show content – Alexander Hammer,

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*Show content writer – Angela Beyincé *Additional content assistant – William Boisture *

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– Cory Fitzgerald *Image director – Kevin Carswell *Video server operation – Marc Andre Tremblay *Digital media operator – Kevin Ryan *

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– Sean O'Brian *Keyboard tech – Cody Orell *Drum tech – Marco Zambrano *Crew chief/FOH cam – John Dennis Bedell *

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tech/FOD cam – Russell Wingfield *LED tech/dolly cam – Jeffrey Michael Gainer *LED tech – Chad McClymonds *

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– Craig Leibowitz *Projectionist/handheld cam – Christopher Alan Campbell *LED/KI pro recording tech – Tyler Munson *Engineer – Randall Schaffer *LED engineer – Dustin King *Project manager video – Barry Claxton *FOH engineer – Christopher Rabold *Band monitor engineer – Chauncey Burney *Beyoncé monitor engineer – James Berry *System engineer – Christopher Berry *Monitor tech – John Switzer *RF/P.A. – Victor Arko *Head electric – David Bergeron *

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s – Antoine Malette, Scott Allan Walsh, Jean Francois Malette, Alex Boldue, Eric Cere *Automation operator – Eric Pelletier *Head rigger – Pat Ryan *Head carpenter – William Shewmaker *Project manager set & props – Tim Fallon *Sets – Bryan Alexander Schluntz, Kevin William Levasseur, Bobby Lee Marshall *Production assistant – Ashlee Senser *Venue security – Pete Beattle *Tour manager – Alan Floyd *Visual content – Breathe Editing Inc. *Show production manager – Alex Miasnikof *Assistant show production manager – Shari Weber *Set designer – Florian Weider *Supervising art director – Talyn Wright *Stage manager – Terry Cooley *Theatrical director – Jennita Russo

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

Notes

References

External links

Official website

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