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Filthy Lucre Live

Filthy Lucre Live
Live album by
Sex Pistols
Released29 July 1996
RecordedFinsbury Park, London, 23 June 1996
GenrePunk rock
Length53:00
LabelVirgin (UK/US)
Toshiba EMI (Japan)
ProducerChris Thomas
Singles from Filthy Lucre Live
  1. "Pretty Vacant (live)"/"Bodies (live)"/"No Fun (live)"/"Problems (demo)"
    Released: 15 July 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Robert ChristgauA−[1]
The Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStar[2]

Filthy Lucre Live is a 1996 live album by the reunited Sex Pistols. The album was recorded live in London's Finsbury Park on 23 June 1996 during the band's Filthy Lucre Tour.

Filthy Lucre Live was produced and mixed by Chris Thomas at Townhouse Studios in London.[3] Thomas, who is noted for his work with The Beatles and Roxy Music, also produced the Sex Pistol's classic debut album, Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols. Chris Thomas is credited with developing the densely layered, "wall of sound" the band is identified with. [4][5]

BBC Radio 1 broadcast the complete concert live, this included the Pistol's final encore, a cover version of The Stooges' "No Fun". This song was not included on standard editions of Filthy Lucre Live but was an exclusive bonus track in Japan. Ironically, this made the Toshiba-EMI release of Filthy Lucre Live, the only version that featured the concert in its entirety.[6]

Track listing

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All songs written by John Lydon, Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock, except as shown.

  1. "Bodies" (Lydon, Jones, Cook, John Beverley) – 3:34
  2. "Seventeen" – 2:31
  3. "New York" – 3:26
  4. "No Feelings" – 2:59
  5. "Did You No Wrong" (Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Glen Matlock, Wally Nightingale) – 3:41
  6. "God Save the Queen" – 3:23
  7. "Liar!" – 2:46
  8. "Satellite" – 4:07
  9. "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" (Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart) – 2:53
  10. "Holidays in the Sun" (Lydon, Jones, Cook, Beverley) – 3:29
  11. "Submission" – 4:42
  12. "Pretty Vacant" – 3:33
  13. "EMI" – 4:16
  14. "Anarchy in the U.K." – 3:32
  15. "Problems" – 4:37

Japanese bonus tracks

  1. "Buddies" – 3:32 (alternate audience recording of "Bodies")
  2. "No Fun" – 7:12 (final song of the performance, broadcast live on BBC Radio 1)
  3. "Problems" (Spedding Demo) – 3:36 (demo recorded by Chris Spedding in May 1976)

Charts

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Chart performance for Filthy Lucre Live
Chart (1996) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 90
UK Albums (OCC)[8] 26

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Sex Pistols". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  2. ^ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "Sex Pistols". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 727. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  3. ^ Sex Pistols - Filthy Lucre Live, 1996, retrieved 2 December 2025
  4. ^ "Sex Pistols | 76-77 - Record Collector Magazine". Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  5. ^ "When Sex Pistols' 'Never Mind the Bollocks' Sparked a Revolution". Ultimate Classic Rock. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  6. ^ Sex Pistols - Filthy Lucre Live, 25 March 1999, retrieved 2 December 2025
  7. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 248.
  8. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 October 2022.


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