Motor City Is Burning

by MC5

Motor City Is Burning cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1 July 2000
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:09:45
  • Community rating: 2.59/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Hugh Gilmour

Album Notes & Community Reviews

An archival compilation of MC5 live recordings from the band's Detroit years, 'Motor City Is Burning' documents the proto-punk attack that produced 'Kick Out the Jams'. Rob Tyner's exhortations and the Kramer and Smith guitars frame performances of sustained, high-volume intensity.

Genres

Descriptors: guitars, riff-heavy, male-vocals, live, lo-fi

Tracklist

  1. Kick Out The Jams (3:38)
  2. Come Together (Live Version) (5:22)
  3. Revolutionary Blues (Live Version) (5:49)
  4. Human Being Lawnmower (Live Version) (2:43)
  5. Tonight (Live Version) (2:54)
  6. Teenage Lust (Live Version) (2:39)
  7. Looking At You (Live Version) (3:41)
  8. Shakin' Street (Live Version) (3:09)
  9. Ramblin' Rose (Live Version) (2:43)
  10. Tutti Frutti (Live Version) (1:54)
  11. Boderline (Live Version) (3:06)
  12. Born Under A Bad Sign (Live Version) (4:48)
  13. I Want You (Live Version) (5:02)
  14. Starship (Live Version) (7:28)
  15. I Believe To My Soul (Live Version) (3:56)
  16. Black To Comm (Live Version) (10:53)

Credits

More from MC5: full discography