Live Santa Monica '72

Live Santa Monica '72 is a live album by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie. It was released on 30 June 2008 (2008-06-30) in the United Kingdom and 22 July 2008 (2008-07-22) in the United States. It is the official release of KMET FM's radio broadcast, then bootleg album and – later – semi-legal release Santa Monica '72, recorded at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium during the Ziggy Stardust Tour.

Live Santa Monica '72
Live album by David Bowie
Released	30 June 2008 (2008-06-30)
Recorded	20 October 1972 (1972-10-20)
Venue	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA
Genre	Glam rock
Length	74:21
Label	EMI
David Bowie chronology
David Bowie (2007) Live Santa Monica '72 (2008) iSelect (2008)
David Bowie live albums chronology
LiveAndWell.com (1999) Live Santa Monica '72 (2008) VH1 Storytellers (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
NME	8/10[2]
Pitchfork Media	7.7/10[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

By November 2008 the album had sold 10,000 copies in US.^[5]

Track listing

All songs written by David Bowie except where noted.^[6][7]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Introduction"		0:13
2.	"Hang On to Yourself"		2:46
3.	"Ziggy Stardust"		3:23
4.	"Changes"		3:27
5.	"The Supermen"		2:55
6.	"Life on Mars?"		3:28
7.	"Five Years"		4:32
8.	"Space Oddity"		5:05
9.	"Andy Warhol"		3:50
10.	"My Death"	Jacques Brel, Eric Blau, Mort Shuman	5:51
11.	"The Width of a Circle"		10:44
12.	"Queen Bitch"		3:00
13.	"Moonage Daydream"		4:53
14.	"John, I'm Only Dancing"		3:16
15.	"Waiting for the Man"	Lou Reed	5:45
16.	"The Jean Genie"		4:00
17.	"Suffragette City"		4:12
18.	"Rock 'n' Roll Suicide"		3:01

Personnel

Musicians

• David Bowie – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric rhythm guitar on 'The Jean Genie'
• Mick Ronson – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Trevor Bolder – bass guitar
• Mick "Woody" Woodmansey – drums
• Mike Garson – keyboards

Technical personnel

• Mike Moran – recording engineer
• Grover Hesley – mixing engineer
• B. Mitchel Reed – KMET announcer
• Bob Griffin – KMET engineer
• Bill Fure – KMET engineer
• Bill Calucci – KMET studio tape editor
• Richard Kimball – KMET producer
• Ted Jensen – mastering engineer

Chart performance

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8]	81
French Albums (SNEP)[9]	118
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[10]	37
Italian Albums (FIMI)[11]	98
Scottish Albums (OCC)[12]	66
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13]	40
UK Albums (OCC)[14]	61