Live and Sleazy

Live and Sleazy is the first live album and fifth studio album by the Village People and features a mixture of live and studio recordings. It was released as a double LP. The album featured numerous lead singers: original cop Victor Willis on the entire "Live" disk; on the "Sleazy" disk, construction worker David Hodo on track 1, Ray Simpson (who replaced Willis as the cop) on tracks 2, 3, and 5, and G.I. Alex Briley on track 4. Horace Ott is credited as the arranger and conductor of the string and horn sections. The musicians were credited as Bittersweet.

Live and Sleazy
Live album / Studio album by Village People
Released	September 1979
Genre	Disco
Length	70:14
Label	Casablanca
Producer	Jacques Morali
Village People chronology
Go West (1979) Live and Sleazy (1979) Can't Stop the Music (1980)
Singles from Live and Sleazy
"Ready for the 80's" Released: October 1979 "Sleazy" Released: 1979

Victor Willis had announced plans for the live portion of this album be remastered and reissued as a stand alone live album titled “Village People Live At The Greek Theatre” in 2018. Other songs left off the original release though performed on the 1979 tour include "Key West", "Go West", "Village People", and "I Wanna Shake Your Hand".^{[citation needed]}

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Cash Box called the song "Sleazy" "an amusing self-parody which, vocally, relies more than ever on the group's zealous choral work."^[2] Record World called it "great dance music."^[3]

Track listing

All music composed by Jacques Morali

Live

No.	Title	Songwriter	Length
1.	"Fire Island"	J. Morali, H. Belolo, B. Whitehead, P. Hurtt	4:01
2.	"Hot Cop"	J. Morali, H. Belolo, V. Willis	6:00
3.	"Medley: San Francisco (You've Got Me) / In Hollywood (Everybody is a Star)"	J. Morali, H. Belolo, B. Whitehead, P. Hurtt	11:07
4.	"Macho Man"	J. Morali, H. Belolo, V. Willis, B. Whitehead	6:00
5.	"In the Navy"	J. Morali, H. Belolo, V. Willis	6:25
6.	"Y.M.C.A."	J. Morali, V. Willis[4]	8:00

Sleazy

All songs written by J. Morali, H. Belolo, B. Whitehead, P. Hurtt

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sleazy"	6:10
2.	"Rock and Roll Is Back Again"	7:00
3.	"Ready for the 80's"	6:38
4.	"Save Me" (Ballad)	4:00
5.	"Save Me" (Uptempo Version)	5:07

Note: The Rebound Records CD release placed the studio tracks before the live tracks.

Personnel

Village People Victor Willis – lead vocal on "Live" (album) Ray Simpson – lead vocals on "Sleazy" (album) David "Scar" Hodo – backing vocals, lead vocals on "Sleazy" (song) Alex Briley – backing vocals, lead vocals on "Save Me (Ballad)" Randy Jones – backing vocals Felipe Rose – backing vocals Glenn M. Hughes – backing vocals Production Jacques Morali – producer Horace Ott – string and horn arrangements, conductor Michael Hutchinson – mixing on "Sleazy" side Joe Barbaria – engineer Michael Hutchinson – engineer Steve Mitchell – engineer Carla Bandini – assistant engineer Chris Fergesen – assistant engineer Derek Du Nann – assistant engineer Doug Grinbergs – assistant engineer Jon Smith – assistant engineer Matthew Weiner – assistant engineer Stephen Lumel – art direction Lynn Goldsmith – photography

Bittersweet Albert Finney – guitar Keith Starkey – bass Greg Baker – drums Chuck Kentis – synthesizer Zack Stephens – synthesizer Lawrence Killian – percussion Additional percussion and background vocals L.Waymer – percussion C. St. Charles – percussion Ray Simpson – percussion Milt Grayson – percussion Peter Whitehead – percussion D. Andres – percussion

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[5]	69
Canadian Albums (RPM)[6]	23
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7]	80
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[8]	13
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9]	25
US Billboard 200[10]	32

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[11]	Platinum	100,000^
United States (RIAA)[12]	Gold	800,000[13]
Summaries
Worldwide	—	2,000,000[13]
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.