Blues Alive
# Blues Alive

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | |

Blues Alive is a live album by Northern Irish guitarist Gary Moore, released in May 1993. It is a collection of recordings taken from his 1992 tour and draws most of its material from Moore's then-recent Still Got the Blues and After Hours albums. It was by far the most successful of all his live albums, reaching number 8 on the UK Albums Chart and being certified Gold. Its release was preceded by the single "Parisienne Walkways" (live).

## Track listing

* "Cold Day in Hell" (Gary Moore) – 5:35
* "Walking By Myself" (Kirke, Lane, Jimmy Rogers) – 5:00
* "Story of the Blues" (Moore) – 7:32
* "Oh, Pretty Woman" (A.C. Williams) – 4:25
* "Separate Ways" (Moore) – 5:48
* "Too Tired" (Maxwell Davis, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Saul Bihari) – 4:34
* "Still Got the Blues" (Moore) – 6:44
* "Since I Met You Baby" (Moore) – 3:02
* "The Sky Is Crying" (Elmore James, Clarence Lewis, Morgan Robinson) – 8:50
* "Further on Up the Road" (Joe Medwick, Don Robey) – 5:34
* "King of the Blues" (Moore) – 6:13
* "Parisienne Walkways" (Phil Lynott, Moore) – 7:03
* "Jumpin' at Shadows" (Duster Bennett) – 5:51

## Personnel

* Gary Moore – guitar / vocals
* Tommy Eyre – keyboards
* Andy Pyle – bass guitar
* Graham Walker – drums
* Martin Drover – trumpet
* Frank Mead – alto saxophone / harmonica
* Nick Pentalow – tenor saxophone
* Nick Payn – baritone saxophone
* Candy Mackenzie – backing vocals
* Carol Thompson – backing vocals

Guest musician Albert Collins appears on "Too Tired" on guitar and vocals.

## Charts

Chart performance for Blues Alive :

| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 73 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) | 14 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 31 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) | 18 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) | 40 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) | 14 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 8 |
