Throwing Copper

Throwing Copper is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Live, released on April 26, 1994, on former MCA Records subsidiary Radioactive Records. It was produced by Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads and was recorded at Pachyderm Recording Studio. Throwing Copper has sold over 8 million copies and was certified 8× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Cover art
The cover art is a painting by Scottish artist Peter Howson titled Sisters of Mercy. On September 23, 2005, it was sold for $186,000 by Christie's in New York. The painting is oil on canvas and measures 243 × 182 centimeters. It has been suggested that the painting explores the themes of betrayal, revenge, and fear and that it shows a group of prostitutes urging a man holding a Bible to throw himself off a cliff.

25th anniversary reissue
In May 2019, the band announced a 25th-anniversary reissue of Throwing Copper, which was released on July 19. The reissue contains three bonus tracks: "Hold Me Up", which was recorded during the original Throwing Copper sessions and later heard in the 2008 comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno but was not officially released; "We Deal in Dreams", which had been released as a single off the band's 2004 compilation album Awake: The Best of Live; and "Susquehanna", another previously unreleased track originally recorded in 1993, though it had been written during recording sessions for the band's first studio album, Mental Jewelry.

Track listing
All lyrics are written by Ed Kowalczyk; all music is composed by Live. The tracks "Pillar of Davidson" and "Horse" were not included on the original 1994 vinyl version. They were, however, included on the 2012 vinyl reissue on Music on Vinyl, which also added "Horse" to the track listing. The 2019 vinyl re-release was a double album, featuring the bonus tracks and "Horse" on the D-side.

Personnel
Adapted credits from the liner notes of Throwing Copper.


 * Live


 * Ed Kowalczyk – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
 * Chad Taylor – lead guitar, backing vocals
 * Patrick Dahlheimer – bass
 * Chad Gracey – drums, backing vocals


 * Technical personnel


 * Jerry Harrison – production
 * Lou Giordano – engineering, recording
 * Ted Jensen – mastering
 * Gary Kurfirst – executive production
 * Tom Lord-Alge – mixing

Charts
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