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Live at Third Man Records (2019)

Where the lyrics of Live at Third Man Records take you, and where it was really made.

A secret, invite-only acoustic show for only 250 people in Nashville became a major vinyl sales event when the album was reissued for Record Store Day in 2020.

Key places

Recorded at the Third Man Records headquarters (2019)

Recording site Third Man Records — Eilish and Finneas O'Connell performed a secret acoustic show in The Blue Room at the Third Man Records headquarters on 6 November 2019. The show was recorded and became this album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Live at Third Man Records is the first live album by Billie Eilish
• Released 6 December 2019 under Third Man Records, with limited release
• Recorded at an acoustic live show with her brother Finneas O'Connell
• The show took place on 6 November 2019 at the Third Man Records headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee
• It was a secret, invite-only show, and the album records that acoustic performance

Background

• The show was held in The Blue Room at Jack White's Third Man Records headquarters
• Only 250 audience members attended
• The set drew on the EP Don't Smile at Me and the album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
• The siblings opened the performance with Wish You Were Gay
• The set included All the Good Girls Go to Hell, Ocean Eyes, Bad Guy, Bury a Friend and Copycat
• The performance closed with When the Party's Over
• Eilish thanked Jack White during the show for inspiring a whole generation of people to do what they want

Recording

• Eilish told the audience she was impressed with the technology behind making the live album
• She pointed to the live video feed of the recording process while the show was happening

Cover

• Most copies appear on blue opaque vinyl with a plain black sleeve
• The sleeve shows Billie Eilish four times in yellow text, arranged together to form a square
• Limited edition copies have a splatter of blue paint on the sleeve, applied by Eilish herself
• An alternate extremely limited edition uses lime green vinyl with no extra sleeve decoration

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

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Artist

Early life

• Born December 18, 2001, in Los Angeles, California, to musician parents Maggie Baird and Patrick O'Connell.
• Homeschooled by her mother; began playing ukulele at age six and joined the Los Angeles Children's Chorus at age eight.
• Wrote her first "real" song at age 11 for her mother's songwriting class.

Career

• Released "Ocean Eyes" in 2015, written and produced by her brother Finneas O'Connell; the song drew attention on SoundCloud and led to a deal with Darkroom and Interscope Records in 2016.
• Debut EP Don't Smile at Me (2017) reached number 14 on the US Billboard 200.
• Debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019) debuted atop the US Billboard 200 and UK Albums Chart; "Bad Guy" became the first song by an artist born in the 21st century to top the US Billboard Hot 100.
• Second album Happier Than Ever (2021) also debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.
• Third album Hit Me Hard and Soft (2024) featured the number-one Billboard Global 200 single "Birds of a Feather".
• Won Academy Awards for "No Time to Die" (2022) and "What Was I Made For?" (2024).

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic said the album captures all the charm of Eilish's live performance
• AllMusic said it allows Eilish's down-to-earth personality and effortless vocals to shine
• AllMusic wrote: while not required listening for an average fan, this rarity is a gift for the diehards.
• Eliot Hill of iHeartRadio described it as a great vinyl
• Writing for the Nashville Scene, D. Patrick Rodgers called it a delightful and intimate show featuring acoustic performances from Eilish and her brother and collaborator Finneas O'Connell

Records

• The record received a major drop during Record Store Day in August 2020
• It sold 13 thousand copies in the sales week ending 3 September
• It debuted at number 55 on the Billboard 200
• It topped both the Vinyl Albums and Tastemakers charts
• It was the best selling release of the Record Store Day week, which was also the biggest week of vinyl sales in 2020

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The show was limited to 250 audience members in The Blue Room
• The record was only made available through two Third Man stores, in Detroit and Nashville
• During the August 2020 Record Store Day, the reissue went out through multiple independent record stores internationally, which caused a massive surge in sales
• While performing Bad Guy, Eilish butchered the first chorus lyrics
• Most copies were pressed on blue opaque vinyl, and a lime green vinyl version was made in an extremely limited edition

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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