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''Live in Atlantic City'' is a live concert film by American recording artist Beyoncé. It was released on November 22, 2013 by Columbia Records as part of the home media release of her autobiographical television film ''Life Is But a Dream''. The concert film contains footage from Beyoncé's four-night residency show in the venue Revel Atlantic City in May, 2012 and was directed by Ed Burke and her. It encompasses live performances of twenty one songs, in addition to a new song of Beyoncé, "God Made You Beautiful". After the concert film was released, videos of three performances from the concert were released online on Beyoncé's YouTube channel—"Schoolin' Life", "Dance for You" and "Party". ''Live in Atlantic City'' was commercially successful charting in the top ten in various DVD charts worldwide. The two-disc set of ''Life Is But a Dream'' peaked at number one on the US ''Billboard'' Top Music Videos chart and the UK Music DVD Chart becoming the singer's fourth and first chart topper in the countries respectively. It was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). ==Background and release== On February 16, 2013, Beyoncé released ''Life Is But a Dream'', an autobiographical television film. Released on the HBO channel, it garnered 1.8 million viewers for the initial broadcast becoming the largest audience for a documentary since Nielsen Media Research revised its method of measuring viewership in 2004. However, critical commentary towards ''Life Is But a Dream'' was mixed with divided opinions by critics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Beyonce: Life Is But a Dream: Season 1 )〕 The film's home media release in a DVD and Blu-ray format was announced on October 30, 2013 along with a trailer. During the video, it was revealed that the release included a two-disc set, with the second part, ''Live in Atlantic City'', being bonus concert footage filmed during Beyoncé's four-night residency show Revel Presents: Beyoncé Live at Revel Atlantic City in May 2012. A new song titled "God Made You Beautiful" was also featured on the concert film and heard as the background music in the trailer. The home media release was made available for pre-order on November 1, 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Beyonce: Life Is But a Dream (2013) )〕 ''Live in Atlantic City'' was first released in Germany and the Netherlands on November 22, 2013 as part of the two-disc set of ''Life Is But a Dream''.〔 Three days later, the DVD was also released in the US, Canada and the UK and the Blu-ray version was released in the latter country the same day.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Beyoncé - Life is But a Dream After the concert film was released, videos of the performances of three songs were released online. The performance of "Schoolin' Life" from the DVD was previewed on Beyoncé's official YouTube page on November 25, 2013. A writer of ''Vibe'' magazine felt that the laser light show from the performance "brighten() up Atlantic City". The performance of "Dance for You" was also uploaded to the singer's channel two days later. The live rendition of "Party" was the final uploaded video from the concert film on December 2. John Walker of MTV reviewed it positively writing, "The sparkling, goddess-like centerpiece in a swirling sea of pink feathers, Beyoncé shines like a true showgirl on stage. Thankfully, unlike the 1995 camp classic, none of her backup dancers look nefarious enough to try anything funny".〔 Walker further praised Beyoncé's vocals and dance moves as "on point as always" and the "flawlessly areolicious bustier" she wore. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Live in Atlantic City」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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