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By Don Panik
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Format:Vinyl
Released in mp3, flac and vinyl format, this is a live recording made at the Toff Club in Melbourne, Australia on November 8, 2007. A small but enthusiastic audience provides atmosphere to the gig. Instrumentation is fairly sparse - three fiddle players who also sing back up, drums, bass and occasional harmonica and Bill on guitar and vocals. The set list is mostly Smog, with a couple of more recent songs.
It's hard to completely figure out the appeal of BC. I think it is something about the nuance of his vocals, and the imagery / words that he uses that somehow creep up on you when you least expect it. Whatever, I ended up playing last years Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle more than any other record. This doesn't match the beauty of that album, but it is a good performance that will keep us fans going to the next full studio offering.
Weird how the cover looks like they spelt his name wrong though.
It's hard to completely figure out the appeal of BC. I think it is something about the nuance of his vocals, and the imagery / words that he uses that somehow creep up on you when you least expect it. Whatever, I ended up playing last years Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle more than any other record. This doesn't match the beauty of that album, but it is a good performance that will keep us fans going to the next full studio offering.
Weird how the cover looks like they spelt his name wrong though.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By LazyRunner
Format:MP3 Download|Amazon Verified Purchase
It's OK, but to be honest, I'd much rather listen to the studio versions - I've only listened to these live recordings twice but I must have listened to "A River Ain't Too Much To Love" hundreds of times. I thought I'd love this live album but unfortunately, and I'm not sure why, I found these live versions a bit disappointing.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By klaher
Format:MP3 Download
The music contained within is very strong for the most part, Callahan and his band play a tight set, with selections from the last Smog album - A River Ain't Too Much To Love, and others reaching back as far as Wild Love. The concert took place before Callahan's last album so nothing from that slab of genius in this set.
Our Anniversary opens the set, which is a strong song based on a repeating guitar pattern. The pace picks up with the toe-tapping Diamond Dancer, which takes a simple refrain and an acoustic guitar and combines them to great effect. Bowery is slower, building up gradually. Bill sounds in great voice here, and there's something in the melody (and maybe in the lyrical content) that reminds me of Tom Waits.
There is a prominent fiddle right throughout this album which is something of an acquired taste, and it's never more prominent than on Held. For anyone used to the original Smog version on Knock Knock this will take some getting used to as the electric guitar riff is replaced by the aforementioned droning fiddle.
More successful are some of the later tracks, like In The Pines (which sounds fuller than the original version), Cold-Blooded Old Times (with a touch of Gomez in the guitar riff!) and Rock Bottom Riser. The album finishes up with Bathysphere, which also works well in this context.
All in all it's a nice-sounding album but inessential in my opinion.
Our Anniversary opens the set, which is a strong song based on a repeating guitar pattern. The pace picks up with the toe-tapping Diamond Dancer, which takes a simple refrain and an acoustic guitar and combines them to great effect. Bowery is slower, building up gradually. Bill sounds in great voice here, and there's something in the melody (and maybe in the lyrical content) that reminds me of Tom Waits.
There is a prominent fiddle right throughout this album which is something of an acquired taste, and it's never more prominent than on Held. For anyone used to the original Smog version on Knock Knock this will take some getting used to as the electric guitar riff is replaced by the aforementioned droning fiddle.
More successful are some of the later tracks, like In The Pines (which sounds fuller than the original version), Cold-Blooded Old Times (with a touch of Gomez in the guitar riff!) and Rock Bottom Riser. The album finishes up with Bathysphere, which also works well in this context.
All in all it's a nice-sounding album but inessential in my opinion.
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