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| Erebus |
Posted - 09/09/2004 : 15:34:57
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Live Albums That Don't Suck
Björk's latest, plus a few others worth your time.
By Hua Hsu
Posted Thursday, Sept. 9, 2004, at 1:42 PM PT
Pixies: Live in Davis (DiscLive)
The excitement of seeing your favorite band is rarely captured on live albums, which inevitably miss the crucial extra-musical moments: the crowd's forward lurch when the band takes the stage; a good bit of "guitar face" during a cunning solo; a wink the bassist exchanged with you (and a thousand other people). Disappointingly, the live discs chronicling the Pixies' reunion tour are no exception—they are clean, impeccably recorded, and ultimately boring. The recordings suggest, but rarely capture, the sense of excitement that makes a substandard performance seem better than the buttoned-down studio take. On the disc from their first-ever comeback show, Black Francis and Kim Deal playfully rib each other after fumbling the coarse, lumbering opening to "Wave of Mutilation," but their exchange sounds hammy. When a singalong momentarily overpowers the mix on "Debaser," you're startled to remember that the very performance you're bored by enthralled the crowd. As usual, you just had to be there.
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| ShakeyShake |
Posted - 09/10/2004 : 11:22:34
Well obviously it's not gonna be anything like the real thing,it's more of a memento of the live show than anything,but still I definately wouldn't say they were boring in the slightest.
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