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Dave Matthews Band: Live at Luther College

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Label: RCA Records
Released: 1999.02.06
Time:
 60:58 / 65:14
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Dave Matthews, Tim Reynolds
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD Double
Web address: www.davematthewsband.com
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Purchase date: 2002.08.19
Price in €: 27,99



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Disc one:
[1] One Sweet World (D.J.Matthews) - 5:43
[2] #41 (D.J.Matthews) - 5:37
[3] Tripping Billies (D.J.Matthews) - 5:49
[4] Jimi Thing (D.J.Matthews) - 8:13
[5] Satellite (D.J.Matthews) - 4:39
[6] Crash into Me (D.J.Matthews) - 5:33
[7] Deed Is Done (D.J.Matthews) - 4:51x
[8] Lover Lay Down (D.J.Matthews) - 5:33
[9] What Would You Say (D.J.Matthews) - 5:06
[10] Minarets (D.J.Matthews) - 7:00
[11] Cry Freedom (D.J.Matthews) - 5:39
[12] Dancing Nancies (D.J.Matthews) - 7:15

Disc two:
[1] Typical Situation (D.J.Matthews) - 7:02
[2] Stream (D.J.Matthews) - 5:49
[3] Warehouse (D.J.Matthews) - 9:17
[4] The Christmas Song (D.J.Matthews) - 5:24
[5] Seek Up (D.J.Matthews) - 7:43
[6] Say Goodbye (D.J.Matthews) - 5:19
[7] Ants Marching (D.J.Matthews) - 5:26
[8] Little Thing (D.J.Matthews) - 6:18
[9] Halloween (D.J.Matthews) - 3:00
[10] Granny (D.J.Matthews) - 3:22
[11] Two Step (D.J.Matthews) - 6:34

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DAVE MATTHEWS - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Producer
TIM REYNOLDS - Acoustic Guitar, Producer

JEFF THOMAS - Engineer
JOHN ALAGÍA - Engineer, Mixing
JEFF JULIANO - Assistant Engineer
TED JENSEN - Mastering
THANE KERNER - Art Direction, Design
SAM ERICKSON - Photography

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1999 CD RCA 67755



After the bootleg industry was revolutionized by CDs in the late '80s, it seemed that every contemporary recording artist had at least one bootleg on the market. It wasn't that studio outtakes were suddenly available — it was that it was easier than ever to record, press, and distribute live concerts. Rock bands who jammed, whether they were hard rockers like Pearl Jam or noodlers like Phish, were in particular demand since, as the adage goes, no two shows were exactly alike. Given this inastiable appetite for new live records, it's a wonder that more artists didn't make like Dave Matthews and launch a series of official releases of notable live shows. It especially makes sense in Matthews' case, since his band sounds better and is more adventurous in a live setting than they are in the studio, as the first installment, Live at Red Rocks Rocks illustrated. Its follow-up, Live at Luther College, takes a different tactic. Instead of featuring the band, it's Matthews alone acoustically, supported by his friend, session guitarist Tim Reynolds. The double-disc album was culled from the duo's 1996 tour and, not surprisingly, the bulk of the material focuses on Matthews' first two albums for RCA. What is surprising is that the songs arguably sound better in this setting, since all of the group improvisations are stripped away, leaving the songs to speak for themselves. Accordingly, Matthews isn't nearly as eccentric in his vocal tics, letting the music flow simply and engagingly. The results are quite entertaining, and even if the album was intended just for fans, it's the rare specialty item that could win new listeners.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All-Music Guide
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Unplugged and set apart from his bandmates, Dave Matthews is transformed from a fusion rocker to something of a fusion folkie. Indeed, this two-disc, two-man concert recording (cut in Iowa in the winter of 1996 and shelved for nearly three years) posits the South African-born bandleader less as a Blues Traveler fellow traveler than a dexterous, jazz-inflected minstrel in the tradition of Tim and Jeff Buckley, Terry Callier, and Ellen McIlwaine. As with those considerably less-successful performers, multiplatinum Matthews is enticed to soar ever higher by his considerable vocal prowess. Ultimately, Matthews takes his tunes in dizzying directions because he can! All those exhibitions of elasticity have earned Matthews disdain in less-is-more circles. Here, however, more than ably complemented by frequent DMB guest and fellow Charlottesville, Virginia, denizen Tim Reynolds, Matthews virtually bursts through 23 tunes that leave his audience wanting more. They needn't worry: even his worst critics wouldn't accuse Matthews of being stingy when it comes to music.

Steven Stolder - Amazon.com



It's all very pleasant, but unless Dave's your fave rave, it's best to wait for his next album of new material.

Entertainment Weekly



Despite some virtuoso guitar interplay, the CD's two-plus hours of music may be hailed by fans but probably not by those unfamiliar with Matthews's odd vocal calisthenics and repetitive arrangements.

People



Though mostly pleasant, this unplugged folk-rock foray seldom rekindles the fire of the originals.

USA Today



The Dave Matthews Band’s detractors will cite the group’s songs, which they call mediocre white-bread pop, as their number-one complaint against the band. Even many Dave Matthews Band fans will tell you the group’s success has more to do with its superior musicianship than the songs. If that is indeed the case, then Matthews, along with guitarist Tim Reynolds, deserves credit just for having the guts to release this live, acoustic two-CD set, where the songs have to stand on their own. However, instead of proving to be the downfall of Matthews as a songwriter, Live at Luther College shows that while it’s true some Matthews songs, such as "Crash Into Me," can be junior high-ish, tracks like the smooth "#41" and the jazzy "Tripping Billies" stand well above the average pop song. Also of note on the collection is the amount of back and forth banter between the duo. Obviously more at home in the intimate setting of Luther College, Matthews and Reynolds make like Bruce Springsteen and Clarence Clemons between songs, throwing in a story or sidebar at seemingly every turn. Between the talking and the stripped-down sound, Live at Luther College is a rare opportunity for fans to feel close to a rock superstar.

Steve Baltin - January 29, 1999
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Usually, Dave Matthews Band overdoses on ensemble improvisations, launched from songs that ponder the emotional and political states of the world. Occasionally, on tracks like "Crash Into Me," the band is whipped into shape by a producer like Steve Lillywhite and it applies its serious instrumental capabilities to studio arrangements of alluring melodic gravity. On this live set, which is more than two hours long, Matthews and guitarist Tim Reynolds, an old friend, do neither. Instead they offer acoustic versions of songs like "What Would You Say" and "Crash," as well as twenty-one stretched-out others. Matthews, who shuns clear enunciation, sings passionately from behind his front teeth. The fancy passages sure to thrill guitar students are plentiful; for fans, Live at Luther College may provide the right amount of variously high-octane and lullingly stripped-down Matthews moods. Non-fans may find it one of the more tedious records in recent memory.

JAMES HUNTER - RS 807
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