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The Next Best Thing to Live

12/13/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

""The Clarks" are one of the best live bands playing today. From a musical and technical standpoint, their performances are nearly flawless without sacrificing the spontaneity and energy of a live show. Almost everyone that attends a Clarks show knows and loves their music already, and this makes for a great relationship between the audience and the band. Though they're becoming more popular nationwide, they're still something of a regional phenomenon...and it's really rare and exciting to go to a show by a regional band where EVERYONE knows EVERY word to EVERY song.Though no recording can actually capture the experience of the actual event, this CD is definitely worth buying. A young band that hopes to learn how to put on great shows could do a lot worse than to study Scott and the guys. Consider this your textbook."

The best Clark is a live Clark

Dreamin' | Rock City, USA | 11/11/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a re-release of the Clarks live CD from a few years back. It seems the Clarks have found a record label that cares for them (unlike it's former label Way Cool, which proceeded to sign the band and never did nothing to get the music to the masses). I really couldn't tell you what they did to remaster the cd because it sounds the same to my ears as the original release but they did add 3 key songs from the fabulous Let It Go CD. If you never heard the Clarks before this is a good starting point to learn the older songs. Recorded at a dumpy dive club in the South Side of Pittsburgh the Clarks conquer the crowd with its Replacements influenced songs. You have many great songs to choose from here: "Penny on the Floor", "Cigarette", "Over Me" and "Mercury" are the best songs CD. The extra 3 songs from Let It Go are added at the end of the CD. They were recorded at a parking lot the local promoters in town like to call a venue. Kind of sad that a band as great as the Clarks have to utter the words, "It's great to be playing here at the IC light Amphitheatere". It's a parking lot with a rickety stage. "Snowman", "Better Off Without You" and the unbelievably killer "Born Too Late" are a great edition to an already excellent live CD."