Keller Williams - Stage (27 tracks) +Album Reviews

Intimimate Explosive Keller

CAH | 07/25/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I was turned onto Keller the first time I heard him. His energy is completely unique and uniquely Keller.

I thought his studio album "Home" truly had an intimate home feel. However, with "Stage" Keller gives it his all and you get his genious, insanity, and humor packaged beautifully in 2 discs for $15.

The recording quality is excellent, but the appeal is in the energy - I still listen to my Keller tapes despite their sound quality. "Stage" is a necessity to any Keller fan, and the best representation of his work for any new comers.

Simply, "Stage" won't dissapoint."

Dance on your indian rug like a Keller fan

Walt Monroe | 04/19/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I give this album 4.75 stars, unfortunately that's not a choice, and while I realize 5 would most likely suffice, if I did that you wouldn't care to look into why it's NOT a 5 star attempt by Keller.

First off, I'm assuming that 5 stars would be Keller live, as is . . . you just have to see him live to fully get his divine energy. I understand this is the too commonly thrown cliche' of a majority of "jam bands," but while I cannot speak for all, after going to only 2 Keller shows, he is by far the best live performer in my book. His shows have an intimacy and down home good feeling to them and to watch him just groove and laugh his way through a set barefoot is like watching your little brother finally rid himself of those training wheels and fly down the street screaming "I'm doing it!"

THis album is great. I listen to it on each of my 4hr trips to my mom's, dancing and singing the whole way down, but I can't stress the fact that you must, i repeat MUST see him live.

I also own his studio albums Laugh and Home, While Home has great songs from "Above the Thunder" to "You are what you eat," nothing can outweigh the reminicing I find myself in when I put on "Freeker by the Speaker" and all the other top notch songs, including the immaculate intsramentals like "Mental Instra"

So if you can't find a ticket to his next show, do yourself a favor and buy this album, kick off your shoes, and dance like a mad-man on your indian rug"

Pretty Good, But Keller Can Do Better

Jam Man | Chicago, IL | 11/29/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Upon first hearing Keller, I immediately was drawn to his unique style of jamming and clever sense of humor. I also consider his live shows to be among the best (and most innovative) around -- and am lucky enough to have witnessed several great live performances. Keller's previous live CD release, Loop (which I highly recommend), has been a staple of my CD collection for several years. With that as background, you can understand that I obviously was very excited to receive this two-CD set.

Unfortunately, as much as I appreciate Keller, I was a little disappointed with this release and certainly cannot rate it higher than 4 stars. In fact, I was quite underwhelmed by the song selection, choice of covers, and even some of the jams (which seem to go nowhere). The strong material on Loop (i.e., Vacate, More Than a Little, Stupid Questions, etc.) simply blows this away by comparison.

Perhaps I'm missing something, but I just don't understand why Keller doesn't showcase more of his strong songwriting instead of filling space with novelty covers such as Rapper's Delight and Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough. Sadly, other than Bird Song, I find most of the second CD almost unlistenable. Keller, my man, what's happened to the great, strong songwriting evidenced on Loop and Laugh? I'd sure love to see a follow-up to this set (perhaps "Stage 2"?), with a little more discretion in the editing and an emphasis on Keller's unique abilities and songwriting rather than gimmickry.

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One of his best

Roylan | Kansas, USA | 02/03/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Stage is a GREAT album and the double disc just makes it better.

the cd is all live and only further proves that Keller is equally as good live as he is recorded. some even argue that he actually is better live.

He is a musical genious and this cd is probably my favorite cd he has. He does a great job with covers too, if they sounded like the original then why not just listen to the original, you got to be different with your version. Every song on this cd has it's own life to it and he keeps up the energy through out the entire two discs. If you're a fan of Keller, it's mandatory that you buy this cd.

BUY THIS Album!.. Now!

if you arn't fimiliar with Keller and are just looking for your first cd, here's the albums i have, so far, in order of how i like it.

Stage - Great cd and makes you feel like your right there in the front row catching every drop of sweat in your mouth that comes from his feet... ? ... any way...

Dream - Brings back a couple old songs with new artists. well made. really catchy tunes

12 - Who doesn't love a greatest hits cd

Laugh - Many Different moods and has classic songs like freeker by the speaker and mental instra

Dance - Remix (kind of) to Laugh... every song is fun and energetic but you probably wont listen any song all the way through due to repetivety (probably not a word) but still has really good stuff. also, if you look at the list of songs on the back of the cd after listening to it. you wont have any idea which one you just listened to. i bought it. you should too.

Grass - If i had to choose between other Keller cd's i'd choose the others first. by no means is this album bad, it's just a different genre than the rest of his work. buy this one at Hastings (the best store on the planet) for cheap then go read a book and drink some coffee

i also have the DVD called Sight. it's really cool at first then he plays songs that run together a little, but he picks it back up in the end. i still really liked and it has a hilarious intermission. read the credits too, they're hilarious.

i purchased Loop from Amazon last week and i'm pumped for it. i hope it's a dandy"

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