Not so bad
kireviewer | Sunnyvale, Ca United States | 06/25/2004
(3 out of 5 stars)
"This is a live album that is unlike any other Man live album. It was originally released as an LP, so it relativily short at only 41 minutes. It consists of relativily short songs by Man standards, with nothing over 7 minutes. And the sound quality is very good. The sound quality is so good, it is hard to believe at times that it was recorded live.I thought I wouldn't like this album because it does not contain any of Man's long jams. And I didn't really like it the first quick listen I gave it. But as I listened it more closely, I realized the song were mostly good. There is only one bad track on the album, Hard Way to Live. The album starts out with a very good, very unMan-like, bluesy Let The Good Times Roll. Then it goes into the Welsh Connection, which sounds like something Steely Dan would do, only with some good keyboard and guitar licks. The version of Spunk Rock is unlike any other version on record. While it isn't the best, it is still interesting. Born With a Future and Ride And View are both very good songs.Should you buy this album? I like most of the songs on this album. But, I don't have the studio versions of these songs. It is my guess that the live versions of these songs are pretty close to the studio versions, especially since the lengths of the songs are about the same. So, if you already have the studio versions, this might not be worth getting. All you would end up with is Let the Good Times Roll, which isn't on any other album and a unique version of Spunk Rock.Note that you can also get this album in a 2 CD set, along with Official Bootleg. Official Bootleg is not a very good album, so I don't think it is worth getting.There are so many, much better Man albums to get before this one. I would start with Back to the Future, 1999 Tour Party, Live at the Rainbow or Live at Padgett's Room."
Track Listings (7) - Disc #1