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List Price: $21.98 | | Label: RCA
Salesrank: 18969
Released: October 23, 2001 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Editorial Review:
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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 23-OCT-2001
Description of Live in Chicago at the United Center 12.19.98:
This collection marks the fifth live Matthews collection in eight years. But while previous surveys have chronicled the band's nascent ambitions (Remember Two Things), initial fame (Live at Red Rocks), solo pretensions (Live at Luther College) and PBS-ready charms (Listener Supported), this double-disc set, recorded at the final show of their '98 tour, seems bent on formally crowning Matthews and company as arena-filling superstars--warts and all.
With a set listing culled largely from the pop-oriented Crash and more internationally experimental Before These Crowded Streets, the proceedings held some promise. But, like most arena bands before them, the DMB generally amps the nuances right out of the mix here. "The Last Stop" recalls where Led Zep's own world-music pretensions led them, while "Pantala Naga Pampa" skirts dangerously close to Kenny G. territory before finding its jazz-funk stride. Though they groove mightily and consistently throughout, the DMB's oft-criticized jam-band ethos often seems strangely burnished and studio-overdubbed to homogenous extremes here. And while legend Maceo Parker's sax further ignites the crowd-pleaser "What Would You Say," as guitarist and frequent Matthews collaborator Tim Reynolds plays guest guitar god throughout, it's Matthews's own shamanic, oft-trancelike vocal excursions that barely keep this one from lapsing into DMB's McLive album. Try Budokan next time? --Jerry McCulley
Live in Chicago at the United Center 12.19.98 Reviews:
my favorite official live release 
2008-12-13 - This is my favorite official live release from DMB. I started listening to a lot of live DMB about 3 years ago, and I find myself drawn to this concert again and again. I estimate I've listened to it at least 50 times, and it's still a special show for me. In fact I'm listening to it as I type (Lie in Our Graves is rocking).
There is so much I could write about this show: how it has my favorite versions of 5 songs, how the timbre of Boyd's violin and Carter's snare head are distinct in a good way, how each guest adds something special to the show, and so on.
I've heard over 100 shows, including all of the official live releases except for a couple of Live Trax. I can't say definitively that this is my all-time favorite show, but like I said it's my favorite official release. So if you like DMB and want to hear them at their best, get this CD. And also go to dreamingtree.org or antsmarching.org and get some of the great fan-taped shows too.
Enjoy the music!
amazing!!!!!!!!1
2008-06-17 - This is a great live album. I highly recommend it!! #41 is such a great song!!!
Not their best, but still a great live album
2007-04-11 - Live in Chicago is a great, tight live performance that displays how great DMB is live. The guests are fantastic; which includes Victor Wooten, Maceo Parker, and Tim Reynolds. I don't know why Amazon.com reviewer Jerry McCulley thinks that Pantala sounds anything close to Kenny G, it goes nowhere close. LeRoi Moore's soprano tone is much warmer and nicer than Kenny G's, that was an uncalled for comment.
Though this isn't as good a performance as say "The Gorge" or "Central Park", it still is a great one to have in your library. It is a great set and is well performed. The solo work done by Moore and Tinsley is fantastic as is the tight backings by Beauford and Lessard. Dave sings and plays great as usual. Though whenever I listen back to these older concerts, I do start to miss the great addition of Butch Taylor on keys, he certainly adds a nice new dimension and texture to the sound of the band. Still a great performance though, get it!
Brillant live album, DMB at their height.
2006-11-23 - This album is so good, from beginning to start, it has that energy that is so lacking in today's DMB. This is why I would stand in line for tickets and anticipate each album release. This DMB exists no more, they have become so watered down and lifeless. If you have never listened to Dave, this is THE definitive album for them. Shortly after this album, the shows became stagnant and the albums released become more paint by numbers that the next. I remember seeing a show after this where Dave was doing solo's...unreal!
I just wish they could recapture this energy, get back with Lillywhite, and quit making elevator music.
BUY THIS NOW!
Best Live Recording Ever
2005-12-03 - Even if, they had to re-record Boyd Tinsley's Violin parts.
I love this live CD, it is only for hardcore fans though, with a lot of BTCS.
Disc 1
1. Intro
*2. Last Stop 5/5
*3. Don't Drink the Water 5/5
*4. #41 5/5
*5. #40> 5/5
*6. Lie in our Graves 5/5
7. What Would You Say 5/5
8. Pantala Intro 4/5
9. Pantala Naga Pampa> 5/5
10. Rapunzel 5/5
11. Stay(Wasting Time) 5/5
Disc 2
1. The Maker 5/5
*2. Crash Into Me 5/5
*3. Jimi Thing 5/5
*4. So Much to Say 5/5
*5. Too Much 5/5
6. Christmas Song 5/5
7. Watchtower Intro 4.5/5
8. All Along the Watchtower 5/5
>= Segue to....
*= Reccomended Track
1= terrible 2= poor 3= decent 4= good 5= great
