Live (Ben Folds Five album)

Live
Live album by Ben Folds Five
Released June 4, 2013 (2013-06-04)
Recorded Various Locations, 2012-2013
Genre Alternative rock
Length 73:33
Label Sony Music Entertainment / ImaVeePee
Producer Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds Five chronology
The Sound of the Life of the Mind
(2012)
Live
(2013)

Live is the first official compilation of live material by the band Ben Folds Five. It was released on June 4, 2013 via Ben Folds' own ImaVeePee Records and distributed by Sony Music Entertainment.

The album is a compilation of live recordings taken during the band's world tour in support of their reunion record, The Sound of the Life of the Mind.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Paste Magazine[2]
American Songwriter[3]
Diffuser.fm[4]

The album received positive reviews from AllMusic, Paste Magazine, and American Songwriter. Allmusic gave Ben Folds Five: Live 3 out of 5 stars, saying "...while the trio may not enjoy the same levels of athleticism that they did in their twenties, they've certainly lost nothing in the chops department."[1]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Jackson Cannery (The Warfield, San Francisco CA, 1/31/13)"   3:48
2. "Erase Me (The Warfield, San Francisco CA, 1/31/13)"   5:18
3. "Selfless, Cold and Composed (House of Blues, Boston MA, 10/13/12)"   6:06
4. "Uncle Walter (Kool Haus, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 10/5/12"   4:02
5. "Landed (The Warfield, San Francisco CA, 1/31/13)"   4:27
6. "Sky High (Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide AU, 11/16/12)"   4:56
7. "One Chord Blues/Billie's Bounce (The Wiltern, Los Angeles CA 1/26/13)"   3:48
8. "Do It Anyway/Overture-Heaven on Their Minds (O2 Academy, Brixton UK, 12/4/12)"   5:12
9. "Brick (The Warfield, San Francisco CA, 1/31/13)"   4:41
10. "Draw A Crowd (Capitol, Port Chester NY, 10/9/12)"   4:54
11. "Narcolepsy (Hitomi Kinen Hall, Tokyo JP, 2/16/13)"   9:33
12. "Underground (Mielparque Hall, Osaka JP, 2/22/13)"   4:36
13. "Tom and Mary (O2 Academy, Brixton UK, 12/4/12)"   3:02
14. "One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces (The Warfield, San Francisco CA, 1/31/13)"   4:16
15. "Song for the Dumped (Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide AU, 11/16/12)"   5:03

Personnel

Production

References

  1. 1 2 "Ben Folds Five Live (review)". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  2. Garrity, Michael. "Ben Folds Five: Ben Folds Five Live". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  3. Britt, Grant (18 June 2013). "Ben Folds Five: Ben Folds Five Live". American Songwriter. p. 62. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  4. Myers, Stephanie (4 June 2013). "Ben Folds Five, 'Ben Folds Five Live'". Diffuser.fm. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
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