Audio CD review:
Evan Dando - Live at the Brattle Theatre / Griffith Sunset EP

Evan Dando - Live at the Brattle Theatre / Griffith Sunset EP

Band: Evan Dando Title: Live at the Brattle Theatre / Griffith Sunset EP Rating: Release Date: 27 November, 2001 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Down About It 2: The Turnpike Down 3: The Outdoor Type 4: My Drug Buddy 5: The Same Thing You Thought Hard About Is The Same Thing I Can Live Without 6: Ride With Me 7: Frying Pan 8: Excuse Me Mister 9: Thirteen 10: Stove 11: Half The Time 12: Ba-De-Da 13: Fraulein 14: Sam Stone 15: Nothin 16: My Baby's Gone 17: Tribute To Hank Williams 18: Ba-De-Da 19: Ba-De-Da 20: Fraulein 21: Sam Stone 22: Nothin 23: My Baby's Gone 24: Tribute to Hank Williams

Customer Reviews If Only... All I can say is I wish the acoustic set was longer. . I saw him at Joe's Pub in Manhattan a year or two ago and he played acoustically for 2 hours, and it was awesome!! Dando's great!. The concert was good ... It was a very, very good acoustic show -- his voice was deep where it needed to be ("Ride With Me"), and raw when he had to be ("Rabbit", which unfortunately did not make the final cut). I was at the 9:30 pm Brattle concert on the night of October 18, 2000, which I believe is the source for some of the songs on this CD (he played another show earlier in the evening as well). He also played some great stuff I hadn't heard before, like "Frying Pan". nice acoustics it's very good, but i have a few reservations. nothing would give me more pleasure than to tell you that this cd is a superb, unqulaified success deserving of 5*'s. on the positive side - welcome back Evan, 1 record in the preceding 7 or 8 years is a void in the music world. the quality of the live set is excellent, i always thought evan was at his best on his own and acoustic when i saw the lemonheads previously. remember those encores of 'being around' or 'divan'?? also really glad to see a couple of 'lovey' tracks on here including 'ride with me', 'stove' and 'half the time'. the rendition of 'the outdoor type' stands head and shoulders above the rest here. cd2 is a studio record of covers, with only the tribute to hank williams a standout in my opinion. on the downside and top of the list is the length. as usual with evan there is precious little music for your money, in fact not even 60 mins all told on both discs in this case. for a full-price 2cd set that isnt much bang for the buck. only one new song on the live set (albeit the excellent 'same thing you thought hard about' from baby i'm bored) is a little disappointing. cd2 doesn't quite work, evan never seems to sound as comfortable with other people's songs and the only time he did was when a bit of a joke backfired on him (must confess i quite like the alt lyrics of mrs robinson that evan sang live!). the live cd is well worth getting hold of, the other disc is far less interesting so it is probably a 5* recommendation and a 3* recommendation at a fairly hefty price. . . that said, it did pave the way for 'baby i'm bored', which is excellent. . You can see a complete list of all Evan Dando discography, or go back to the Evan Dando tabs