Audio CD review:
Christine Lavin - One Wild Night in Concert

Christine Lavin - One Wild Night in Concert

Band: Christine Lavin Title: One Wild Night in Concert Rating: Release Date: 25 July, 2000 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: And Now A Few Words From Our Sponsor, Darcy Greder 2: Oh No 3: They Look Alike, They Walk Alike... 4: National Apology Day 5: Flip Side Of Fame 6: Creating Just The Right Mood For The Next Song 7: The Kind Of Love You Never Recover From 8: Amanda McBroom At The Rainbow & Stars Room 9: Errol Flynn 10: The Secret Fear Of Songwriters 11: Please Don't Make Me Too Happy 12: The Audience Votes 13: The Voice On The Relaxation Tape 14: Visiting Dallas 15: The Sixth Floor 16: The Day After On A Plane To California 17: Great Big Bug 18: An Insomniac At Night With A Clicker In Her Hand 19: The Wild Blue 20: Dream/Summer Song/Gotta Twirl

Editoral Review She's been selling out the coffeehouse circuit for years, and, like Steve Goodman and Phil Ochs, her ultratopical material seems wittier and more charming onstage. Many find Christine Lavin more engaging live than on disc. Even her sweet silliness feels less cloying as her bubbly soprano becomes more engaging. At concerts like this one, Lavin's jokes fly furiously, and just when you're sure she couldn't take the black plague seriously, she'll hit you with the wise and tender "The Kind of Love You Never Recover From" or the shocking "The Wild Blue," the story of the first kamikaze pilot. When she's on, Lavin is almost disturbingly entertaining, and this night in Bloomington, Illinois, she's on. There's not much musical variation here, but even for Lavin die-hards, there's plenty of previously unreleased material and borderline-hysterical audience interplay and ad-libs. To be sure, the marching-band finale was certainly more effective visually than it is aurally, but the closing "Sensitive New Age Guys" (not listed on the CD) compensates nicely. --Roy Kasten .. You can see a complete list of all Christine Lavin discography, or go back to the Christine Lavin tabs