Audio CD review:
Dave Matthews Band - Listener Supported

Dave Matthews Band - Listener Supported

Band: Dave Matthews Band Title: Listener Supported Rating: Release Date: 23 November, 1999 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Intro 2: Pantala Naga Pampa 3: Rapunzel 4: Rhyme & Reason 5: The Stone 6: #41 7: Crash Into Me 8: Jimi Thing 9: #36 10: Warehouse 11: Too Much 12: True Reflections 13: Two Step 14: Granny 15: Stay (Wasting Time) 16: #40 17: Long Black Veil 18: Don't Drink The Water 19: Intro To... 20: All Along The Watchtower

Editoral Review That's a lot of live albums, but Matthews fans probably wouldn't have it any other way. If you're of the opinion that the Grateful Dead comparisons that dog the Dave Matthews Band ring false, consider that with the release of Listener Supported, Matthews has put out more live albums (four, if you count Live at Luther College, a duet album with Tim Reynolds) than studio efforts (three, if you don't count the Recently EP). Now it's more possible than ever to haggle over which version of, say, "Warehouse"--which appears on Live at Red Rocks, Luther College, and the new album, as well as on Recently and Under the Table and Dreaming--is definitive. But "Warehouse" aside, the Matthews Band isn't making the same album over and over. Listener Supported contains a nice mix of tunes, albeit with a fair emphasis on their most recent studio effort, Before These Crowded Streets. Among the highlights is a funky, freewheeling take on "Rapunzel," and gorgeous readings of "#41," and the traditional country tune "Long Black Veil. " With over two and a half hours of music, the album is enough to sate most DMB fans, at least until the next live album turns up. --Daniel Durchholz .. You can see a complete list of all Dave Matthews Band discography, or go back to the Dave Matthews Band tabs