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Phish - Live at Madison Square Garden New Year's Eve 1995 Audio CD

A fair review of the Phish "Live at Madison Square Garden New Year's Eve 1995" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Phish reviews here, or go back to the Phish tabs.

Phish Band: Phish
Title: Live at Madison Square Garden New Year's Eve 1995
Rating:
Release Date: 2005-12-20
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Punch You in the Eye 2: Sloth 3: Reba 4: Squirming Coil 5: Maze 6: Colonel Forbin's Ascent 7: Fly Famous Mockingbird 8: Shine 9: Fly Famous Mockingbird 10: Sparkle 11: Chalk Dust Torture 12: Audience Chess Move 13: Drowned 14: Lizards 15: Axilla, Pt. II 16: Runaway Jim 17: Strange Design 18: Hello My Baby 19: Mike's Song 20: Gamehendge Time Phactory 21: Auld Lang Syne 22: Weekapaug Groove 23: Sea and Sand 24: You Enjoy Myself 25: Sanity 26: Frankenstein 27: Johnny B. Goode [Encore]

Wow, just wow
Seriously, this is some of the most sleep-inducing music in the history of music. Great, if you're an insomniac. It's the antithesis of rock music. Wake up! Listen to a band that's got some adrenaline -- the Ramones, Sleater-Kinney, the Beatles, the Stones, etc. This is mindless drivel, and that's being too harsh on mindless drivel.


Phenomenal perphormance
Forget about all the amazing things they do to make this holy even to the obsessed, I am preaching outside of the choir on this one. 4 1/2

One of the greatest live recordings I've yet had the privilege of hearing, this is widely regarded as one of the greatest jam band's greatest shows- ergo, one of the most vital electric, high-resolution recordings of the last thirty years. .


best of the best
I agree with most opinions that the live phish series generally lacked in sound quality, but not this release at all. I own all the live phish cds and all the live download archives, and this stands at the top of them all. They did their best live remastering job by far on this album, which makes sense with the quality of this show. It took me two weeks before I could even stop listening to and move on from the first set. The Reba and Squirming Coil Jams are worth the price of admission alone on this set, then throw in a 16 minute jaw dropping runaway jim on disc 2. . . and forget about it. This show defines live phish for me, all phans know they love it, and if you are new to Phish, this is the one you want to check out. .


Worth The Hype...Trey's Voice A Little Shot...
Late 1995 is when all of the steam they had been building for the previous few years finally came to a head. If you saw these guys a lot between 1993 and 1995 like I did, this is an essential addition to your collection. 12/31/95 (along with 10/21/95 from the Live Phish series) has all of the quirkiness and intensity that won over so many fans on full display. One star deducted for Trey's voice, which is a little rough throughout the show.

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Groovy
So, honestly, I had to hear it before I could make an honest assessment. I had to buy this album because frankly, the reviews are not always as helpful as I would like them to be.

Some say if you are a fan, you will love this; you understand the significance of the show and so on. However, THIS IS NOT THE BEST INTRODUCTION TO PHISH.

Therefore, if you are just getting into Phish, I would buy A Live One instead, I think it is a better, more digestible release.

If you are a long time fan on the other hand, you will enjoy this immensely.


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