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Sublime - Stand by Your Van Audio CD

A fair review of the Sublime "Stand by Your Van" 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 Sublime reviews here, or go back to the Sublime tabs.

Sublime Band: Sublime
Title: Stand by Your Van
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Release Date: 1998-06-23
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Don't Push 2: Right Back 3: New Thrash 4: Let's Go Get Stoned 5: Greatest Hits 6: Date Rape 7: S.T.P. 8: Badfish 9: D.J.S. 10: Work That We Do 11: Poolshark 12: Ebin 13: All You Need 14: Waiting For My Ruca 15: Caress Me Down 16: KRS-One

a little raw and sloppy --fantastic!
One of my favorite live albums of all time. I love Sublime. Raw energetic drunkin jams. Highlights the essence of Sublime's style. Listened to this many times to lift my mood or just set a happy atmosphere when beginning a drinking session with some friends. Love the version of DJ's - better than studio version. Wish I could have seen them live - can tell how much fun their shows must have been from this CD. If you like this check out the Police live from Boston-show from 25 plus years ago --Yes I know. . . but believe it or not there are a lot of similarities (three piece rock band,jammy, reggae influenced ) There are two of these Police live CD's- think they are both from Boston-the older one is nice and raw and the later one is much too polished.


Lovin' the Live Music
Live music is a little more raw and has more emotion to it. Stand by Your Van was one of Sublime's greatest CDs because it was a variance from the studio created stuff that sounds so clean and perfect. He had a pretty good set that night, although I would've liked to hear some of the newer songs live, like Caress Me Down or Jailhouse. It's a good thing I own Everything Under the Sun as well. I like how he changes some of the lyrics on some of the songs and just jams on some other songs. The standouts for me on this CD were DJs, Badfish, Right Back, Don't Push, and Let's Go Get Stoned. Work That We Do was good as well. So was STP. All the songs were good, except Waiting for my Ruca. I've never liked that song. But other than that, any true Sublime fan should have or at least have listened to this album. It's tight. Highly recommended.

Edit: The reason they didn't have their newer songs is because most of the CD was recorded in 1994. The first 10 songs on this CD are brilliant. It kind of slows down after that, but then picks up with Ebin and Caress me Down, and KRS-One. I did the digital download and got screwed on Caress me Down and also it was clean. I had to buy the actual CD to get one song and two songs uncensored. This doesn't take away from the music, but I'm disappointed in Amazon for not saying the digital download version was the clean version. It also didn't say it was the Explicit version, so I suppose it's partly my fault too. Mucho gusto, me gusta Bradley.


The heart and soul of Sublime
It's a fun album; it's rare live sublime, a best of. After listening to this album, every time i hear the studio version, i can't help but sing the live lyrics. . , and a must have .


In my top 3


I heard this album at the age of 14 (I'm 23 now), and I can honestly say it was the album that made me pick up a guitar and eventually become a professional musician. This album changed my life.

Though my musical tastes have evolved, the beauty and soul of Bradley Nowell's voice, bumping bass lines of Eric Wilson, and rocksteady beats of Bud Gaugh get me every time. Live is the way to listen to Sublime. For superfans, I would suggest finding copies of "Contact Buzz" and "It All Seems So Silly in the Long Run" to experience the entire shows that this album cuts from.

I really hope Bradley Nowell died at his peak, because to think otherwise is sad for all of us.


I Was There...definitely worth a download
The 1st three tracks were delivered as a "triple threat" medley and create an awesome introduction to an underground band laying down serious jams for a happy few dozen sweaty and drunken friends & fans, with all getting their $5 worth. This album was mostly recorded live to 16 track tape at Komotion, a warehouse/performance space in San Francisco's Mission District in September 1994. The band would later go on to sell millions of records, but these tracks are true to the loose spirit and incredible live give and take they had with audiences on certain magic nights. .


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