''Live'' is an album of live recordings made by
indie rock band
Built to Spill on the band's ''
Keep It Like a Secret'' tour in 1999. At the time the album was recorded, the band consisted of singer/guitarist
Doug Martsch
Doug Martsch (born September 16, 1969) is an American singer and musician. He is best known for his distinctive vocals and guitar playing style in the band Built to Spill.
Career
Martsch's first band was Farm Days, with Andy Capps and Brett Nels ...
, guitarists
Brett Netson
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Biography
Caustic Resin formed in Boise, Idaho in 1988, the ...
,
Jim Roth, bassist
Brett Nelson
Brett Nelson (born 1969) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter best known as the former bassist for the indie rock band Built to Spill.
In high school, Nelson played in a band called Farm Days along with Doug Martsch and ...
, and drummer
Scott Plouf. ''Live'' was released on the
Warner Bros. label on April 18, 2000.
The model featured on the cover is Jeremy Atkins, a musician and an executive with
Dark Horse Comics.
Track listing
# "The Plan" – 4:54
# "Randy Described Eternity" – 3:55
# "Stop the Show" – 4:15
# "Virginia Reel Around the Fountain" (
Halo Benders
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) – 7:00
# "
Cortez the Killer" (written by
Neil Young) – 20:30
# "Car" – 3:07
# "Singing Sores Make Perfect Swords" (
Love as Laughter
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) – 3:33
# "I Would Hurt a Fly" – 5:24
# "Broken Chairs" – 19:05
Double-LP version
As a part of Built to Spill's contract with Warner Bros. Records, all of their Warner Bros. releases were released on vinyl LP by the band's former label,
Up Records. Two studio tracks, "Forget Remember When" and "Now and Then," are included as bonus tracks on the Up double-LP version. These tracks had been previously released as part of the ''Carry the Zero'' CD single/EP.
The track listing for this version is:
Side One:
# "The Plan" – 4:54
# "Randy Described Eternity" – 3:55
# "Stop the Show" – 4:15
# "Virginia Reel Around the Fountain" – 7:00
Side Two:
# "Cortez the Killer" – 20:30
Side Three:
# "Car" – 3:07
# "Singing Sores Make Perfect Swords" – 3:33
# "I Would Hurt a Fly" – 5:24
# "Forget Remember When" – 4:23
# "Now and Then" – 5:24
Side Four:
# "Broken Chairs" – 19:05
References
Built to Spill albums
2000 live albums
Warner Records live albums
Albums produced by Phil Ek
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