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The Black Crowes decided to take a genuine risk, recording a double-album's worth of new material in front of a live audience at Levon Helm's barn in upstate New York...and then release the second half, Until the Freeze, as a free download-only. To a certain extent, such formal experiments are where the Crowes can really stretch, as they're so devoted to rock & roll roots from Southern England to South Georgia, they can't add new wrinkles to old traditions. But that's not exactly right: they're willing to stretch until at least the late '70s, offering their spin on a Rolling Stones' disco on the album's first single, "I Ain't Hiding." As true as that may be, it's too snide and easy, and does a disservice to what the Crowes pull off with aplomb on this rather remarkable record, a record that has all the easy interplay of a road-tested band but none of the weariness. More than anything, it's the kineticism that captivates, how the band deepens their already-strong songs with muscle and blood, sounding alive in a way that they never quite have in the studio. No longer young upstarts, they wear their years proudly on this terrific album, sounding like the veteran roadhounds they've always aspired to be.
Condition: Brand New Factory Sealed
TRACK LISTING
1 Good Morning Captain Live 3:24
2 Been a Long Time (Waiting on Love) Live 7:47
3 Appaloosa Live 3:35
4 A Train Still Makes a Lonely Sound Live 4:23
5 I Aint Hiding Live 5:57
6 Kept My Soul Live 5:23
7 What Is Home? Live 5:13
8 Houston Don't Dream About Me Live 5:05
9 Make Glad Live 4:18
10 And the Band Played on... Live 4:12
11 The Last Place That Love Lives Live 4:57
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