Alive & Wired (Dig)

Old 97s | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 20, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: New West Records
• ASIN: B000AQ68WS
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,066 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #93 in Music > Alternative Rock > Indie & Lo-Fi > General

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Melt Show

2. New Kid

3. Barrier Reef

4. W. Tx Teardrops

5. Lonely Holiday

6. The Villain

7. King Of All Of The World

8. Salome

9. Rollerskate Skinny

10. The Other Shoe

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Jagged

2. Designs On You

3. Curtain Calls

4. Mama Tried

5. If My Heart Was A Car

6. 4 Leaf Clover

7. Stoned

8. Oppenheimer

9. Cant Get A Line

10. Cryin Drunk

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally. A live CD from one of the best live bands out there!, September 22, 2005

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Deanokat (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alive & Wired (Dig) (Audio CD)

Killer double CD with 30 songs. Though it would be nearly impossible to capture all of the energy Rhett and the boys generate during a live performance, this collection comes pretty damn close. These are great, great songs by a great, great band. My only disappointment with this collection? The omission of "Book of Poems," probably my favorite Old 97's song ever. Would've like to have seen "Victoria" on here, too, but on the band's website Ken Bethea says it was omitted "because we didn't get a great version and it's on that sampler that came out with Satellite Rides." Even with those two omissions, this is still a CD you'll be playing over and over and over again.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Let me be the first to review this gem..., September 20, 2005

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Paul K. Stumbo (Fort Worth, TX USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Alive & Wired (Dig) (Audio CD)

As I stood, sweating, at the front of the mob on a hot Saturday night in June in Gruene Hall in New Braunfels, Texas, I remember thinking, "how in the world can they create a live CD recorded in this tin shack that does any justice to what it's really like to experience them live?" But as I sit here listening it play through my laptop and $15 computer speakers, I'm hearing it. I'm hearing the energy of the Old 97's. And I'm hearing my favorite word I always use to describe their music: rollicking. It is carefree and joyous. I think what I like best, surprisingly, is hearing all the imperfections; the missed intros, flubbed words, and occasional clangy chords all make it endearing and real, not amatuerish. My 5 and 3-year old sons and I will enjoy long hours of air-banding to this one.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Awsome!, September 24, 2005

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Sarah "Sarah" (Soddy- Daisy, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alive & Wired (Dig) (Audio CD)

I was a little warry of the live CD thing at first, because I thought there was no way in hell that some sound guys could capture the excitement and spontinaity of an Old 97's live show, but they did a very good job. When I listen to the CDs it transports me back to the shows I saw in the spring and summer, and what a great time I had. The Old 97's are by far the best live band out there right now, and the songs never fail to put a smile on my face!

So thank-you Old 97's for releasing such an awesome set. My ears and memory thank you as well.