In the Dark: Live at Vicar Street (CD&DVD - 2 discs) [Deluxe Edition]

Josh Ritter | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 5, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Deluxe Edition
• Label: Independent Records Ireland
• ASIN: B0011WMIRE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,641 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Idaho [Live]

2. Good Man [Live]

3. Me & Jiggs [Live]

4. Harrisburg [Live]

5. Wings [Live]

6. One More Mouth [Live]

7. Lillian, Egypt [Live]

8. Kathleen Intro [Live]

9. Kathleen [Live]

10. Best for the Best [Live]

11. Girl in the War [Live]

12. Thin Blue Flame [Live]

13. Snow Is Gone [Live]

14. Leaving [Live]

Editorial Reviews

In The Dark:Live at Vicar Street is his two sold-out nights in Dublin in spring 2006. Josh Ritter is a songwriter from Moscow, Idaho. This is Josh's first full-length live album. The album features 14 songs from the shows, from the crowd sing-alongs 'Kathleen' and 'Me and Jiggs' to the snowflake-intimacy of 'One More Mouth' and (the rather epic) 'Thin Blue Flame'. Independent Records. 2008.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Its Josh. Incredible., July 18, 2007

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K. Hamm "fella" (AZ, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In the Dark (Audio CD)

Great live set. If you're a fan you'll get what you expect with one of Josh's performances. If you're not a fan, well, time to listen.

I'm writing this more importantly to let you know this is PAL format, and will not play in a lot of the N America region DVD players. Just a heads up...

5.0 out of 5 stars One Of The Best, October 3, 2010

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This review is from: In the Dark: Live at Vicar Street (CD&DVD - 2 discs) (Audio CD)

Mr. Ritter never disappoints. Watching him perform only adds to the pleasure he delivers, song after song. Buy it!

5.0 out of 5 stars Something here that's missing from the studio recordings, June 30, 2010

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He Who Will Now Speak (Baltimore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at the 9:30 Club (Audio CD)

I'm a big fan of Josh Ritter's songs and although his studio records are great, there's a bit of flatness to the sound, to my ear anyway. When I saw him play the first time and realized what a wonderful band he was playing with and how nicely they play off each other I was frankly a bit surprised. Big swinging rhythms, interesting dynamic shifts, lots of energy, lots of partly-tongue-in-cheek rocknroll fun had by all. The bass player's marvel of a handlebar mustache really doesn't translate on the studio records. Here it is. These are really good versions of familiar songs, but more than that you get a sense of what Ritter sounds like having fun in front of his band.

You can hear the smile Ritter sang through during this whole evening. It was a magical show. He was just starting to get his first big public attention and had, I think, just returned from the UK and this was apparently the biggest US show he'd ever played. He walked out on stage and just stood there squinting out into the lights grinning in near disbelief for a long time, bouncing around on his heels. He played with huge energy and gratitude and he got plenty back from the audience. I think you can hear that here.