Dils Dils Dils [Live]

Dils | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 20, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Bacchus Archives
• ASIN: B00005QDBH
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #324,221 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

The Dils' studio productions, as primitive as they were, were so much better sounding than the wealth of live material that's been issued of the band that it doesn't make sense to pick up an anthology that includes most, but not all, of those studio tracks. That's what you get on Dils Dils Dils, which has six of their eight studio songs, but is missing the important debut single "I Hate the Rich"/"You're Not Blank." It's filled out by ten live cuts that are energetic but frankly tough to listen to, by virtue (if that's the right word) of their lousy fidelity and muffled lyrics. It's getting tough to keep track of what Dils cuts have appeared where with the growing number of compilations, but certainly six of the cuts do also appear on Dils, though the four songs recorded in Portland in August 1978 (including a cover of the Velvet Underground's "What Goes On") don't appear on either Dils or the 1987 live anthology Live!. Now, you could buy both this and another Bacchus Archives Dils release, Class War, which does have "I Hate the Rich" and "You're Not Blank" and a whole bunch of other live stuff (and by no means all of the live stuff that's come out on the Dils). Another way to go would be to get the British CD Dils, which has all eight of the studio tracks plus 21 live songs. Whatever way you go, though, you shouldn't take this as a suitable one-stop Dils comp, as you shouldn't fail to get all eight of the studio tracks if you're going to pursue the Dils at all. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Essential REAL punk rock!, October 27, 2003

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Patrick W. Schubert (Santa Ana, California United States) - See all my reviews
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While the Dils' handful of studio recordings are great, I've always felt that their best songs unfortunately never made it on to wax. These bootleg-quality live tracks of "New Kicks", "Before The Law", "National Guard" etc. only remind me of what a crime it was that they never got around to recording a long player, or at least more singles. The Clash influence is pretty obvious, but you also hear the Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison, and 60's pop (among other things) in the Dils' sound. As musicians and songwriters, they were head-and-shoulders above most of their peers.

5.0 out of 5 stars great stuff, March 15, 2003

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This review is from: Dils Dils Dils (Audio CD)

What a great group! Saw them perform in Monterey in 78 (me and about 40 others). Did they ever look cool in just denim jackets and jeans. Also played a Hendrix cover as an encore...can't remember what though. Anyway, this is a good collection of songs from a band that should have been bigger, and probably would have been had they stuck to it a few more years (and lost the hammer-and-sickle tee shirts).

4.0 out of 5 stars Kinmania began here..., October 15, 2002

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Pamela A. Middings "Pam Middings" (San Ramon, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dils Dils Dils (Audio CD)

Yeah, this is a great CD, it gives you that kinetic live feeling they had (even tho I was too young to see 'em in the flesh at the time), altho from Chip I'd gotten on tape even RADDER live versions of Citizen, National Guard, Wreck, and New Kicks (the makers of this CD should've asked him for 'em!! that's why only 4 stars).....it's great that these songs are included on this CD tho. And Blow Up, (included on the Rat Music for Rat People lp back in the day), is very fine. They do a cool cover of the Velvet's What Goes On, and the great acoustic version of Sound of the Rain is a foreshadowing of their version on the 2nd Rank and File album (yum!)...good deal.