Live From 6A : Late Night With Conan O'Brien [Live]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 7, 1997)
• Original Release Date: October 7, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000001EXT
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #197,739 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Shameless

2. Dead Man Walking

3. Do Ya

4. When You Gonna Learn

5. Human Behaviour

6. All This Useless Beauty

7. The Distance

8. Let Her Go into the Darkness

9. A Girl Like You

10. Down

11. Soundtrack to Mary

12. Lover's Lane

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Let's Go Into The Late Night Darkness, February 18, 2001

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John Orfield (Cincinnati) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live From 6A : Late Night With Conan O'Brien (Audio CD)

Conan pretty much took up where Letterman left off at NBC: cutting edge comedy and under-the-radar musical acts that don't get a lot of TV time elsewhere. So, for nearly 20 years now, Late Night has "introduced" a lot of acts to a national TV audience. The artists on this compilation aren't nearly as obscure as some of the acts you'll see on a nightly basis on Conan, but it's a pretty interesting mix. From well-respected stars (Bowie and Costello) to indie acts with loyal followings (Sweet, DiFranco, Richman, Soul Coughing, SNZ) to artists who've had a modern rock hit or two in the 90s (Bjork, Cake, Jamiroquai, Edwyn Collins, 311). The highlights for me include Bowie's acoustic version of his "Dead Man Walking," Matthew Sweet's torrid soundcheck cover of The Move's "Do Ya," Costello's exquisite "All This Useless Beauty," Cake's driving "The Distance," and Jonathan Richman's slinky smooth "Let Her Go Into The Darkness." I'm not a fan of Jamiroquai or 311 (maybe you do) but they don't take away from the CD at all. Besides, it's hard to like EVERY band on compilations like this. It's still a great collection.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I doubt anyone will ever read this, July 10, 2006

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A. M. Lewis "Blueberry Ale" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live From 6A : Late Night With Conan O'Brien (Audio CD)

So I'll make it brief. This is a hidden gem of the late 90's, and it contains the Holy Grail: Dead Man Walking. David Bowies acoustic version of a techno experiment is quite possibly the most chillingly beautiful song ever written by the Glam God of Rock and Roll. In addition "Do Ya" is awesome as is Edwyn Collin's "Girl Like You". Mostly every track is enjoyable.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Artists, Great Variety, January 14, 2000

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Nora K. McVittie (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live From 6A : Late Night With Conan O'Brien (Audio CD)

I had a hard time finding this CD, but now that I finally have it I've gotta tell you that it is GREAT. There are several superb artists giving fresh performances (David Bowie, Bjork, Elvis Costello, Cake) along with some really humorous lyrics in "Let Her Go into the Darkness" by Jonathan Richman. Bottom line: Even if you're not a big fan of "Late Night," I think you'll really enjoy "Live From 6A."