Live at Largo [Live]

Glen Phillips | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 18, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: A2. Management
• ASIN: B0000TGAIC
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #232,795 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Intro

2. Sleep of the Blessed

3. Crowing

4. Thankful

5. Train Wreck

6. Fred Meyers

7. Comes a Time

8. Dam Would Break

9. Drive By

10. Something to Say

11. Easier

12. Darkest Hour

13. Back on My Feet

14. Whatever I Fear

15. Don't Need Anything

16. Political Science

17. Greer Zoller

18. Small Dark Movies

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Just A Man And His Guitar, July 11, 2004

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A-Train (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at Largo (Audio CD)

The day the music died for me is the day Toad the Wet Sprocket called it quits. I went home that night, locked myself in my room, and listened to all their albums back-to-back, mourning an era of music come to an end. But then former lead-singer Glen Phillips launched a solo career and started touring small venues across the states. I had never seen Toad in concert and regretted the chance, so I made it a must to catch Glen live when he came to the Soiled Dove in Denver, CO. Incidentally, a pre-fame John Mayer opened for Glen at that show. The concert was intimate, sad, full of laughs and some pining for great music's past! Live at Largo captures those same feelings perfectly. Just Glen and his guitar. His playing is spot-on and his chops sound as if he hadn't missed a day of performing since his time with Toad. To me, Glen's solo material is inching out on the plank a little more from where Toad's music came to an end. The lighter songs got a little sillier (Drive By) and the darker stuff got more morose (darkest hour). The 17-song (plus intro) set includes mostly new solo stuff and new-new material, but littered throughout are a couple of TTWS tunes including 2 of my favorites, "Crowing" and "Something to Say". If this disk lacks anything it's the humor I saw on display at his live show. Glen is a Very funny man. Unfortunately his humor doesn't come across here as his comments in between songs are few. This is a must own for Toad fans and those who like great music at its rawest--just a guitar and a great voice.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, a Glen Solo on CD....., March 8, 2004

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Vanissa W. Chan "vandelist" (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live at Largo (Audio CD)

I've been a Glen Phillips fan since I was 10 (back in '91 when Toad was hitting their prime with the album Fear)...his lyrics have touched me that no other songwriter could ever come close to.

Recently I lost a book of CDs that contained one of my beloved bootleg Glen shows. This cd has become more than a replacement for that old Glen show, pretty much because it carries a wide selection, and since it was done particularly to sell on the market, has excellent sound. I love this show recording more than his debut album, Abulum, because it really captures the essence of what it's like to sit in front of Glen and just have him serenade you, singing his heart out like the angel he is.

For old Toad fans, of course, this is a must-have. For those of you who are fans of quiet acoustic songwriters such as John Mayer, Damien Rice, Jeff Buckley, .....buy this album and discover a weathered veteran who carries more soul and genuity than anyone else trying to jump on the single-acoustic-singer bandwagon.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good songwriting, November 29, 2003

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Larry (Highlands Ranch, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at Largo (Audio CD)

I have seen Glen perform in Denver, CO, several times now and he never fails move everyone in attendance with his powerful songs and lyrics. I think Glen's strength is his ability to tap into emotions that everyone can relate to in his songs. This CD is very simple...just Glen playing acoustic guitar and singing live in concert. But the strength of the songwriting really comes through. "Crowing," "Something to Say," and "Comes a Time" are some of my favorites. His vocals display a lot of emotion and this CD draws you in.