Two Rainy Nights: Live in Seattle & Portland [Live]

Joe Jackson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 20, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Koch Records
• ASIN: B00011V82M
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #182,326 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great CD, but NOT a 25th Anniversary Live CD!, January 30, 2004

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Glen Arndt (Allentown, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Two Rainy Nights: Live in Seattle & Portland (Audio CD)

First off, this is a great CD, and if you don't have it...it's worth getting. What's irritating is that it's being sold as a "25th Anniversary Live" CD which would imply a live CD recorded during the tour last Fall. It's not. It's a repackage of the same CD Joe made available through his website a few years ago. Same CD, different label and new cover art.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not his best outing, but OK for the Joe Jackson completist, April 22, 2004

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fair_deal_guy "BB" (Prior Lake, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Two Rainy Nights: Live in Seattle & Portland (Audio CD)

Anybody who saw Joe Jackson live on his 25th Anniversary/Volume 4 tour realizes how vital and significant his live performances are. This album, previously available on his web site, is merely OK. It is a marginal recording, and the music lacks the incredible punch and power of the original Joe Jackson Band (which he toured with last year). Since there are better live JJ recordings out there, give this one a pass and buy a genuinely GREAT CD: JJ Live 1980/86. Now THAT is a live album!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Previously available only through Joe's website..., December 3, 2004

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Stephen Cabral (New England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Two Rainy Nights: Live in Seattle & Portland (Audio CD)

This is a live CD that was previously available only through Joe's website. It's a seven piece band with two percussionists and two strings (violin & cello) so there is a heavy emphasis on those instruments and less of the rockin' Joe Jackson you might expect. The songs have been rearranged to fit the sound of these instruments as well. It's not a greatest hits but it does have a few along with a nice selection of album cuts. Of the 14 tracks my personal favorites are "Another World" (with some great bass playing by the immortal Graham Maby), "Is She Really Going Out With Him", "Real Men" and a decent version of "Slow Song" but the best of all is his very nice update of "Hometown" from the Big World album. Overall a pretty good album but it's strictly for hardcore Jackson fans.