Released May 16, 2000 Live at Martyrs'
(1999/2000) Perfect Day
(2000) Release date 16 May 2000 Label Messenger Records | Length 47:25 Artist Chris Whitley Producer John Alagía Genre Rock music | |
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Recorded August 12, 13 , and 14 1999 Similar Chris Whitley albums, Rock music albums | ||
Live at Martyrs' is the fifth album by singer-songwriter and guitarist, Chris Whitley and his first live album. The performance is a compilation of songs from Whitley's first four albums (Living with the Law (1991), Din of Ecstasy (1995), Terra Incognita (1997), and Dirt Floor (1998)), a previous collaboration, and two songs that would later appear on Rocket House (2001).
Contents
It was produced by John Alagía and recorded over three consecutive nights in August 1999 at Martyrs' in Chicago, Illinois. It was co-mixed and co-engineered by Alagía and Jeff Juliano (assisted by Ken Helie) at Shelter Island Sound in New York City.
Whitley released the album independently and sold the CDs at his shows a year before the Messenger Records release.
Track listing
All tracks written by Chris Whitley unless otherwise noted.
- "Dirt Floor" – 2:11
- "Long Way Around" – 4:01
- "Firefighter" – 2:27
- "God Thing" – 2:32
- "Poison Girl" – 3:13
- "New Machine" – 3:03
- "Living with the Law" – 3:43
- "WPL" – 2:52
- "The Model" (Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, and Emil Schult – Kraftwerk) - 3:01
- "Home is Where You Get Across" – 3:22
- "From One island to Another" – 2:53
- "Serve You" – 3:21
- "Narcotic Prayer" – 3:51
- "Big Sky Country" / "Gasket" – 6:55
Personnel
Songs
1Dirt Floor2:11
2Long Way Around4:02
3Firefighter2:27