Roseland NYC Live
| Roseland NYC Live | |
|---|---|
| Live album from Portishead | |
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Publication |
1998 |
| Label (s) | Go! Discs |
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Format (s) |
CD, video, DVD |
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Title (number) |
11 |
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running time |
57:18 |
| occupation |
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Roseland NYC Live is a live album from Portishead . It was released in 1998 by Go! Discs and belongs to the genre trip-hop . It is the band's only live album so far.
History of origin
After their second album Portishead from 1997 , named after the band , the band went on tour and decided to record a live album. The majority of the songs were recorded on July 24, 1997 in the Roseland Ballroom in New York , the video consists exclusively of recordings from there. Two songs from other appearances were added to the CD ( Sour Times : April 1, 1998, Warfield Theater, San Francisco ; Roads : July 3, 1998, Quart Festival in Kristiansand , Norway). The band was accompanied by a 35-piece symphony orchestra.
Track list
The album consists of eleven tracks, five of which were originally on the style-defining debut album Dummy and six on the successor Portishead .
- Humming - 6:37
- Cowboys - 5:02
- All Mine - 4:02
- Mysterons - 5:44
- Only You - 5:20
- Half Day Closing - 4:12
- Over - 4:13
- Glory Box - 5:37
- Sour Times - 5:21
- Roads - 5:50
- Strangers - 5:20
There is also an enhanced CD edition , which also contains a short film by Andy Smith.
Publications
The album was first released on November 10, 1998 as a CD and shortly thereafter as a VHS video. A DVD version followed in 2002, on which almost all of the Portishead music videos can also be found.
In the USA the album reached number 155 on the Billboard 200 , in Germany number 58 and in Great Britain number 40.
reception
Allmusic writes that the album is much more overwhelming and indispensable than the average live album ( PNYC is much more compelling and essential than the average live album ). Rolling Stone gave 3½ out of 5 stars, and its readers voted it into the list of the 30 best albums of 1998.