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).
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| Released | May 16, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | August 12, 13 and 14, 1999 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 47:25 | |||
| Label | Messenger Records | |||
| Producer | John Alagía | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide |  [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[2] |
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
editAll 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, 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
editReferences
edit- ^ Swihart, Stanton. "Live at Martyrs'". AllMusic. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
- ^ Scherman, Tony (June 1, 2000). "Live at Martyrs'". EW.com. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Chris Whitley". Robert Christgau.