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Lunachicks Never Played My High School!!!

ReignWaterBurns | Madison, WI | 06/10/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

""Oh by the way, ohh yeah! We're recording this show for a live album you guys! Is the tape changed yet?"Those are Theo's words halfway through the album as she absentmindedly remembers that this will become the band's only live cd. This album was recorded during the Pretty Ugly tour, and 10 of the 19 songs are from that cd. ("Spork" is actually track 7, and the following songs are bumped one number up respectively). Also included is a live cover version of Iggy Pop's "Passenger," which can also be found on the Iggy tribute "We Will Fall." I really like this album a lot, mostly because a lot of the songs are off of Jerk Of All Trades, which happens to be my favorite cd by them. The recording was done extremely well for being in a high school, and only once did I think the sound was kind of "far away." Lunachicks played most songs faster than the original versions, but I've noticed that a lot of bands do that when they play live. This doesn't take away from the album at all however, if anything it adds new dimensions to songs that are familiar to die hard fans like myself. All in all I highly recommend this album to any Lunachicks fan."