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- Artist: Dave Matthews Band
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- Release Date: November 05, 2002
- Type: Live
- Genre: Rock
Review
Even after Dave Matthews scuttled recording sessions with producer Steve Lillywhite in 2000 and turned to Glen Ballard to co-write and produce what became Everyday, he and his band performed songs from the abortive sessions in concert, and they eventually reworked the material into the 2002 album Busted Stuff. This, the fourth Dave Matthews Band live double CD, catches the group on July 11, 2001, filling its two-and-a-half-hour set with songs from the Lillywhite sessions and Everyday, even though the former were unknown to the band's audience at the time (at least, those members of the audience who hadn't downloaded the then-unreleased material). In fact, "JTR," the second song here, didn't make it onto Busted Stuff and is thus earning its first legitimate release on this album. Busted Stuff songs "Big Eyed Fish," "Bartender," and "Digging a Ditch" work well in their concert treatments and come off as excellent additions to the band's live repertoire. The eight Everyday songs are another matter. As they do on the album, they sound distinctly different from the band's other material, thrusting Matthews forward and revealing tighter song structures (which, in the DMB world, is not always a good thing). But the good news is that, as opposed to the abbreviated studio album arrangements, the performances here are more stretched out, giving the band more to do. Of course, the concert also features older Matthews material, and that brings listeners into the Grateful Dead world of multiple performances on record. This is the fifth time that "Crash into Me" and "All Along the Watchtower" have turned up on a Matthews disc, and for some listeners, that's at least a couple too many. But don't try to tell the band's fans that. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Don't Drink the Water | Dave Matthews | Dave Matthews | (9:10) |
| JTR | Dave Matthews | (6:52) | |
| When the World Ends (Lyrics) | Dave Matthews, Glen Ballard | Dave Matthews Band | (3:46) |
| So Right (Lyrics) | Dave Matthews, Glen Ballard | Dave Matthews Band | (6:15) |
| Big Eyed Fish | Dave Matthews | Dave Matthews | (7:08) |
| Bartender | Dave Matthews | Dave Matthews | (9:54) |
| What You Are (Lyrics) | Dave Matthews, Glen Ballard | Dave Matthews Band | (6:56) |
| Crash into Me | Dave Matthews | Dave Matthews | (5:57) |
| Everyday | Dave Matthews, Glen Ballard | Dave Matthews Band | (8:42) |
| I Did It (Lyrics) | Dave Matthews, Glen Ballard | Dave Matthews Band | (3:44) |
| If I Had It All (Lyrics) | Dave Matthews, Glen Ballard | Dave Matthews Band | (4:31) |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Angel (Lyrics) | Dave Matthews, Glen Ballard | Dave Matthews Band | (14:29) |
| Warehouse | Dave Matthews | Dave Matthews | (9:25) |
| Recently | Dave Matthews | Dave Matthews | (4:12) |
| Digging a Ditch | Dave Matthews | Dave Matthews | (5:33) |
| What Would You Say | Dave Matthews | Dave Matthews | (4:53) |
| All Along the Watchtower (Lyrics) | Bob Dylan | Dave Matthews Band | (9:24) |
| The Space Between | Dave Matthews, Glen Ballard | Dave Matthews Band | (5:00) |
| Stay (Wasting Time) | Dave Matthews, |
Dave Matthews | (7:47) |
| Two Step | Dave Matthews | Dave Matthews | (9:18) |
| Ants Marching | Dave Matthews | Dave Matthews | (7:55) |
