Listener Supported

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{{Infobox album

| name = Listener Supported

| type = live

| artist = Dave Matthews Band

| cover = Dave_Matthews_Listener_Supported.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1999|11|23}}

| recorded = September 11, 1999

| venue = Continental Airlines Arena (East Rutherford, New Jersey)

| studio =

| genre = Rock

| length = {{Duration|m=128|s=37}}

| label = BMG

| producer = John Alagia

| prev_title = Before These Crowded Streets

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = Everyday

| next_year = 2001

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}} {{cite web|last=Thomas |first=Stephen |url={{AllMusic|class=album |id=r445034 |pure_url=yes}} |title=Allmusic review |publisher=Allmusic.com |date=November 23, 1999 |access-date=August 18, 2012}}

| rev2 = The Music Box

| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} {{cite web|author=Steven Shepard |url=http://www.musicbox-online.com/damb-ls.html |title=Dave Matthews Band - Listener Supported (Album Review) |publisher=Musicbox-online.com |access-date=February 28, 2012}}

| rev3 = Rolling Stone

| rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} {{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/davematthewsband/albums/album/224664/review/5946936/listener_supported |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518092036/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/davematthewsband/albums/album/224664/review/5946936/listener_supported |archive-date=May 18, 2009 |title=Dave Matthews Band: Listener Supported : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone |publisher=RollingStone.com |date=February 3, 2000 |url-status=dead |access-date=August 18, 2012}}

}}

Listener Supported is an album by the Dave Matthews Band, released on November 23, 1999. It was recorded live at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey on September 11, 1999.

In addition to being the third live release by Dave Matthews Band, Listener Supported was filmed by PBS for an In the Spotlight special, and the entire concert was released on VHS the same day and DVD on February 8, 2000. The title of this release is taken from PBS's "supported by viewers like you" underwriting spot. It is currently the only Dave Matthews Band live album to not contain the date or location in the title. This is because part of the broadcast agreement allowed PBS to release their own audio CD version of the television special.

Listener Supported was also the first live release to feature keyboardist Butch Taylor and "The Lovely Ladies" on vocals. In addition to songs from each of their RCA studio albums, Listener Supported features the previously unreleased songs "#40", "True Reflections" (sung by Boyd Tinsley), and the heartbeat intro to "Pantala Naga Pampa", as well as the full band versions of "#36", "Granny" and "Long Black Veil".

Track listing

;Disc one

  1. "Intro" (David J. Matthews) – 6:25
  2. "Pantala Naga Pampa" (Matthews) – 0:41
  3. "Rapunzel" (Carter Beauford, Stefan Lessard, Matthews) – 7:09
  4. "Rhyme & Reason" (Matthews) – 5:58
  5. "The Stone" (Matthews) – 7:28
  6. "#41" (Beauford, Lessard, Matthews, LeRoi Moore, Boyd Tinsley) – 9:47
  7. "Crash into Me" (Matthews) – 6:02
  8. *contains an interpolation from the composition "Dixie Chicken" (Lowell George, Martin Kibbee)
  9. "Jimi Thing" (Matthews) – 13:12
  10. "#36" (Matthews) – 7:34
  11. *with The Lovely Ladies
  12. "Warehouse" (Matthews) – 8:32

;Disc two

  1. "Too Much" (Matthews, Beauford, Moore, Lessard, Tinsley) – 4:52
  2. "True Reflections" (Tinsley) – 7:25
  3. *with The Lovely Ladies
  4. "Two Step" (Matthews) – 14:38
  5. "Granny" (Matthews) – 4:24
  6. "Stay (Wasting Time)" (Matthews, Lessard, Moore) – 7:07
  7. *with The Lovely Ladies
  8. "#40" (Matthews) – 1:49
  9. *solo by Dave Matthews
  10. "Long Black Veil" (Danny Dill, Marijohn Wilkin) – 8:44
  11. *with The Lovely Ladies
  12. "Don't Drink the Water" (Matthews) – 7:09
  13. "Intro to..." (Matthews) – 1:36
  14. "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan) – 7:51

Personnel

Dave Matthews Band

Additional musicians

Charts

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scope="col"| Chart (1999)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Billboard200|15|artist=Dave Matthews Band|rowheader=true|access-date=September 10, 2021}}

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=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (2000)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2000/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2000|work=Billboard|access-date=September 10, 2021}}

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Certifications

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References