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Live at Schuba's Tavern

{{Short description|2002 live album by the Handsome Family}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Live At Schuba's Tavern

| type = Live

| artist = the Handsome Family

| cover = Artist THE HANDSOME FAMILY album LIVE AT SCHUBAS TAVERN.jpg

| alt =

| released = 2002

| recorded = December 8, 2000

| venue =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 65:20

| label = Digital Club Network

| producer =

| prev_title = Twilight

| prev_year = 2001

| next_title = Smothered and Covered

| next_year = 2003

}}

Live at Schuba's [sic] Tavern is a live album by the Handsome Family recorded at Schubas Tavern in Chicago, Illinois. It was released 2002 by Digital Club Network. It contains songs as well as short jokes or stories told by the band.

{{Album ratings

|rev1=AllMusic

|rev1score={{rating|3|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-schubas-tavern-mw0000660402 |title=Live at Schuba's Tavern - The Handsome Family |last=Layne |first=Joslyn |website=AllMusic |access-date=2018-11-05}}

|rev2=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score={{rating|3|5}}{{cite book|last1=Larkin|first1=Colin|authorlink1=Colin Larkin (writer)|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|date=2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC|language=en}}

|rev3=Pitchfork

|rev3score=6.5/10{{Cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/3727-live-at-schubas-tavern/ |title=The Handsome Family: Live at Schuba's Tavern Album Review |last=Dahlen |first=Chris |date=2002-10-20 |website=Pitchfork |language=en |access-date=2018-11-05}}

|rev4=The Village Voice

|rev4score=A–{{Cite web |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv1103-03.php |title=Greatest Whatevers |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |date=2003-11-18 |website=The Village Voice |access-date=2018-11-05}}

}}

Track listing

  1. "Amelia Earhart Vs. The Dancing Bear" - 3:21
  2. "The Good Toothpicks" - 0:18
  3. "So Much Wine" - 3:57
  4. "The Czar Bar" - 1:02
  5. "Tinfoil" - 2:41
  6. "A Beautiful Thing" - 3:45
  7. "Vienna Sausage Hotline" - 0:53
  8. "The Giant of Illinois" - 3:12
  9. "My Sister's Tiny Hands" - 3:18
  10. "Names For All His Shirts" - 0:36
  11. "Cathedrals" - 3:51
  12. "Weightless Again" - 3:44
  13. "Bony Bread" - 0:24
  14. "Winnebago Skeletons" - 3:45
  15. "Drunk by Noon" - 2:49
  16. "Magic Balls, Introduction" - 0:58
  17. "The Sad Milkman" - 3:18
  18. "Magic Balls, Conclusion" - 2:07
  19. "I Know You Are There" - 3:21
  20. "Down in the Ground" - 3:10
  21. "Arlene" - 3:46
  22. "Moving Furniture Around" - 3:50
  23. "Freebird" - 0:16
  24. "My Ghost" - 2:44
  25. "The Woman Downstairs" - 4:25

Tracks 2, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 18 and 23 are conversations on stage or with the audience.

References

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External links

  • [http://www.handsomefamily.com/ The Handsome Family official website]

{{The Handsome Family Band}}

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Category:2002 live albums

Category:The Handsome Family albums

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