Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan? [Live]

Track Listings

1. Through Your Hands

2. Real Fine Love

3. Memphis in the Meantime

4. Icy Blue Heart

5. Paper Thin

6. Angel Eyes

7. Your Dad Did

8. Have a Little Faith in Me

9. Drive South

10. Thing Called Love

11. Perfectly Good Guitar

12. Feels Like Rain

13. Tennessee Plates

14. Lipstick Sunset

15. Slow Turning

Tracks:

Through Your Hands
Real Fine Love
Memphis In The Meantime
Icy Blue Heart
Paper Thin
Angel Eyes
Your Dad Did
Have A Little Faith In Me
Drive South
Thing Called Love
Perfectly Good Guitar
Feels Like Rain
Tennessee Plates
Lipstick Sunset
Slow Turning

Customer Reviews:

One of my favorites of the last decade.......2004-06-30

I've been listening to this album for 10 years now and I never get tired of it. For me, this is John Hiatt at the peak of his songwriting skills, and those skills are first rate. Not all of the songs are deep, but they all have melodies and phrases that stick. The sound here has that emotional feel you only get from live performances. Sure there's a bad guitar note here and there, but I don't mind one bit. The mix is fabulous, raw and better than some of the mixes on the studio CDs. As a performing musician, I've learned a lot about playing live from this album. My favorite John Hiatt album and that's saying a lot.

Bring Back Michael Ward on Lead Guitar....PLEASE.......2004-02-09

How many times do you ask yourself..."why did they change a perfect lineup?".

Michael Ward was the PERFECT lead guitar compliment to John Hiatt's tasty rhythm playing. Hiatt classics like; "Real Fine Love", "Drive South", "Paper Thin", and "Slow Turning" have never sounded better before or since. Perfectly Good Guitar with the exception of Crossing Muddy Waters was his last great album.

Sunny Landreth's... slide every song to death lead approach... sounds extremely tired in comparison to Ward's, massive, raw, viceral, unique lead playing. I assume it was Ward who chose to move on for a spot with the; big selling, big stage, hugely boring Jacob Dylan band. Either way Ward belongs back with Hiatt ...please! Seeing Ward play with Hiatt in Chicago at Taste of Chicago in 93'after Sunny Landreth's boring opening show was telling.

Oh Yea... Live at Budakon...an awesome live album packed with some of the best songs ever written. If you count Neil Young as one of your favorite rock guitarist you'll love Michael Wards guitar on this album. 6 Stars IMO

The Best Of John Hiatt Live! Great band as well!.......2003-11-22

John is at his best in this CD recorded at concerts around the United States (not Tokyo). John strays a bit here from traditional down home country driven songs and adds loud electric guitar and extremely emotional vocals. The result...a perfect CD for the guitar lover and for someone who wants to know how to write songs. John is best known for writing songs with which other artists have major hits. His backup band here, "The Guilty Dogs," has a lot of volume and sounds very good! The best selection of John's songs on any CD he has out. You will not be dissapointed with this CD. I have only a handful of CDs which I feel are worthy of this 5 star rating.

Tremendous.......2003-08-11

This is a great album, both for longtime Hiatt fans and those looking to get an introduction to his music. It has a nice mix of rockers like Memphis in the Meantime and Slow Turning as well as more soulful tunes like Have a Little Faith in Me. I bought this albumn many years ago and still pull it out regularly -- both at home and for driving. Just a great disk.

"Budokan"! he!he!.......2003-07-30

The title is a joke, obviously...it seemed at one time like everybody had to go to the Budokan Arena in Tokyo in order to record a live abum, but these tracks were recorded at various American venues during John Hiatt's 1994 tour in support of "Perfectly Good Guitar".

If you are familiar with John Hiatt you'll know pretty much what to expect. Muscular, well-written roots-rock and clever lyrics.
The sound is good, and the musicians are, too, and if you are new to the music Mr Hiatt, this album provides a pretty good sample of his work.

Among the highlights are a tough "Real Fine Love" with some superb rhythm guitar playing, the sublime ballads "Angel Eyes" and "Icy Blue Heart", the Stonesy rocker "Paper Thin", the ironic epos "Perfectly Good Guitar", and the classic "Slow Turning". But there are really no weak tracks here.

Several of the songs ("Memphis In The Meantime", "Real Fine Love", "Your Dad Did" etc.) are given a somewhat rougher treatment than the original studio versions or various cover versions, mainly due to the arrangements (no banjo or mandolins here, just two guitars, a bass guitar and a set of drums, and Hiatt occationally at the piano).

The mixing is very good, with both guitars in particular clearly audible. Hiatt had a great sideman in lead guitarist Michael Ward, and the two complement each other very well, playing some really juicy rhythm n' blues. Ward, especially, is responsible for some excellent solos and fills.

The rhythm section of drummer Michael Urbano and the versatile Davey Faragher on bass also works very well, and "Hiatt Comes Alive At Budokan(?!)" is a very enjoyable live album from a great professional.

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1. Through Your Hands
2. Real Fine Love
3. Memphis in the Meantime
4. Icy Blue Heart
5. Paper Thin
6. Angel Eyes
7. Your Dad Did
8. Have a Little Faith in Me
9. Drive South
10. Thing Called Love
11. Perfectly Good Guitar
12. Feels Like Rain
13. Tennessee Plates
14. Lipstick Sunset
15. Slow Turning