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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

A Supreme Live Album, 2005-12-01
This essential two disc set of live moe. music captures the feel of this band better than any of their attempts at a studio album. Their music is best suited to being played on the stage, and with this album, the band displays their superb abilities to extend any one of their songs to remarkable length, and with extraordinary levels of power and force. This is not jamband music for the weak. When I see this band perform live, my ears ring for days after; the decibel level is enormous, and the sound effects utilized can be unexpectedly piercing. But somehow the effect of the music on my future hearing is of little consequence to me during the show, since the music is being played so well, and at such an intensity, that I am fully focused on hearing everything that is being sent to me through the amplification devices. br /This album captures that live intensity very well, and packages it in a very listenable manner. The song selections are very well representative of the type of music that moe. is capable of producing, making this the quintessential moe. album. For anyone that hasn't heard moe. yet, this would be the album to buy; even though I have a substantial collection of moe. to listen to, it is this album that gets played most frequently.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

The essential Moe release, 2005-01-29
Moe are undeoubtedly a great band but for some reason they don't inspire me the way other Jam bands do. While other bands in the same genre (the Grateful Dead, Phish etc) make me eager to hear more I find my Moe starts and ends with this disc (and the accompanying 3.1, which is well worth picking up). Any other Moe shows I've heard haven't turned me into an avid Moe collector and I keep coming back to these three CD's. If you're a fan of a good jam then it's definitely worth trying out these guys who can rip up a stage and write a good jam tune.

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

Nice, long guitar solos, 2004-09-20
The track listing shown here is incorrect. There are only 6 tracks on the second CD (somehow, the tracks get listed listed). br / br /This is a collection of live tracks from 1999. There is close to two and a half hours of music. The sound quality is very good. There is a third disc you can buy on Moe's website. br / br /There are some amazing moments on this album, and some great stretches of over 10 minutes each of high energy guitar jamming. br / br /So, why do I give this only 3 stars? First, there are two really bad songs on this album, Can't Seem to Find and Captain America. These songs are in the LA, country-rock style of groups like the Eagles. But, they are far worse than the worst of the Eagles. Fortunately, they are only about 4 minutes each. br / br /The second reason I only give this 3 stars is that the high quality of the guitar solos do not hold out through the whole album. Some of the guitar solos are a little stale and cliched, resorting to cheap guitar riffs. I was just listening to some live material by the Allman Brothers, and that gives a bench mark of what 5 star material should be like. br / br /This CD probably rates 4 stars. The last two tracks, Timmy Tucker and Recreational Chemistry are 40 minutes of continuous, high energy guitar madness. br / br /I will admit this is the first thing that I have heard by Moe. They are a little like a higher energy Phish, and even sound a bit like Phish on some of the songs. St. Augustine sounds like it would come from Rusted Root or Poi Dog Pondering. br / br /As far as current jam bands go, I prefer String Cheese Incident. I was a big fan of Widespread Panic for a period time. If you like the churning guitar jams, two bands to check out would be Quicksilver (Happy Trails) or Man (Back to the Future, Live at the Rainbow or 1999 Tour Party).

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

An outstanding live album!, 2004-07-31
Recreational Chemistry beats all. Everything else is the cherry on top.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Almost like youre there, 2004-04-12
I love moe., I really like this cd because it reminds me of the shows ive been to i like the way spine goes right into buster, and also the high energy like three minute intro into st augustine (which is only sometimes annoying). A good version of most of the songs, but you can tell that all the tracks werent from the same show