Live and at Large
Live and at Large | ||||
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Live album by Jimmy Webb | ||||
Released | June 12, 2007 | |||
Recorded | 2005 United Kingdom | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | The Jimmy Webb Music Company | |||
Producer | Fred Mollin | |||
Jimmy Webb chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Live and at Large is the eleventh album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb, released in June 2007 by the Jimmy Webb Music Company. This is Webb's first live album.[1]
Critical reception
In his review for AllMusic, Mark Deming called the album "a fine audio snapshot of Jimmy Webb the performer" and noted that "it's no small compliment to say he's nearly as good at singing and playing his songs as he is at writing them".[1] Deming continued:
As one might imagine, Webb has some memorable tales to tell about his friendships with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Waylon Jennings, Rosemary Clooney and Harry Nilsson, while also sneaking in a few kind words about the still living Glen Campbell and Art Garfunkel. Webb's not a bad storyteller, but the real strength of this album comes when he sings; Webb's voice is in fine shape and he brings an intelligent and emotionally compelling sense of drama to songs like "Highwayman", "Wichita Lineman", and "Didn't We", lending a fresh perspective to songs most listeners probably know by heart. And while Webb is accompanied only by his own piano, his skills at the keyboard are estimable and he brings a wealth of tonal color to the songs, suggesting a real arrangement rather than a skeletal accompaniment.[1]
The AllMusic website gave the album four out of five stars.[1]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Jimmy Webb
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Paul Gauguin in the South Seas" | 6:41 |
2. | "Richard Harris" (story) | 0:59 |
3. | "No Signs of Age" | 5:46 |
4. | "Waylon Jennings" (story) | 0:58 |
5. | "Highwayman" | 4:39 |
6. | "Harry Nilsson" (story) | 2:23 |
7. | "Campo de Encino" | 5:18 |
8. | "Irving Berlin" (story) | 1:03 |
9. | "Galveston" | 4:14 |
10. | "Glen Campbell" (story) | 1:36 |
11. | "Lightning in a Bottle" | 5:05 |
12. | "Art Garfunkel" (story) | 1:26 |
13. | "All I Know" | 4:57 |
14. | "Frank Sinatra" (story) | 1:48 |
15. | "Didn't We" | 4:42 |
16. | "Wichita Lineman" | 5:09 |
17. | "Rosemary Clooney" (story) | 2:19 |
18. | "Time Flies" | 4:32 |
19. | "MacArthur Park" | 10:24 |
Personnel
- Music
- Jimmy Webb – vocals, piano
- Production
- Fred Mollin – producer
- Joao Nazario – live recording
- "Teenage" Dave Salley – editing, mixing, and mastering at the Dog House, Nashville, Tennessee
- David Leaf – liner notes
- Robin Siegel – photos
- Mary Tiegreen – design
References
- ^ a b c d e Deming, Mark. "Live and at Large". AllMusic. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
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- Jim Webb Sings Jim Webb (1968)
- Words and Music (1970)
- And So: On (1971)
- Letters (1972)
- Land's End (1974)
- El Mirage (1977)
- Angel Heart (1982)
- Suspending Disbelief (1993)
- Ten Easy Pieces (1996)
- Twilight of the Renegades (2005)
- Live and at Large (2007)
- Just Across the River (2010)
- Still Within the Sound of My Voice (2013)
- SlipCover (2019)
- Up, Up, and Away (1966)
- The Magic Garden (1967)
- Rewind (1967)
- A Tramp Shining (1968)
- The Yard Went On Forever (1968)
- Sunshower (1969)
- The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb (1972)
- Reunion: The Songs of Jimmy Webb (1974)
- Earthbound (1975)
- Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1977)
- Watermark (1977)
- Breakwater Cat (1980)
- The Last Unicorn (1983)
- The Animals' Christmas (1986)
- Light Years (1988)
- Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind (1989)
- Only One Life: The Songs of Jimmy Webb (2003)
- This Kind of Love (2008)
- Cottonwood Farm (2009)
- Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb: In Session (2012)
- Tribute to Burt Bacharach and Jim Webb (1972)
- And Someone Left the Cake Out in the Rain... (1998)
- Archive (1994)
- Reunited with Jimmy Webb 1974–1988 (1999)
- Tunesmith: The Songs of Jimmy Webb (2003)
- The Moon's a Harsh Mistress: Jimmy Webb in the Seventies (2004)
- Archive & Live (2005)
- "All I Know"
- "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
- "Didn't We"
- "Galveston"
- "The Girls' Song"
- "Highwayman"
- "Honey Come Back"
- "MacArthur Park"
- "Still Within the Sound of My Voice"
- "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress"
- "Up, Up and Away"
- "Where's the Playground Susie"
- "Wichita Lineman"
- "Worst That Could Happen"