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Weekend on the Rocks by Dave Matthews

Weekend on the Rocks

Release Date: 11/29/2005

Recording Date: 11/2005

Tracks: 26

Length: 02:11:06 Hrs

Label: RCA

Type: CD

Guest Artists:
Rashawn Ross, Robert Randolph, Butch Taylor
Genre/Styles:
United States of America, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, American Trad Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Jam Bands

Album Tracks (26)

Song Title
Length
1.
On the Stone
10:10
2.
American Baby
04:31
3.
Time of the Season
04:29
4.
Say Goodbye
07:19
5.
#34
05:51
6.
Steady as We Go
04:18
7.
Hunger for the Great Light
03:41
8.
Bartender
16:37
9.
Don't Burn the Pig
07:01
10.
You Never Know
07:10
11.
Stand Up (For It)
04:22
12.
#41
15:20
13.
Stolen Away on 55th & 3rd
05:28
14.
Smooth Rider
12:10
15.
Halloween
04:55
16.
Louisiana Bayou
09:00
17.
Everyday
08:44
18.
Stand Up (For It) [DVD]
00:00
19.
Time of the Season [DVD]
00:00
20.
Dreamgirl [DVD]
00:00
21.
Everybody Wake Up (Our Finest Hour Arrives) [DVD]
00:00
22.
Crash Into Me [DVD]
00:00
23.
So Much to Say [DVD]
00:00
24.
Louisiana Bayou [DVD]
00:00
25.
Recently [DVD][*]
00:00
26.
Jimi Thing [DVD][*]
00:00

What the Critics Say

The Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado loves Dave Matthews. This is the second live recording from Red Rocks he's released in a decade. Weekend on the Rocks is a two-CD/single-DVD compilation from four concerts at the venue. It's a teaser for the complete concerts available as an eight-CD set that contains the same DVD. The tracks chosen here are not obvious choices, and that's a good thing -- thankfully there's not yet another version of "Ants Dancing." The band is pumped here, and includes Fender Rhodes and P-organ master Butch Taylor guesting for the gig. Just listening to the woolly, loose, and actually gritty version of "American Baby" included here sounds like a different band. The ragged version of the Zombies' classic "Time of the Season," should have been left off; they just can't manage the vocals -- the upper register they try to hit here is embarrassing. The jam-out in the middle of the cut is also unnecessary. But the 16-and-a-half-minute version of "Bartender" that closes disc one is a monster. The playing is passionate, gutsy, and as edgy as this band ever gets. The wall of strummed acoustic guitars on "You Never Know," offers an ethereal base for Matthews heartfelt singing. And it's followed by the funk and roll of "Stand Up (For It)," slithering and sexual. After this, sequencing gets weird. Granted, trying to boil four nights and eight CDs' worth of material down to two is a real challenge. But after the intensity of "Stand Up (For It)," is it really necessary to place a 15-plus-minute version of "#41"? Ugh. "Louisiana Bayou," and "Everyday," fare far better as extended versions that close the set. It has to be said, however, that there is still something missing here and its not only continuity. This band always sounds like they're trying to break out into something raw, and wild and crazy, but they're so mannered, they never, ever get there. Hardcore fans will want this since they need everything including bootlegs, but for the rest of us, Weekend on the Rocks is piece of curiosa. ~ Thom Jurek, Rovi

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