JANE'S ADDICTIONLive in NYC
[Capitol-2013]
While about to check the tracklisting for the new Jane’s Addiction live album we found ourselves wondering if a particular track would be on this release. And there it was: “Whores”, the fiery non-studio track originally on their debut full-length, the self-titled live album [XXX-1988], placed here as the leadoff track. A pleasant surprise but not an unexpected one, on an album with very few, if any unforeseen selections. And understandably so.
But one of them is the stripped down version of their hit “Been Caught Stealing”, which deprived of all the bells and whistles of the recorded version actually sounds like a trademark hard rockin’ Jane’s Addiction song if a bit generic.
Otherwise, the guys chose to stick to the big guns: “Ocean
Size”, “Three Days” “Mountain Song”, “Stop!” and of course, “Jane Says” are all
here—as well as token songs from their catalog: “Just Because” from Strays
[Capitol-2003] and "Irresistible Force (Met the Immovable Object)"
from The Great Escape Artist [Capitol-2011], the latter being the only entry from an
album they were ostensibly promoting at the time. Obviously, Live in NYC was
not intended to be a document of said tour but more a snapshot of a veteran
band performing the highlights of their repertoire while demonstrating they
still can capture the power and majesty of their younger days on any given
night.
[Album cover artwork courtesy of the All Music Guide.]
[Album cover artwork courtesy of the All Music Guide.]
