Description:
Revenge! is a 2-disc, 23-track "live record" that invests that term with fresh thinking. One disc stars the songwriter`s ferociously rocking four-man road band (and interpolates sound check and studio-grown material). The other has Robbie in an acoustic cabaret setting, and highlights his Carolina-bred flat picking and communicative dynamism. Together they form a singular document of the country contrarian`s musical range - rock, bluegrass, honky-tonk, jazz - and spontaneity. Half the tracks are new (`Fixin` to Fall` with Casey Driessen`s mind-altering violin; a flailing Carter Family drive-by with silken-throated Kelly Hogan at the wheel, an emotional read on Cher`s `Believe`), and all are newly fired, with an ideal blend of audiophile clarity and on-the-spot joy. More than sweet, Revenge! is a mid-career summation and vital addition from an artist who still looks curiously forward, and works best without a script. Track Listing Disc 1: We`re On The Road/You Shouldn`t Have/Fixin` To Fall/Mad At A Girl/The Buck Starts Here/Goodbye, Good-Lookin`/Busy Not Crying/You Don`t Mean It (soundcheck)/Rock Bottom, Pop. 1/Cigarette State/Let`s Kill Saturday Night. Track Listing Disc 2: Introductory Remarks by Amy Warren/That`s A Good Enough Reason/Believe/In Bristol Town One Bright Day/I Wanna Be Mama`d/Fake Jews Everywhere/The Death of Enthusiasm/I Like Being Left Alone/Bluebirds Are Singing For Me/On A Real Good Day/President Garfield`s Hornpipe-Suza/Kelly Hogan`s Looking Hot/Closing Remarks/Away Out On The Old Saint Sabbath. (Yep Roc)
