Live: No More Fish Jokes
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| Released | May 17, 1993 | |||
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| Length | 71:36 | |||
| Label | Provogue | |||
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Live: No More Fish Jokes is the first solo live album by American blues rock musician Walter Trout, credited to the Walter Trout Band. Released on May 17, 1993, by Provogue Records, it features nine tracks recorded on August 10, 1991, at the Skanderborg Festival in Denmark and three tracks recorded on December 17, 1992, at De Hanehof in Geleen, Netherlands. The album charted in the Netherlands only, reaching number 63 on the Dutch Albums Chart.[2]
Critical reception[edit]
Reviewing the 2014 vinyl reissue of the album for Classic Rock magazine, Michael Köhler praised several tracks on Live: No More Fish Jokes, describing "Dust My Broom" as "A brilliant turbo start", praising the performance of the band on "False Alarm", and hailing the "indestructible" finale of "Going Down".[3] Sister publication Blues included the album at number 17 on its list of "23 Greatest Live Albums", with writer Jamie Hailstone calling it "Trout at his very best" and dubbing it his magnum opus.[4]
Track listing[edit]
All tracks are written by Walter Trout, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Dust My Broom" | Robert Johnson | 6:27 |
| 2. | "If You Just Try" | 7:05 | |
| 3. | "False Alarm" | 5:34 | |
| 4. | "Life in the Jungle" | 6:23 | |
| 5. | "Girl from the North Country" | Bob Dylan | 8:10 |
| 6. | "Victor the Cajun" | 6:12 | |
| 7. | "Earrings on the Table" | 1:40 | |
| 8. | "Motivation of Love" | 6:26 | |
| 9. | "Playing with Gloves On" | 4:02 | |
| 10. | "The Love That We Once Knew" | 6:28 | |
| 11. | "Prisoner of a Dream" | 6:13 | |
| 12. | "Going Down" | Don Nix | 6:56 |
| Total length: | 71:36 | ||
Personnel[edit]
Walter Trout Band
- Walter Trout – vocals, guitar, production
- Jimmy Trapp – bass
- Frank Cotinola – drums on tracks 1–7, 11 and 12
- Bernard Pershey – drums on tracks 8, 9 and 10
- Danny "Mongo" Abrams – keyboards
Additional personnel
- Charlie Watts – co-production, mixing
- Willie Korman – co-production
- Sven Thornsen – recording on tracks 1–7, 11 and 12
- John Hull – recording on tracks 8, 9 and 10
Charts[edit]
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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| Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[2] | 63 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Live: No More Fish Jokes – Walter Trout, Walter Trout & His Band". AllMusic. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- ^ a b "Discografie Walter Trout". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- ^ Köhler, Michael (May 27, 2014). "Walter Trout – Live: No More Fish Jokes 25th Anniversary Edition". Classic Rock. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- ^ Hailstone, Jamie (August 18, 2014). "23 Greatest Live Albums". Blues. No. 15. p. 78. Archived from the original on February 26, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
External links[edit]
- Live: No More Fish Jokes at Discogs (list of releases)