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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 in 1991 at the Skanderborg Festival in Denmark and three recorded in 1992 at De Hanehof in Geleen, Netherlands.
Live: No More Fish Jokes charted in the Netherlands only, reaching number 63 on the Dutch Albums Chart. [2]
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]
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 | ||
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| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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| Dutch Albums (MegaCharts) [2] | 63 |
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