Live at Amoeba Music

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Live at Amoeba Music
File:Live at Amoeba Music.jpg
Live album by
ReleasedMarch 27, 2007
RecordedAmeoba Music, 22 September 2006
Genre Indie rock, experimental rock, art rock, funk rock
Length25:58
Label Interscope
TV on the Radio chronology
Return to Cookie Mountain
(2006)
Live at Amoeba Music
(2007)
Dear Science
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [1]
Pitchfork Media 6.9/10 [2]

Live at Amoeba Music is a live EP by the New York City band TV on the Radio. Released in 2007 on Interscope Records, the EP contains four live tracks recorded during an in-store performance at Los Angeles music store Amoeba Music on September 22, 2006. It is only available through Indie Record Shops. All of the tracks are taken from their critically acclaimed 2006 album Return to Cookie Mountain .

Track listing

  1. "Blues from Down Here" – 5:43
  2. "Wolf Like Me" – 5:15
  3. "Province" – 5:09
  4. "Wash the Day" – 7:51

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References

  1. "CG: TV on the Radio". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  2. "TV on the Radio: Live at Amoeba Music EP: Pitchfork Record Review". Archived from the original on 2007-04-14. Retrieved 2020-03-09.