Live at Schuba's Tavern

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Live At Schuba's Tavern
Artist THE HANDSOME FAMILY album LIVE AT SCHUBAS TAVERN.jpg
Live album by
Released2002
RecordedDecember 8, 2000
Length65:20
Label Digital Club Network
The Handsome Family chronology
Twilight
(2001)
Live At Schuba's Tavern
(2002)
Smothered and Covered
(2003)

Live at Schuba's [sic] Tavern is a live album by The Handsome Family recorded at Schubas Tavern in Chicago, Illinois. It was released 2002 by Digital Club Network. It contains songs as well as short jokes or stories told by the band.

Contents

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork 6.5/10 [3]
The Village Voice A– [4]

Track listing

  1. "Amelia Earhart Vs. The Dancing Bear" - 3:21
  2. "The Good Toothpicks" - 0:18
  3. "So Much Wine" - 3:57
  4. "The Czar Bar" - 1:02
  5. "Tinfoil" - 2:41
  6. "A Beautiful Thing" - 3:45
  7. "Vienna Sausage Hotline" - 0:53
  8. "The Giant of Illinois" - 3:12
  9. "My Sister's Tiny Hands" - 3:18
  10. "Names For All His Shirts" - 0:36
  11. "Cathedrals" - 3:51
  12. "Weightless Again" - 3:44
  13. "Bony Bread" - 0:24
  14. "Winnebago Skeletons" - 3:45
  15. "Drunk by Noon" - 2:49
  16. "Magic Balls, Introduction" - 0:58
  17. "The Sad Milkman" - 3:18
  18. "Magic Balls, Conclusion" - 2:07
  19. "I Know You Are There" - 3:21
  20. "Down in the Ground" - 3:10
  21. "Arlene" - 3:46
  22. "Moving Furniture Around" - 3:50
  23. "Freebird" - 0:16
  24. "My Ghost" - 2:44
  25. "The Woman Downstairs" - 4:25

Tracks 2, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 18 and 23 are conversations on stage or with the audience.

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References

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