Live in a Dive (Bracket album)

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Live in a Dive
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Live album by
ReleasedFebruary 26, 2002
RecordedAugust 14, 1999
Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, California, United States
Genre Punk rock, power pop, pop punk
Length50:52
Label Fat Wreck Chords
Producer Ryan Greene
Bracket chronology
When All Else Fails
(2000)
Live in a Dive
(2002)
Requiem
(2006)
Live in a Dive chronology
No Use for a Name
(2001)
Bracket
(2002)
Sick of It All
(2002)
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Live in a Dive is a live album by Californian punk rock band Bracket, released on Fat Wreck Chords as the second installment of the labels Live in a Dive series on February 26, 2002. The performance was recorded on August 14, 1999 when the band appeared in support of Tilt at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco, California.

Contents

The set included material from all of Brackets' previous albums, as well as songs from E is for Everything on Fat Wreck Chords . Several tracks are different from their studio version counterpart. "Warren's Song, Pt. 8" (which appeared on Short Music for Short People ) features a lengthy musical introduction, while "2RAK005" is played at mid-tempo pace compared to its original version. The song "2RAK005" is featured on the soundtrack to Tony Hawk's Underground. The studio version of "Hearing Aid" can be found on Live Fat, Die Young . "Parade" had not yet been released at the time of the performance but would see release the following year on When All Else Fails .

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Bracket.

  1. "Trailer Park" – 3:14
  2. "Green Apples" – 2:11
  3. "Hearing Aid" – 3:19
  4. "Warren's Song, Pt. 8" – 1:44
  5. "Huge Balloon" – 2:33
  6. "Talk Show" – 3:45
  7. "Warren's Song, Pt. 2" – 2:47
  8. "Hermit" – 4:36
  9. "Happy to Be Sad" – 2:00
  10. "Circus Act" – 4:29
  11. "Back to Allentown" – 3:12
  12. "J. Weed" – 3:11
  13. "Sour" – 2:32
  14. "Lazy" – 3:34
  15. "Parade" – 2:16
  16. "2RAK005" – 2:35
  17. "Rod's Post" – 2:54

Personnel

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