| This Moment: In Toronto with the Loose Band | ||||
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| Released | November 7, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | March 29, 1995 | |||
| Venue | Bathurst Street Theater, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |||
| Length | 69:02 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Atlantic/Mammoth | |||
| Producer | Danny Greenspoon | |||
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This Moment: In Toronto with the Loose Band is a 1995 live album by American singer-songwriter Victoria Williams. It has received positive reviews from critics.
Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3 out of 5 stars, with critic Lindsay Planer writing that "This Moment is a precious and rare gift from a flower to her audience" and the album has "animated" versions of songs from Williams' three studio albums. [1] Chris Molanphy of CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that "it's a joy to hear a show where audience and performer merge without cues" and continued that Williams "hugs these songs with her plaintive croon and infectious grace". [2] A brief review in Entertainment Weekly opined "so what if this here butterfly often tips the sugar scales?" and rated these "16 sweet, subtle tales of dirt-road despair" a B. [3] An evaluation in No Depression called out how the "instrumentation is beautiful" and speculated that this release is unlikely to win Williams new fans, but will satisfy her existing listeners. [4] In a review of Williams' career for Trouser Press by Ira Robins, Wif Stenger, and Floyd Eberhard, the publication states that "the piano-based chamber-pop arrangements reach rarefied Joni Mitchell levels, and the album tilts dangerously toward the preciousness Williams’ best studio work (and guitar-based concerts) so easily resists". [5]
All songs written by Victoria Williams, except where noted.
Victoria Williams and The Loose Band
Additional personnel
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