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Now - about a year after their sold-out farewell concert in their hometown of Santa Cruz, California - the live recordings of this show are being released on their label Fat Wreck Chords. For Fat Wreck Chords, this band was certainly a flagship in the early days and likely contributed a lot to what the label is today.
But back to the album: The packed CD contains 31 songs with a total playing time of nearly 80 minutes. The fan gets an excellent overview of the band's musical output over the past 20 years.
The quality of these recordings is acceptable, but it doesn't really blow me away. Perhaps it would have been better to make a DVD out of this audio CD, as colorful images could have compensated for the mediocre sound. Seconds of unedited fan cheering also seem pointless to me on an audio CD. Presumably, this was an attempt to capture the surely great atmosphere of the concert, which unfortunately fails.
I definitely count GOOD RIDDANCE among the better US bands. After all, they were still somewhat original and always socially critical and politically engaged. Their lyrics had something to say, which is unfortunately too often missing in many American pop-punk bands.
Conclusion: Great band, but still a boring album. This thing will gather dust for me; it's probably more for hardcore fans of the band. I prefer to listen to their studio stuff.
Release Date: 18.03.2008 on Fat Wreck Chords
