专辑简介

Paris Combo's live album is a document of what is often referred to as the most exuberant live show in the world. Listening to this performance - and it is a continuous performance, none of this chopping and changing from night to night - it is easy to agree.By this time the band has three albums to draw from - their self-titled debut, "Living Room" and "Attraction". Without having heard the third release, it is clearly well worth purchase if the newer songs here are anything to go by. The audience clearly knows the music well and claps along to some sections as well as applauding the soloists. The band, meanwhile, verges on the telepathic as each musician solos in unpredictable directions. Vocalist Belle du Berry, the focus of much of the studio work, seems content to take slightly more of a back seat on several tracks - although this is not to say that she is out of things, her vocal displays are as sublime as ever."Sous La Lune" is another track of interest. On the "Living Room" album, David Lewis's performance here sounds simply muted and unenthusiastic. Performed live, it is easy to understand why - his trumpet is partially submerged in a bowl of water! This unconventional effect sets the song off beautifully and is given a well-deserved round of applause.

The final three tracks - the title tracks from "Attraction" and "Living Room" and the monster hit of "Moie, Mon Ame Et Ma Conscience" - are perfect. "Attraction" serves as a great promotion for its own album, while "Living Room", with du Berry's playful vocals leading the band forward, gets the audience clapping along and stamping their feet. From a musical standpoint, Potzi's solo is stretched out here and proves a real centrepiece to the song.