Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan? (1994)

About this title: John Hiatt's first live album was recorded during a 1994 winter-spring tour of the U.S. (the title is a joke) and finds the singer/songwriter backed by the Guilty Dogs, a guitar-bass-drums trio. He doesn't need any more ammunition than that, not when he's got a set of 15 songs drawn from his last four critically acclaimed albums, including "Thing Called Love" and "Tennessee Plates." Hiatt gives his songs a rougher treatment than some of those who have covered them, his throaty voice giving even love songs like "Angel Eyes" an unsentimental force. In the absence of an A&M best-of, Hiatt Comes ... read more

Tracks:

1. Through Your Hands [Hiatt]
2. Real Fine Love [Hiatt]
3. Memphis in the Meantime [Hiatt]
4. Icy Blue Heart [Hiatt]
5. Paper Thin [Hiatt]
6. Angel Eyes [Hiatt/Koller]
7. Your Dad Did [Hiatt]
8. Have a Little Faith in Me [Hiatt]
9. Drive South [Hiatt]
10. Thing Called Love [Hiatt]
11. Perfectly Good Guitar [Hiatt]
12. Feels Like Rain [Hiatt]
13. Tennessee Plates [Hiatt/Porter]
14. Lipstick Sunset [Hiatt]
15. Slow Turning [Hiatt]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.