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Live at Roadburn (Ulver album)

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Live at Roadburn
Live album by
Released12 April 2013 (2013-04-12)
Recorded12 April 2012
Venue013, Tilburg, the Netherlands
GenreArt rock, psychedelic rock
Length53:52
LabelRoadburn Records
ProducerUlver
Ulver chronology
Childhood's End
(2012)
Live at Roadburn
(2013)
Messe I.X–VI.X
(2013)

Live at Roadburn (subtitled Eulogy for the Late Sixties) is a live album by Norwegian experimental collective Ulver. Produced by Ulver, the album was recorded at the Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands on 12 April 2012 and issued in April 2013 via Roadburn Records.

Rygg commented on the release, "This was our pre-release party for the commemorative album Childhood's End, which we had just sewn up when we received the invitation from Roadburn. A one-shot psychedelic blowout or perhaps some sort of karaoke for our vestigial veterans; felt quite invigorating after the doom and gloom of the last few years. We gathered the guys who were involved in the album sessions and rehearsed the songs a couple of days before travelling to Tilburg. Not in total control, but that’s the spirit. Haywire lycanthropy."[1]

Commenting on Ulver's performance at Roadburn Festival, Jamie Thomson, writing for The Quietus, said, "I was placing a lot of faith in Ulver but ultimately I was to be disappointed. They were playing set of '60s psyche covers – and while the band themselves had a pretty good stab at recreating the sounds of the time, the alchemical tools to make it something special seemed just out of frontman Kristoffer Rygg's reach. Ulver's restless reinvention is rarely less than compelling, so it was unusual to see their ambitions outstrip their ability."[2]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bracelets of Fingers" (The Pretty Things cover)Dick Taylor, Phil May, Wally Walter4:49
2."In the Past" (We the People cover)Wayne Proctor3:03
3."Can You Travel in the Dark Alone?" (Gandalf cover)Peter Sando5:00
4."Soon There'll Be Thunder" (Common People cover)Denny, Jerrald Robinett2:27
5."Today" (Jefferson Airplane cover)Marty Balin, Paul Kantner3:50
6."Velvet Sunsets" (Music Emporium cover)William Cosby, Thom Wade4:04
7."Street Song" (The 13th Floor Elevators cover)Stacy Sutherland5:57
8."66-5-4-3-2-1" (The Troggs cover)Reg Presley3:48
9."I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)" (The Electric Prunes cover)Annette Tucker, Nancie Mantz3:27
10."Magic Hollow" (The Beau Brummels cover)Ron Elliott, Sal Valentino3:27
11."Impromptu Performance (Dedicated to Can)" 11:19

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "ULVER GOES WOODSTOCK". Ulver. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  2. ^ Thomson, Jamie (27 April 2012). "LIVE REPORT: Roadburn Festival 2012". The Quietus. Retrieved 5 June 2014.