Live at the Greek

For the Neil Diamond album, see Love at the Greek.
Live at the Greek: Excess All Areas
Live album by Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes
Released 29 February 2000 (2000-02-29)
Recorded 18–19 October 1999 at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles with LeMobile Recording Facilities
Genre Blues-rock, hard rock
Length 111:06
Label musicmaker.com, TVT
Producer Kevin Shirley
Alternative cover
TVT version
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
NME(7/10)[2]
PopMatters(favorable)[3]
Rolling Stone[4]
Uncut[4]

Live at the Greek: Excess All Areas is a double live album by Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes, released by musicmaker.com on 29 February 2000[5] and later by TVT Records on 4 July 2000. In October 1999, Page teamed up with The Black Crowes for a two-night performance of material from the Led Zeppelin catalogue and old blues and rock standards. Due to contractual problems with their record company, The Black Crowes were unable to release any of their own songs which were played at the Greek shows. These songs, on which Jimmy Page played with the Crowes, included: "Wiser Time", "No Speak No Slave", "Remedy", and "Hard to Handle".[6][7] The double CD was released in stores by TVT Records on 4 July 2000, and featured a different track running order, an extra song, an enhanced QuickTime video and photographs taken during the concert. The Japanese version of the album also features "Misty Mountain Hop" and "In the Light", recorded in 2000.

For reasons unexplained, (thought to be internal tensions within the band) bassist Sven Pipien is airbrushed out of the group shot of Page & The Crowes that features in the album's centrefold. The original image can be found here, on this Jimmy Page blog. [8] The edited image, as carried on the artwork, can be seen here. [9]

Track listing

TVT version

Disc one
  1. "Celebration Day" (John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) – 3:42
  2. "Custard Pie" (Page, Plant) – 5:18
  3. "Sick Again" (Page, Plant) – 4:34
  4. "What Is and What Should Never Be" (Page, Plant) – 5:26
  5. "Woke Up This Morning" (B.B. King, Jules Taub) – 4:14
  6. "Shapes of Things to Come" (Jim McCarty, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith) – 3:09
  7. "Sloppy Drunk" (Jimmy Rogers) – 6:05
  8. "Ten Years Gone" (Page, Plant) – 6:30
  9. "In My Time of Dying" (Traditional; arr./adap. John Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant) – 9:34
  10. "Your Time Is Gonna Come" (Jones, Page) – 6:02
Disc two
  1. "The Lemon Song" (Bonham, Howlin' Wolf, Jones, Page, Plant) – 8:59
  2. "Nobody's Fault but Mine" (Page, Plant) – 6:41
  3. "Heartbreaker" (Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant) – 5:50
  4. "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" (Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant) – 3:30
  5. "Mellow Down Easy" (Willie Dixon) – 5:20
  6. "Oh Well" (Peter Green) – 4:10
  7. "Shake Your Money Maker" (Elmore James) – 4:25
  8. "You Shook Me" (Dixon, J. B. Lenoir) – 8:25
  9. "Out on the Tiles" (Bonham, Page, Plant) – 3:39
  10. "Whole Lotta Love" (Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant) – 5:34
Japanese bonus tracks
  1. "In the Light" (Jones, Page, and Plant) – 9:07
  2. "Misty Mountain Hop" (Jones, Page, and Plant) – 5:05

musicmaker.com version

Disc one
  1. "Heartbreaker" (Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant) – 6:03
  2. "In My Time of Dying" (Traditional; arr./adap. Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant) – 9:45
  3. "What Is and What Should Never Be" (Page, Plant) – 5:31
  4. "Custard Pie" (Page, Plant) – 5:26
  5. "Celebration Day" (Jones, Page, Plant) – 3:38
  6. "Out on the Tiles" / "Whole Lotta Love" (Medley) (Bonham, Page, Plant / Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant) – 9:12
  7. "Nobody's Fault but Mine" (Page, Plant) – 6:52
  8. "You Shook Me" (Dixon, Lenoir) – 8:29
Disc two
  1. "The Lemon Song" (Bonham, Wolf, Jones, Page, Plant) – 9:01
  2. "Your Time Is Gonna Come" (Jones, Page) – 6:01
  3. "Ten Years Gone" (Page, Plant) – 6:38
  4. "Sick Again" (Page, Plant) – 4:39
  5. "Hey Hey What Can I Do" (Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant) – 3:39
  6. "Shake Your Money Maker" (James) – 4:31
  7. "Woke Up This Morning" (King, Taub) – 4:19
  8. "Shapes of Things to Come" (McCarty, Relf, Samwell-Smith) – 3:18
  9. "Sloppy Drunk" (Rogers) – 6:07
  10. "Oh Well" (Green) – 4:24

Accolades

Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
Buscadero Italy Critics Poll 2000[10] 2000 19
Rumore Italy Top 20 Albums of 2000[11] 2000 10
Classic Rock UK 50 Greatest Live Albums Ever[12] 2003 40

Chart positions

Album

Chart (2000) Peak Position
German Albums Chart[13] 24
Canadian RPM Top 100 Chart[14] 27
US Billboard The 200 Albums Chart[15] 64
French Albums Chart[16] 73
Finnish Albums Chart[17] 27
UK Albums Chart[18] 39
Swiss Albums Chart[19] 77
Austrian Albums Chart[20] 37
Dutch Albums Chart[21] 46
New Zealand RIANZ Top 50 Albums Chart[22] 45
US Billboard Top Independent Albums Chart[23] 2

Album (digital download)

Chart (2000) Peak Position
US Billboard Top Internet Albums Chart[24] 7

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
2000 "What Is and What Should Never Be " US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart[25] 13
2000 "Ten Years Gone" US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart[26] 33

Sales certifications

Album

Country Sales Certification
United States (RIAA) 500,000+ Gold[27]

Personnel

Technical personnel

References

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