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Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings
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ChrisW.Apr 12, 2008The so called "John Grisham of indie rock" fails once again to make a listenable album. There's only room for one pudgy white guy in the acoustic pop genre and his name is Ben Gibbard.
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Alternative PressLive! is essential listening for Decemberists obsessives--and an excellent primer for those who aren't fans just yet. [May 2008, p.135]
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The whole collection is bound together with such charming confidence and good humour that you’ll easily forget any of the limitations--real or potential--of the unaccompanied unplugged concept that could have been Colin Meloy’s undoing.
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Fans of him and the band will love the intimacy and relish the chance to hear him without all the trimmings, but for everyone else, it would be wise to take him with the excess before going without.