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This Moment: In Toronto with the Loose Band

This Moment: In Toronto with the Loose Band is a 1995 live album by American singer-songwriter Victoria Williams. It has received positive reviews from critics.

This Moment: In Toronto with the Loose Band
A watercolor of a dog lying on the ground
Live album by
Victoria Williams
ReleasedNovember 7, 1995 (1995-11-07)
RecordedMarch 29, 1995
VenueBathurst Street Theater, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Length69:02
LanguageEnglish
LabelAtlantic/Mammoth
ProducerDanny Greenspoon
Victoria Williams chronology
Loose
(1994) 		This Moment: In Toronto with the Loose Band
(1995) 		Musings of a Creek Dipper
(1998)

Reception edit

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3 out of 5 stars, with critic Lindsay Planer writing that "This Moment is a precious and rare gift from a flower to her audience" and the album has "animated" versions of songs from Williams' three studio albums.[1] Chris Molanphy of CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that "it's a joy to hear a show where audience and performer merge without cues" and continued that Williams "hugs these songs with her plaintive croon and infectious grace".[2] A brief review in Entertainment Weekly opined "so what if this here butterfly often tips the sugar scales?" and rated these "16 sweet, subtle tales of dirt-road despair" a B.[3] An evaluation in No Depression called out how the "instrumentation is beautiful" and speculated that this release is unlikely to win Williams new fans, but will satisfy her existing listeners.[4] In a review of Williams' career for Trouser Press by Ira Robins, Wif Stenger, and Floyd Eberhard, the publication states that "the piano-based chamber-pop arrangements reach rarefied Joni Mitchell levels, and the album tilts dangerously toward the preciousness Williams’ best studio work (and guitar-based concerts) so easily resists".[5]

Track listing edit

All songs written by Victoria Williams, except where noted.

  1. "This Moment" (Mike Heron and Williams) – 3:51
  2. "Graveyard" – 3:59
  3. "Harry Went to Heaven" – 3:19
  4. "Waterfall" – 3:21
  5. "Polish Those Shoes" – 5:53
  6. "TC" – 4:42
  7. "Frying Pan" – 3:15
  8. "Hitchhikers Smile" – 4:58
  9. "Crazy Mary" – 6:31
  10. "Lights" – 2:29
  11. "Summer of Drugs" – 5:39
  12. "Imagination" (Johnny Burke and James Van Heusen) – 3:22
  13. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Otto Harbach and Jerome Kern) – 3:21
  14. "Can’t Cry Hard Enough" (Marvin Etzioni and David Williams) – 4:41
  15. "Sunshine Country" – 4:52
  16. "Love" – 4:47

Personnel edit

Victoria Williams and The Loose Band

  • Joey Burns – upright bass
  • Dan Heffington – drums
  • David Manfield – acoustic guitar, violin, pedal steel guitar
  • Tim Ray – piano
  • Andrew Williams – acoustic guitar
  • David Williams – vocals
  • Victoria Williams – electric guitar, vocals

Additional personnel

  • Todd Fraracci – recording
  • Danny Greenspoon – production
  • Cory Hambleton – production assistance
  • Tom Herbers – remixing at Paisley Park Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; digital editing at Wild Audio, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; sequencing at Wild Audio, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
  • Shane T. Keller – assistant engineering
  • Gary Louris – sketch
  • Marko Shark – photography
  • Vic – paintings
  • Doug Wild – digital editing at Wild Audio, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; sequencing at Wild Audio, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Planer, Lindsay (n.d.). "This Moment: In Toronto with the Loose Band – Victoria Williams". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  2. ^ Molanphy, Chris (February 1996). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 30. p. 45. ISSN 1074-6978.
  3. ^ "This Moment in Toronto With Victoria Williams". TV > Article. Entertainment Weekly. December 15, 1995. ISSN 1049-0434. OCLC 21114137. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  4. ^ "Victoria Williams & The Loose Band – This Moment in Toronto". Reviews. No Depression. November 1, 1996. ISSN 1088-4971. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  5. ^ Robbins, Ira; Stenger, Wif; Eberhard, Floyd (n.d.). "Victoria Williams". Trouser Press. Retrieved April 2, 2024.

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