Live from Dakota

Live from Dakota is the first live album by Welsh rock band Stereophonics. It is a 2-disc compilation featuring 20 tracks spanning the first five of the band's albums and capturing the best of their 2005 world tour. Rather than being a recording of single show, every night of the tour was recorded and the band picked out the best version of each song individually. The album title is therefore not literal, but references the name of their first UK number one single. In the UK it was released on V2, whereas the American release it was released on Vox Populi Records, the band's own imprint label. The album was rereleased on 13 April 2019 as part of Record Store Day.^[9]

Live from Dakota
Live album by Stereophonics
Released	3 April 2006 (2006-04-03) (UK) 18 April 2006 (2006-04-18) (US)
Recorded	2005
Genre	Rock
Length	1:32:16
Label	Vox Populi Records/V2 Records
Producer	Kelly Jones
Stereophonics chronology
Live from London EP (2005) Live from Dakota (2006) Pull the Pin (2007)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(58/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Delusions of Adequacy	[3]
NME	(6/10)[4]
NOW	[5]
PopMatters	(7/10)[6]
Q	[7]
Uncut	[8]

Track listing

All lyrics by Kelly Jones.^[10]

Disc 1

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Superman"	Kelly Jones	5:02
2.	"Doorman"	Kelly Jones	4:01
3.	"A Thousand Trees"	Kelly Jones, Richard Jones, Stuart Cable	3:26
4.	"Devil"	Kelly Jones	4:47
5.	"Mr. Writer"	Kelly Jones, Marshall Bird	5:32
6.	"Pedalpusher"	Kelly Jones	3:21
7.	"Deadhead"	Kelly Jones	3:17
8.	"Maybe Tomorrow"	Kelly Jones	4:25
9.	"The Bartender and the Thief"	Kelly Jones, Richard Jones, Cable	3:49
10.	"Local Boy in the Photograph"	Kelly Jones, Richard Jones, Cable	4:04
Total length:			41:44

Disc 2

No.	Title	Music	Length
11.	"Hurry Up and Wait"	Kelly Jones, Richard Jones, Cable	5:13
12.	"Madame Helga"	Kelly Jones	3:51
13.	"Vegas Two Times"	Kelly Jones	3:54
14.	"Carrot Cake and Wine"	Kelly Jones, Richard Jones, Cable	4:49
15.	"I'm Alright (You Gotta Go There to Come Back)"	Kelly Jones	5:11
16.	"Jayne"	Kelly Jones	4:09
17.	"Too Many Sandwiches"	Kelly Jones, Richard Jones, Cable	6:31
18.	"Traffic"	Kelly Jones, Richard Jones, Cable	5:08
19.	"Just Looking"	Kelly Jones, Richard Jones, Cable	5:19
20.	"Dakota"	Kelly Jones	6:27
Total length:			50:32

Personnel

Stereophonics[10] Kelly Jones – vocals, guitar Richard Jones – bass guitar Javier Weyler – drums Touring musicians[10] Tony Kirkham – keyboard

Technical[11] Recording – Steve McNichol Production – Kelly Jones, Jim Lowe Engineering – Steve McNichol Mixing – Jim Lowe, Stereophonics Mastering – Dick Beetham

Charts and certifications

Charts Chart (2006) Peak position Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[12] 98 French Albums Chart[13] 166 Irish Albums Chart[14] 98 UK Albums Chart[15] 13

Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales United Kingdom (BPI)[16] Gold 100,000^ ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Live From Dakota". Metacritic. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
2. Wilson, MacKenzie (22 March 2005). "Language. Sex. Violence. Other?". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
3. Price, Jacob (27 April 2006). "Stereophonics – Live from Dakota". Delusions of Adequacy. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. "Stereophonics: Live From Dakota". NME: 392. 8 April 2006.
5. Raynor, Brent (April 2006). "Stereophonics". NOW. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
6. MacNeil, Jason (21 April 2006). "Stereophonics: Live From Dakota". PopMatters. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
7. "Stereophonics: Live From Dakota". Q. May 2006. p. 130.
8. "Stereophonics: Live From Dakota". Uncut. May 2006. p. 124.
9. "Stereophonics Live from Dakota". Record Store Day. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
10. Live From Dakota (CD booklet). Stereophonics. V2 Records. 2006.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
11. "Live from Dakota credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
12. "STEREOPHONICS – LIVE FROM DAKOTA" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
13. "STEREOPHONICS – LIVE FROM DAKOTA (ALBUM)" (in French). Lescharts.com. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
14. "DISCOGRAPHY STEREOPHONICS". Irishcharts.com. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
15. "2006 Top 40 Official Albums Chart UK Archive – 15th April 2006". Official Charts Company. 7 April 2006. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
16. "British album certifications – Stereophonics – Live from Dakota". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

External links

• Live from Dakota at Stereophonics.com