Live from Planet X

Infobox Album
Name = Live from Planet X
Type = Live album
Longtype =
Artist = MF DOOM


Released = March 5, 2005
Recorded = 15 August, 2004
Genre = Hip hop
Length = 38:39
Label = Nature Sounds
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:b909kebtfq7q link]
*Cokemachineglow (81%) [http://www.cokemachineglow.com/reviews/mfdoom_planetx2005.html link]
*Stylus Magazine (C) [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/mf-doom/live-from-planet-x.htm link]
*AllHipHop.com Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allhiphop.com/reviews/?ID=576 link]
Last album = "MM..LeftOvers" (2004)
This album = "Live from Planet X" (2005)
Next album =

"Live from Planet X" is a live album by MF DOOM, released on March 5, 2005 through Nature Sounds. It was recorded live in San Francisco, California, on 15 August, 2004. Originally titled "Live at the DNA Lounge", the album was initially given away with "Special Herbs, Vols. 5 & 6", an instrumental hip hop album by DOOM under his "Metal Fingers" alias. It contains tracks from almost all DOOM-related projects at that point, including "", "Vaudeville Villain" and "Madvillainy".

The incorrect listing of "Go with the Drawls" and "Gas Flows" is the result of a miscommunication between the DJ and DOOM. The beat for the track "Go with the Drawls" begins while DOOM begins to rap "Gas Flows". However, after the first verse, DOOM instructs him to switch the beat to the "Gas Drawls" and they begin the song again.

Critical reaction

The live album received mixed reactions at the time of its release. Peter Hepburn, writing for American music website Cokemachineglow, awarded the album a score of 81% and praised it by saying:

However, some viewed the album as a cash-in. Although praising some aspects of the album, Stylus Magazine writer David Drake concluding his review by saying:

Track listing

::"The entire concert is comprised of one 38:39 long track on the CD version."
# "Change the Beat"
# "Name Dropping" (aka "People, Places, and Things")
# "Dead Bent" (called "Greenbacks" on the tracklisting on the back of the album)
# "Go with the Drawls" (aka "Go with the Flow")
# "Gas Flows" (aka "Gas Drawls")
# "Operation Doomsday"
# "Hey!"
# "Accordion"
# "Curls"
# "Great Day"
# "Rhymes like Dimes"
# "I Hear Voices"
# "My Favorite Ladies"
# "One Beer"
# "Fine Print"

External links

* [http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/mf_doom/live_from_planet_x/ "Live from Planet X" on Rate Your Music]
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/477928 "Live from Planet X" on Discogs]