Hampton Comes Alive

Infobox Album | Name = Hampton Comes Alive
Type = Live album
Artist = Phish


Released = November 23, 1999 (US)
Recorded = November 20-21, 1998
Genre = Rock
Length = 314:08
Label = Elektra Records
Producer = Bryce Goggin
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:maqvad4ki8wn link]
Last album = "The Story of the Ghost"
(1998)
This album = "Hampton Comes Alive"
(1999)
Next album = "The Siket Disc"
(1999) |

"Hampton Comes Alive" is a six-disc live album by the jam band Phish, released November 23, 1999. It consists of two full live concerts recorded on November 20-21 1998 at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia. The album title is a play on Peter Frampton's classic "Frampton Comes Alive!". The album was nominated for a Grammy for its packaging.

The album contains many cover songs, including "Rock and Roll, Pt. 2" by Gary Glitter, "Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" by Bob Dylan, "Funky Bitch" by Son Seals, "Roses Are Free" by Ween, "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" by Will Smith, "Cry Baby Cry" by The Beatles, "Boogie On Reggae Woman" by Stevie Wonder, "Nellie Kane" by Hot Rize, "Bold as Love" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, "Sabotage" by The Beastie Boys, and "Tubthumping" by Chumbawumba.

The album was certified Gold by RIAA 01/14/00.

Track listing

Disc one (November 20, 1998)

# "Rock and Roll, Pt. 2" (Glitter, Leander) - 2:04
# "Tube" (Anastasio, Fishman) - 4:12
# "Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" (Dylan) - 4:28
# "Funky Bitch" (Seals) - 6:53
# "Guelah Papyrus" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 6:12
# "Rift" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 6:15
# "Meat" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) - 6:16
# "Stash" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 12:45

Disc two

# "Train Song" (Gordon, Linitz) - 3:30
# "Possum" (Holdsworth) - 10:08
# "Roggae" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) - 8:26
# "Driver" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 3:58
# "Split Open and Melt" (Anastasio) - 12:50

Disc three

# "Bathtub Gin" (Anastasio, Goodman) - 14:12
# "Piper" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 7:04
# "Axilla I" (Anastasio, Herman, Marshall) - 4:33
# "Roses Are Free" (Freeman, Melchiondo) - 5:32
# "Farmhouse" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 5:13
# "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" (Barnes, Edwards, Porter, Robinson, Rodgers, Smith) - 7:31
# "Harry Hood" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Long, McConnell) - 12:48
# "Character Zero" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 7:37
# "Cavern" (Anastasio, Herman, Marshall) - 4:47

Disc four (November 21, 1998)

# "Wilson" (Anastasio, Marshall, Woolf) - 7:03
# "Big Black Furry Creature From Mars" (Gordon) - 5:08
# "Lawn Boy" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 2:50
# "The Divided Sky" (Anastasio) - 15:12
# "Cry Baby Cry" (Lennon, McCartney) - 3:05
# "Boogie on Reggae Woman" (Wonder) - 6:12
# "NICU" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 5:33

Disc five

# "Dogs Stole Things" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 4:34
# "Nellie Kane" (O'Brien) - 3:19
# "Foam" (Anastasio) - 10:08
# "Wading in the Velvet Sea" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 6:44
# "Guyute" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 10:25
# "Bold as Love" (Hendrix) - 6:45

Disc six

# "Sabotage" (Diamond, Horovitz, Yauch) - 3:08
# "Mike's Song" (Gordon) - 11:50
# "Simple" (Gordon) - 15:28
# "The Wedge" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 5:56
# "The Mango Song" (Anastasio) - 7:44
# "Free" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 4:48
# "Ha Ha Ha" (Fishman) - 1:33
# "Free" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 5:14
# "Weekapaug Groove" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 8:59
# "Tubthumping" (Abbot, Bruce, Greco, Hunter, Nutter, Watts, Whalley) - 5:21

Personnel

Phish:Trey Anastasio – guitars, vocals:Page McConnell – keyboards, vocals:Mike Gordon – bass, vocals:Jon Fishman – drums, vocals

External links

* [http://www.phish.com Phish's Official Website]