595 is a live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 by Karate

Karate (band)

Karate was an American band, formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1993 by Geoff Farina, Eamonn Vitt and Gavin McCarthy. In 1995, Jeff Goddard joined the band as bass player, and Vitt moved to second guitar...

, released on Southern Records

Southern Records

Southern Records is an independent record label closely associated with Crass Records, Corpus Christi Records and Dischord Records. It is based in London and previously had offices in Chicago , Le Havre and Berlin .Southern was originally a recording studio owned and operated by John Loder...

 on October 8, 2007. The album is so named because this is a recording of their 595th live show. All told, 695 shows were performed over the band's 12 year career.

In 2007, the former band members of Karate

Karate (band)

Karate was an American band, formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1993 by Geoff Farina, Eamonn Vitt and Gavin McCarthy. In 1995, Jeff Goddard joined the band as bass player, and Vitt moved to second guitar...

 decided to release a live album. Often, Karate was sent live material from their own performances, usually from sound technicians. This happened also after their performance on May 5, 2003 at Stuk, Leuven

Leuven

Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region, Belgium...

, Belgium

Belgium

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, while touring to support Some Boots

Some Boots

Some Boots is the fifth studio album by Karate, released by Southern Records on October 8, 2002. Following the release of the Cancel/Sing EP earlier in the year, the band began recording material featuring longer songs and jazz and more active post-rock influences...

. Karate was so astonished by the quality of the recording they decided to release this 'posthumous' live album.

The two longest tracks on the album feature lengthy solos from guitarist Geoff Farina. The solos on "In Hundreds" stand out from Farina's other recorded solos due to the extensive usage of jazz tunings. The solo on "Caffeine or Me?", which takes up slightly more than a third of the track's length, is mostly built upon feedback.

Track listing

1. "The Roots and the Ruins" – 3:04 (originally from Unsolved, 2000)
2. "Airport" – 4:38 (originally from Some Boots
   Some Boots
   Some Boots is the fifth studio album by Karate, released by Southern Records on October 8, 2002. Following the release of the Cancel/Sing EP earlier in the year, the band began recording material featuring longer songs and jazz and more active post-rock influences...
   
   , 2002)
3. "In Hundreds" – 9:34 (originally from Some Boots)
4. "Original Spies" – 6:46 (originally from Some Boots)
5. "Number 6" – 5:22 (originally from Unsolved)
6. "There Are Ghosts" – 3:56 (originally from The Bed Is in the Ocean
   The Bed is in the Ocean
   The Bed is in the Ocean is the third album by Boston indie rock band Karate.- Track listing :# "There Are Ghosts" – 3:39# "The Same Stars" – 6:20# "Diazapam" – 3:23# "The Last Wars" – 3:37# "Bass Sounds" – 2:14# "Up Nights" – 6:21...
   
   , 1998)
7. "Sever" – 6:20 (originally from Unsolved)
8. "Caffeine or Me" – 10:11 (originally from Karate
   Karate (album)
   Karate is the self-titled debut album by Boston band Karate.-Track listing:#"Gasoline"#"If You Can Hold Your Breath"#"Trophy"#"What Is Sleep?"#"–" – 4:29#"Bad Tattoo"#"Every Sister" - 4:36#"Bodies" - 4:41#"Caffeine or Me?"...
   
   , 1996)