Roseland NYC Live
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Roseland NYC Live is a live album
by Portishead with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, mixed with (future Coldplay and Kasabian producer) Rik Simpson
. It was released in 1998 by Go! Discs/London
. A PAL
format VHS video was released the same year, with a DVD
version following four years later. Rapper Kanye West
has noted the album as among his favorite of all time and has cited it as an influence on his earlier work.
Unlike the CD, all the tracks on the DVD were recorded at Roseland. The DVD version has a bonus elements section, containing the music video
s for "Numb", "Sour Times", "All Mine", "Over" and "Only You", as well as short films "Road Trip" and "Wandering Star" and the Portishead movie To Kill a Dead Man
. It also has a Portishead site ad, which can be accessed via a hidden link.
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 Portishead with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, mixed with (future Coldplay and Kasabian producer) Rik Simpson
Rik Simpson
Rik Simpson is a Grammy Award winning music producer, sound engineer, musician and songwriter. He is most recently recognised for his production work with Coldplay on A Rush Of Blood To The Head, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends and Mylo Xyloto...
. It was released in 1998 by Go! Discs/London
London Records
London Records, referred to as London Recordings in logo, is a record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin America from 1947 to 1979, then becoming a semi-independent label....
. A PAL
PAL
PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is an analogue television colour encoding system used in broadcast television systems in many countries. Other common analogue television systems are NTSC and SECAM. This page primarily discusses the PAL colour encoding system...
format VHS video was released the same year, with a DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
version following four years later. Rapper Kanye West
Kanye West
Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and...
has noted the album as among his favorite of all time and has cited it as an influence on his earlier work.
CD
- "Humming" – 6:27
- "Cowboys" – 5:03
- "All Mine" – 4:02
- "Mysterons" – 5:41
- "Only You" – 5:22
- "Half Day Closing" – 4:14
- "Over" – 4:13
- "Glory Box" – 5:37
- "Sour Times" – 5:21
- "Roads" – 5:51
- "Strangers" – 5:20
Video
- "Humming"
- "Cowboys"
- "All Mine"
- "Half Day Closing"
- "Over"
- "Only You"
- "Seven Months"
- "Numb"
- "Undenied"
- "Mysterons"
- "Sour Times"
- "Elysium"
- "Glory Box"
- "Roads"
- "Strangers"
- "Western Eyes"
Unlike the CD, all the tracks on the DVD were recorded at Roseland. The DVD version has a bonus elements section, containing the music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
s for "Numb", "Sour Times", "All Mine", "Over" and "Only You", as well as short films "Road Trip" and "Wandering Star" and the Portishead movie To Kill a Dead Man
To Kill a Dead Man
To Kill a Dead Man is a short film made in 1994 by the trip hop group Portishead. The film is a spy movie which revolves around an assassination and what happens afterwards....
. It also has a Portishead site ad, which can be accessed via a hidden link.