Caught In The Act: Live [Yellow 2 LP]

by Eric Church

Overview

As he preps his fourth album, Eric Church pays tribute to the time-honored tradition of releasing a live album while the iron is hot. And so there's Caught in the Act: Live, a 17-track set recorded at the Tivoli Theatre in Chattanooga, Tennessee as he supported his career-making 2011 record Chief. In concert, Church is brawnier than he is in the studio -- witness "Creepin," where such subtle production tricks as backward guitars are stripped away so it just barrels by on drums and guitars -- but this isn't a bad thing, as macho swagger is integral to his appeal. He makes no bones about his debt to Waylon or allegiance to Hag but Church knows this isn't the '70s, and he cranks up the amplifiers so they fill an arena and let his rhythms hit hard, so much so that when "Smoke a Little Smoke" ends with a quotation from Black Sabbath's "Sweet Leaf," it doesn't feel out of place. Curiously, Caught in the Act concludes with Church's sweetest moments -- "These Boots" and "Springsteen" -- which means apart from the brief respite of "Sinners Like Me," this is as intense and heavy a country concert album as has ever been released. It may not convey some of the subtleties and shading of Church's music, but this is an easy way to mainline the neo-outlaw singer at his hardest. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	05/05/2023
Label:	Emi / Emi Nashville / Eric Church
UPC:	0602448462824
Rank:	36764

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Before She Does
2. How 'Bout You
3. Drink In My Hand
4. Over When It's Over
5. I'm Gettin' Stoned
6. Creepin'
7. Keep On
8. Sinners Like Me
9. Longer Gone
10. Those I've Loved

Disc 2

11. Country Music Jesus
12. Pledge Allegiance To the Hag
13. A Country Boy Can Survive
14. Homeboy
15. Lightning
16. Lotta Boot Left To Fill
17. Smoke a Little Smoke/Sweet Leaf
18. These Boots
19. Springsteen/Born To Run

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Eric Church   Primary Artist,Keyboards,Guitar (Acoustic)
Joanna Cotten   Vocals (Background)
Craig Wright   Drums,Vocals (Background)
Lee Hendricks   Bass
Jeff Hyde   Banjo,Mandolin,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Driver Williams   Guitar (Electric)
Jeff Cease   Shaker,Guitar (Electric)

Technical Credits

Tony Iommi   Composer
Bill Ward   Composer
Trent Willmon   Composer
Casey Beathard   Composer
Geezer Butler   Composer
Jason Hall   Engineer
Oran Thornton   Digital Editing
Merle Haggard   Composer
Ozzy Osbourne   Composer
Michael Heeney   Composer
Bruce Springsteen   Composer
Brett Beavers   Composer
Eric Church   Composer
Andrew Mendelson   Mastering
Jay Joyce   Mixing,Producer
Marv Green   Composer
Jeff Hyde   Composer
Driver Williams   Composer
Joanna Carter   Art Direction
Lynn Hutton   Composer
Jeremy Spillman   Composer
Matthew Wheeler   Assistant
John Heiden   Design
Scott Johnson   Production Assistant
John Peets   Management,Photography
Brandon Church   Composer
Luke Laird   Composer
Michelle Hall   Art Producer
Ryan Tyndell   Composer
Jeremy Crady   Composer
Michael P. Heeney   Composer
Bijan Berahimi   Design