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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 /TiVo
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Oran Thornton, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jay Joyce, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trent Willmon, ComposerLyricist - Jeremy Spillman, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Hall, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Church, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Wright, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Driver Williams, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Wheeler, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Cease, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 EMI Records Nashville ℗ 2013 EMI Records Nashville
Brett Beavers, ComposerLyricist - Oran Thornton, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jay Joyce, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Hall, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Church, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Church, ComposerLyricist - Craig Wright, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Driver Williams, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Wheeler, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Cease, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 EMI Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records Nashville
Michael P. Heeney, ComposerLyricist - Oran Thornton, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jay Joyce, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Laird, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Hall, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Church, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Wright, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Driver Williams, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Wheeler, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Cease, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 EMI Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records Nashville
Oran Thornton, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jay Joyce, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Laird, ComposerLyricist - Joanna Cotten, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Hall, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Church, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Wright, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Driver Williams, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Wheeler, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Cease, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 EMI Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records Nashville
Oran Thornton, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jay Joyce, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Casey Beathard, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Hall, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Church, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jeremy Crady, ComposerLyricist - Craig Wright, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Driver Williams, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Wheeler, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Cease, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 EMI Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records Nashville
Marv Green, ComposerLyricist - Oran Thornton, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jay Joyce, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Joanna Cotten, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Hall, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Church, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Wright, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Driver Williams, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Wheeler, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Cease, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 EMI Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records Nashville
Oran Thornton, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jay Joyce, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Hall, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Church, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ryan Tyndell, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Wright, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Driver Williams, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Wheeler, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Cease, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 EMI Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records Nashville
Oran Thornton, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jay Joyce, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Laird, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Hall, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Church, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Wright, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Driver Williams, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Wheeler, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Cease, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 EMI Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records Nashville
Oran Thornton, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jay Joyce, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremy Spillman, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Hall, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Church, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Wright, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Driver Williams, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Wheeler, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Cease, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 EMI Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records Nashville
Oran Thornton, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jay Joyce, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremy Spillman, ComposerLyricist - Joanna Cotten, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Hall, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Church, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Wright, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Driver Williams, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Wheeler, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Cease, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 EMI Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records Nashville
Brett Beavers, ComposerLyricist - Oran Thornton, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jay Joyce, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - Jason Hall, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Church, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Wright, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Driver Williams, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Wheeler, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Cease, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 EMI Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records Nashville
Oran Thornton, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jay Joyce, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Hall, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Church, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lynn Hutton, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Craig Wright, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Driver Williams, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Wheeler, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Cease, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 EMI Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records Nashville
Oran Thornton, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jay Joyce, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Casey Beathard, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Hall, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Church, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Wright, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Driver Williams, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Wheeler, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Cease, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 EMI Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records Nashville
Oran Thornton, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jay Joyce, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremy Spillman, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Hall, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Church, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Wright, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Driver Williams, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Wheeler, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Cease, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 EMI Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records Nashville
Ozzy Osbourne, ComposerLyricist - Tony Iommi, ComposerLyricist - Oran Thornton, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jay Joyce, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terence "Geezer" Butler, ComposerLyricist - Jason Hall, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Church, Composer, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Hyde, Composer, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - William Thomas Ward, ComposerLyricist - Craig Wright, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Driver Williams, Composer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Wheeler, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Cease, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 EMI Records Nashville ℗ 2013 EMI Records Nashville
Michael P. Heeney, ComposerLyricist - Oran Thornton, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jay Joyce, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Hall, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Church, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Wright, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Driver Williams, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Wheeler, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Cease, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 EMI Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records Nashville
Oran Thornton, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jay Joyce, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Springsteen, ComposerLyricist - Jason Hall, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Church, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ryan Tyndell, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hyde, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Craig Wright, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Driver Williams, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Wheeler, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Cease, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 EMI Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records Nashville
Album review
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 /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:35
- Main artists: Eric Church
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI Music Nashville (ERN)
- Genre: Country
© 2013 EMI Records Nashville ℗ 2013 EMI Records Nashville
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