Some scientific evidence suggests excessive pot smoking may erode long-term memory. This could explain Phish's popularity among the neo-hippie crowd; their fans simply...
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Released a mere two years after Phish's first live album, Slip, Stitch & Pass, the group's second live record, in many ways surpasses its predecessor, drawing a more...
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There's this long silly solo during "Guyute" that at one point threatens to take off like the German prog of Can or Neu! but then just as it hits peak propulsion...
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Phish's The Story of the Ghost, the ninth album from neo-hippieville's most proficient and clever players, is the group's most commercially accessible offering to date, a...
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Even more eclectic than the band's two prior albums, Nectar demonstrates the band's Grateful Dead leanings, and its growing accomplishment in the...
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Phish's second major-label release, A Picture of Nectar is in many ways their best and most accomplished album. Expanding on the musical explorations that dominated Lawn...
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Hoist is the most concise Phish album to date, but that's not necessarily a compliment. Phish's strength is not songcraft or hooks, it's the band's love of free-form song...
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Elektra finally got around to reissuing Phish's first album as part of their WEA-based catalog, tucking two discs into a slimline two-CD case. To Elektra's credit, three...
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This album is relaxed, friendly, and a lot of fun. It is their true statement of purpose, capturing Trey Anastasio's unique visions in their rawest form. "Reba," with its...
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It's almost too tempting to simply write "and the world yawns," turn it in and collect my 100 dollars. But that wouldn't do. For instance, you'd never understand the...
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Thanks to producer Steve Lillywhite, Phish finally delivered a concise pop album with Billy Breathes. Lillywhite had the band cut away their jams and accentuate their...
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The party line on Phish is that the band's live shows are so extraordinary, their studio records are almost superfluous by comparison; frankly, it's a ridiculous contention...
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Phish's The Siket Disc, named for engineer and mixer John Siket, contains improvisations performed by the group in the late winter and early fall of 1997 at sessions for its...
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Take a stadium full of stoned revelers and America's premier jam band and what do you get? One mad party, that's what. Recorded at Hampton, Virginia's Hampton Coliseum...
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Like the Grateful Dead, the line on Phish runs a little like this -- they make sense in concert, but never quite gel on record. However, the Dead's true character revealed...
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This three-disc show -- recorded at a small club in Fukuoka, Japan -- is a solid, though not exceptional, choice for release by Phish as part of their first major archival...
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Recorded midway through Phish's last tour before their self-imposed hiatus, this three-disc set has the band playing a highly focused show, a rarity in their later years....
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Easily the weakest of Phish's first six live releases, the choice of this show -- recorded in East Troy, WI, during the band's summer 2000 tour -- is somewhat boggling....
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A typically high-energy Phish performance from 1994, recorded on the last date of a three-and-a-half month tour in support of Hoist, this second volume in Phish's archival...
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Recorded near the end of their long fall 1995 touring season, the first release in the first batch of releases from Phish's extensive live archives features the group near...
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Live Phish, Vol. 08 -- recorded between 1998's "Story of the Ghost" and 2000's Farmhouse -- documents some of Phish's most mature and focused improvisation, as well as their...
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With one or two notable exceptions, Live Phish, Vol. 09 provides a pretty thorough overview of Phish's repertoire of original and cover material in 1989. They had...
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The seventh volume of Phish's Live Phish series, and the first in the second batch, captures the band at the height of their listening powers. It is highly representative of...
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By June of 1994, Phish had built up a good head of steam. They had been touring behind Hoist since early April to increasingly larger crowds and were on top of their game in...
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With a new minimalist funk approach (discovered during the March 1997 show documented on Slip, Stich & Pass), Phish set out to fill arenas not with the propulsive flurries...
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Though the performance is filled with rarities that will appeal to the band's longtime fans, Live Phish, Vol. 12 mostly shows the band in the malaise they entered following...
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Phish reunited unexpectedly late in the summer of 2002. It was a bit of a shock, since their announced hiatus of 2000 seemed at least semi-permanent, yet this didn't have...
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What's important to remember is that Phish is the kind of band whose hallmark moments don't happen in the studio, but on-stage where they feel most at home. That said,...
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What's important to remember is that Phish is the kind of band whose hallmark moments don't happen in the studio, but on-stage where they feel most at home. That said,...
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