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| Live in Buffalo: July 4th 2004 (CD & DVD) | 
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| Artist: The Goo Goo Dolls
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $24.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 16373
Format: Enhanced, Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 48867
UPC: 093624886723
EAN: 0093624886723
ASIN: B00065GHDS
Release Date: November 23, 2004
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Give A Little Bit | | • | Big Machine | | • | Naked | | • | Slide | | • | Think about Me | | • | Smash | | • | Tucked Away | | • | Black Balloon | | • | Dizzy | | • | Name | | • | Cuz You're Gone | | • | Sympathy | | • | January Friend | | • | Here is Gone | | • | What A Scene | | • | Acoustic #3 | | • | Two Days in February | | • | Broadway | | • | Iris | | • | Give A Little Bit |
Disc 2
| • | Big Machine | | • | Naked | | • | Slide | | • | Think about Me | | • | Smash | | • | Tucked Away | | • | Black Balloon | | • | Dizzy | | • | Name | | • | Cuz You're Gone | | • | Sympathy | | • | January Friend | | • | Here is Gone | | • | What A Scene | | • | Acoustic #3 | | • | Two Days in February | | • | Broadway | | • | Iris | | • | Give A Little Bit |
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Album Description
The Goo Goo Dolls have never issued a concert DVD or a live album. Now they have both. The first concert DVD from the multi-platinum, Grammy nominated band, Live in Buffalo finds the group in its hometown on July 4, 2004, performing all of its biggest hits and favorite songs for an adoring crowd.
Album Description
2008 two disc (CD + PAL/Region 0 DVD) pressing of this concert performance from the American Alt-Rock superstars. Live in Buffalo chronicles The Goo Goo Dolls' hometown concert on Independence Day, 2004. Famously a torrential downpour descended upon Buffalo, and the group played the final third of the concert - which featured the big hits 'Iris' and 'Give A Little Bit' among other Goo Goo anthems - totally drenched. Features this incredible show in both sight (DVD) and sound (CD) formats. WEA.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 46 more reviews...
 "Greatest Hits Live", and well done at that November 25, 2004
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
15 years into the Goo's career, the band has resisted releasing a proper "greatest hits" album. 2001's "Ego, Opinion, Arts & Commerce" compilation was a mixed bag of some (but not all) hits, early songs and obscurities.
Now comes "Live in Buffalo" (20 tracks, 77 min.), which for all practical purposes is a "greatest hits live" collection. All the classics are here, from "Name" (their biggest hit, as unreprestative as it is of their overall sound), to "Black Balloon", "Slide", "Broadway" and of course "Iris". While of course Rzeznik is the prime writer behind the Goo's, I'm glad that Takac gets a few tracks, including the excellent "January Friend", "Smash" and "Tucked Away", all of them all-out rockers, reminiscent of the early Goo days.
While near impossible to detect from the CD audio quality, the accompanying DVD shows that a torrential down-pour almost brought the show to a halt close to the end of the show. So the better for the band to soldier on! I've been a fan of the Goo's since the early days, and unlike some fans, do not begrudge at all the mainstraim succes the Goo's have obtained, straying from the early day "punk-rock" sound. Until we get a proper "greatest hits" CD, this is as good as it gets, and well done at that.
 You Wont Be Dissapointed November 30, 2004
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
For those of you who like the Goo Goo Dolls- and live concert DVDs you wont be dissapointed. If you have HDTV-and in particular a large screen- run and get this. Most of the other reviews failed to point out this was specially filmed in HDTV.
The surprise of thid DVD is the rain- I mean it poured on the 4th of July in Buffalo and they didnt stop the concert or dissapoint the thousands that came to see the band. The fact that Buffalo is home and their families and friends were all there probably propelled them to continue. Most bands doing a promo-4th of July gig would have bailed. Its actually funny to watch the band smiling and laughing during "Slide" - its raining so hard it seems ludicrous to continue. They probably threw out at least 10 guitars. With the high def cameras the rain has an almost MTV video style look to it- but its not staged-its real.
Final note- the "backdrop" to the concert is one of the most incredible art-deco buildings standing- Buffalos City Hall. The lighting of the building and the ornate columns and sculpture is pretty spectacular.
The Goo Goo Dolls are a pretty class act- to not dissapoint their fans and to play the entire show out. They love their roots and it shows.
By the way- the sound is FINE. Its a concert video-the crowd etc is not distracting -in fact Im gonna say after watching it a couple times you feel apart of it.
 Live albums are too popular with hardly any done right November 23, 2004
9 out of 21 found this review helpful
This review refers to the CD recording.
It seems that every band is making Live albums to pump more money out of their careers. This is unfortunate for most of these albums are poorly produced.
It's great that the Goo Goo Dolls take the live album from their hometown performance in Buffalo. The band has a lot of energy, and so does the crowd. But unfortunately, all of this contributes to a terribly produced live album (never thought I would describe any Goo Goo Dolls album as terrible).
The horror starts just after the studio version of "Give A Little Bit." There is way too much energy, this is good for the band but bad for the crowd that was not toned down during editing. And the guitars and drums sound drowned out by everything else. Which makes me wonder...did they even bother with editing/mixing?
You hear the crowd and then you hear the band... both are distracting through the whole cd. The crowd is loud and not cut out or toned down during production. And the sound quality is poor (maybe this was not enhanced to create a "live" atmosphere for the listener).
The band does play all of their great songs including Slide, Black Balloon, Name, Here Is Gone, and Iris to name a few. And those songs make this album enjoyable. And the album does change from bad to better. But no matter how great their songs are, the sound and the crowd wreck the band's first live album. Overall, poor production runes what could have been an excellent set of songs.
The lyrics are great, the songs are great, and the band is great. But the end product sounds terrible. That is why I have said so many bad things. But I hope that the dvd is much more interesting and enjoyable. I remember reading that there is commentary from the band.
I suggest record labels start figuring out how Pearl Jam has produced, edited, and mixed so many successful live albums. So take notice Goo Goo Dolls, that is how it is done.
If it wasn't for the great set of songs, Live in buffalo would barely reach a 2 star rating.
AWESOME, PURE AND SIMPLE! November 24, 2004
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This has to be the best live show I've ever seen and it's so great to see the love between the band and the audience! I don't understand the "esp" person's comment about that energy being a negative thing? what? And that in the dvd, first one hears the crowd and then the songs begin... Well, isn't that why we're watching the dvd, to see the band and the crowd and HEAR the great songs? The cover of "Give a little bit" is the best cover of any song in years. Loved it!
Incredible October 31, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This album shows the incredible outgoing talent Goo Goo Dolls have been expressing over the past years.. You get a taste of their energy on stage, and their emotion with John's beautiful acoustic guitar playing.. You also get a taste of John's abilities on the electric guitar, his solos are simply amazing.. This shows most of their hits over the past years in a raw pure form, untouched through the studio editing, and at a level of unbelievable skill which stands out and never leaves your memory.. definately worth the buy.. and the listen.. You WON'T be disapointed..
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