A House: Live in Concert
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A House: Live in Concert is the sixth album-length release from Irish
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 rock band A House
A House
A House was an Irish band from the 1980s to the 1990s, recognized for the clever, "often bitter or irony laden lyrics of [frontman] Dave Couse ... bolstered by the [band's] seemingly effortless musicality". The single "Endless Art" is one of their best known charting successes. A House were managed...

. It is a live album
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...

 and was released after the band’s career had officially ended. Its liner notes include the names of all former members of A House, and the sign off, “Over and Out. Amen.”

Although issued in 1998, Live in Concert features recordings from earlier in the band’s career. The first seven tracks were recorded at Delacey House in Cork
Cork (city)
Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...

, Ireland on October 18, 1990, mostly featuring songs from the period of the I Want Too Much
I Want Too Much
I Want Too Much is the second album from Irish rock band A House.-Track listing:# "13 Wonderful Love Songs"# "I Want Too Much" # "Talking"# "The Patron Saint of Mediocrity"# "Shivers Up My Spine"# "Marry Me"# "I Give You You"...

album. A House had been dropped by their label after I Want Too Much. The Cork performance also includes “The Last to Know” which would be included on the Doodlebug EP, one of the first A House releases on Setanta Records
Setanta Records
Setanta Records is a UK Independent record label. The label was at the forefront of the indie Irish music scene in the late eighties and nineties as itchampioned young Irish groups.-History:...

, marking the resurrection of the band’s career. The song "Body Blow" is not elsewhere available in A House's recorded catalogue.

The final five tracks were recorded at the Riverside
Riverside (music venue)
Riverside was a music venue in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom which ran between 1985 and 1999. It is the subject of a book, by Hazel Plater and Carl Taylor, published by Tonto Books on 6 October 2011.The venue was significant for a number of reasons:...

 in Newcastle Upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne
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 on May 28, 1992. This is an acoustic set featuring songs from the period I Am the Greatest
I Am the Greatest
I Am the Greatest is the third album from Irish rock band A House and features the fan favorite track, "Endless Art".-Reception:At the time of its release, I Am the Greatest was very well reviewed, but sometimes the album was also marvelled at for its very existence...

, A House’s first album with Setanta.

Track Listing

  1. "I Want to Kill Something"
  2. "Talking for the Sake of Talking"
  3. "I Think I’m Going Mad"
  4. "I Want Too Much, Part 3"
  5. "The Last to Know"
  6. "Body Blow"
  7. "Violent Love"
  8. "You’re Too Young"
  9. "I Lied"
  10. "When I First Saw You"
  11. "Blind Faith"
  12. "Endless Art
    Endless Art
    "Endless Art" is a song by Irish indie rock band A House, released initially as the lead track on the "Bingo" EP , and then as a single from their 1991 album I Am the Greatest...

    "
    • "A House were David Couse
      Dave Couse
      Dave Couse is a musician, producer, and radio DJ. He was the lead singer and main song writer with Irish band A House and has released three albums as a solo artist...

      , Fergal Bunbury, Martin Healy, Dermot Wylie, Susan Kavanagh, David Morrissey, Dave Dawson, Liam Crinion, Frank Buckley, Colin Boland, Over and Out Amen"
      • Liam Crinion was A House's "only manager ever" and also the band's "long-time roadie, technician and all around top-man". Colin Boland was the band's recording engineer and sound man.
    • Tracks 1-7 recorded at Delacey House, Cork, 18-10-90; produced by Jim Lockhart, engineered by Phil Cook.
    • Tracks 8-12 (acoustic set) recorded at Riverside, Newcastle, 28-5-92; produced by Jeff Smith.
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