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Listener Supported

1999 live album by Dave Matthews Band

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Listener Supported is an album by the Dave Matthews Band, released on November 23, 1999. It was recorded live at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey on September 11, 1999.

In addition to being the third live release by Dave Matthews Band, Listener Supported was filmed by PBS for an In the Spotlight special, and the entire concert was released on VHS the same day and DVD on February 8, 2000. The title of this release is taken from PBS's "supported by viewers like you" underwriting spot. It is currently the only Dave Matthews Band live album to not contain the date or location in the title. This is because part of the broadcast agreement allowed PBS to release their own audio CD version of the television special.

Listener Supported was also the first live release to feature keyboardist Butch Taylor and "The Lovely Ladies" on vocals. In addition to songs from each of their RCA studio albums, Listener Supported features the previously unreleased songs "#40", "True Reflections" (sung by Boyd Tinsley), and the heartbeat intro to "Pantala Naga Pampa", as well as the full band versions of "#36", "Granny" and "Long Black Veil".

01Track listing

Disc one
  1. "Intro" (David J. Matthews), 6:25
  2. "Pantala Naga Pampa" (Matthews), 0:41
  3. "Rapunzel" (Carter Beauford, Stefan Lessard, Matthews), 7:09
  4. "Rhyme & Reason" (Matthews), 5:58
  5. "The Stone" (Matthews), 7:28
  6. "#41" (Beauford, Lessard, Matthews, LeRoi Moore, Boyd Tinsley), 9:47
  7. "Crash into Me" (Matthews), 6:02
    • contains an interpolation from the composition "Dixie Chicken" (Lowell George, Martin Kibbee)
  8. "Jimi Thing" (Matthews), 13:12
  9. "#36" (Matthews), 7:34
    • with The Lovely Ladies
  10. "Warehouse" (Matthews), 8:32
Disc two
  1. "Too Much" (Matthews, Beauford, Moore, Lessard, Tinsley) , 4:52
  2. "True Reflections" (Tinsley) , 7:25
    • with The Lovely Ladies
  3. "Two Step" (Matthews), 14:38
  4. "Granny" (Matthews), 4:24
  5. "Stay (Wasting Time)" (Matthews, Lessard, Moore) , 7:07
    • with The Lovely Ladies
  6. "#40" (Matthews), 1:49
  7. "Long Black Veil" (Danny Dill, Marijohn Wilkin) , 8:44
    • with The Lovely Ladies
  8. "Don't Drink the Water" (Matthews), 7:09
  9. "Intro to..." (Matthews), 1:36
  10. "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan) , 7:51

02Personnel

Dave Matthews Band

Additional musicians

03Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
US Billboard 200 15

Year-end charts

Chart (2000) Position
US Billboard 200 111

04Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA) 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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