The White Broken Line (2006)
Juliana Hatfield
Track list
- Hotels
- Get In Line
- Oh
- Necessito
- Somebody Is Waiting For Me
- Rats In The Attic
- Choose Drugs
- Ten-Foot Pole
- My Sister
- Down On Me
- My Protégée
- Slow Motion
(also a ‘hidden’ acoustic track Because We Love You)
Recording locations:
Tracks 1, 4, 5, and 6 were recorded at Paradise Rock Club, Boston, in 2005.
Tracks 2, 10, and 11 were recorded at Pearl Street, Northampton, in 2005.
Track 3 was recorded at Avalon, Boston, in 2005.
Tracks 7 and 8 were recorded at Orpheum Theater, Boston, in 2002.
Tracks 9 and 12 were recorded at Maxwell’s, Hoboken, in 2005.
The long awaited official live album released on Juliana’s own Ye Olde Records label.
A set of recordings by Tom Dube collected from various live shows between 2002-2005. Full band performances,largely concentrating on the 21st century releases but with the My Sister included perhaps for the casual fan.
A ‘hidden’ track finally surfaces on a Juliana cd (a common oddity on CDs of the period) - a beautiful acoustic version of Because We Love You and is included at the end of the last track. Thankfully, the song plays soon after the end of the album proper without the common wait of several minutes of silence.
Juliana Hatfield no doubt has a reason for the somewhat limited tracklisting (by modern standards this is a bit short for a live cd) and the choice and order of songs is rather haphazard with some sloppily edited fade outs.
But nevertheless with the plethora of unofficial bootlegs circulating for many years, it’s a treat to have a professionally recorded document of the Juliana Hatfield live experience. The recording sounds raw and responds well to being played at high volume.
Some beautiful versions of the Beautiful Creature songs and the established standard My Sister sounds reinvigorated.
"the white broken line" (live album) is the highway--i think i thought of it when i was writing my book or driving but i might've stolen it
/— Juliana Hatfield (@julianahatfield) November 13, 2012
Personnel
Juliana Hatfield – vocals, guitar
Ed Velauskas – bass, backing vocals
Pete Caldes – drums
Credits
Tom Dube – recording, mixing
Reviews
"The White Broken Line allows Hatfield to show that she's got more chops as a rocker than she gets credit for."
Mark Deming, AllMusic
Availability
The album was originally a limited edition cd in November 2006, with a reissue in 2007. In May 2009 it was finally available as a digital download from these and other stores:
It has since become available on the usual streaming platforms.