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Cat Power has performed her complete melancholy gem The Covers Record at ATP, while Sonic Youth treated ecstatic fans to their epic guitar-noodler Daydream Nation during a 2007 tour. But what about the potential dark side to the trend? How many bands are going to jump on the bandwagon before it overflows with the scary prospect of MC Hammer breaking out the gold pants for a reprisal of Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ’Em? Matt Breece, a long-time fan of the Cult who owns copies of their album Love on CD, vinyl and cassette, had no qualms about buying a ticket for this summer’s performance of the album in San Diego. He also doesn’t think there’s cause for concern regarding the avalanche of bands playing entire albums live. “I knew exactly what to expect as far as set list was concerned. I wouldn’t have gone if I thought they were playing a mix of new and old material,� he says. “Playing an entire album guaranteed I won’t have to listen to a lot of new songs that weren’t that good.� Rather than seeing the tour by a nostalgic favorite as a grab for money, Breece has a different take on the albums-in-their-entirety concept: he believes that the art of the album is being lost. “We increasingly live in an iTunes world where people listen to just a couple songs by an artist and rarely listen to a full album from start to finish. An entire album can have the arc of a novel or a film, being a complete artistic piece,� he says. “It’s nice to listen to the performance as a complete piece rather than a greatest-hits shuffle. It revitalizes the album as a work of art.� Other fans have loved seeing albums in their entirety strictly for the nostalgia factor. Last year, Liz Phair celebrated the 15th anniversary of her most critically successful album, 1993’s Exile in Guyville, with a series of performances. Jessica Duran of Sonoma County was at the San Francisco show, and for her, being transported back in time was one of the night’s most enjoyable factors. “It was fantastic! Like a time warp, I couldn’t have dreamed up better,� Duran says. “Liz was all denim cutoffs and ripped tights, just like the days when her album came out. It was like she recreated her entire early ’90s self, and it was perfect.� To Duran, seeing Exile in Guyville allowed fans to remember the Phair that they had loved years before, rather than the majorlabel singer who went on to sing radiofriendly hits. “It was definitely a way for her to revisit and reconnect with her early success, before she ‘jumped the shark’ and started singing cotton-candy lyrics,� Duran says. With tickets selling for upwards of $50–$70 for most in-its-entirety tours, there’s something to be said for knowing exactly what one is getting into. When the Pixies play Doolittle, everyone will know that “Bone Machine� will be followed by “Debaser.� The spontaneous glory of impulse and improvisation, in a way, might be lost to the comfort of the expected, the backward fall into nostalgia’s warm embrace. It can be fun to remember old times, but like the high school quarterback after school is out, there’s a danger in relying too much on past glories. As long as the money rolls in and the crowds continue to yearn for the oldies but goodies, bands will be content to do just that—in its entirety.

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