Double Live is a 1997 album by Rheostatics

Rheostatics

Rheostatics was a Genie Award-winning Canadian indie rock band, active from 1980 to 2007.Although they had only one Top 40 hit, "Claire" in 1995, they were simultaneously one of Canada's most influential and unconventional rock bands, a band whose eclectic take on pop and rock music has been...

. It collects a variety of live performances by the band, ranging from intimate club settings to record store sessions to their arena tour with The Tragically Hip

The Tragically Hip

The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as The Hip, is a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario, consisting of Gordon Downie , Paul Langlois , Rob Baker , Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay . Since their formation in 1983 they have released 12 studio albums, two live albums, and 46 singles...

 in 1996.

The album includes a number of tracks which have never appeared on any previous Rheostatics album. In fact, one of these tracks, "Good Canadian", was improvised on the spot.

The Hip's live album Live Between Us

Live Between Us

Live Between Us is the first full-length live album by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. It was released in May 1997.The album was recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1996, during the tour supporting Trouble at the Henhouse....

, released the same year, documents a show for which Rheostatics were the opening band. Gordon Downie

Gordon Downie

Gordon Edgar Downie is a Canadian rock musician, writer and occasional actor. He is the lead singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. He has released three solo albums, Coke Machine Glow in 2001, Battle of the Nudes in 2003; and The Grand Bounce in 2010...

 acknowledges and thanks Rheostatics at the beginning of that album.

Cover

On the cover of the album, Martin Tielli

Martin Tielli

Martin Tielli is a Canadian singer-songwriter. He was a member of the Rheostatics, and has also released material as a solo artist and with the side project Nick Buzz. As well, he has appeared as a guest musician on albums by Barenaked Ladies, Kevin Hearn, The Waltons, Jane Siberry, Ashley...

 is playing a double neck guitar which he painted himself with a "never quite presented idea" for the new Canadian flag designed by A.Y. Jackson.

Track listing

As with many of the band's albums, the songwriting is credited to varying combinations of the band members: Martin Tielli

Martin Tielli

Martin Tielli is a Canadian singer-songwriter. He was a member of the Rheostatics, and has also released material as a solo artist and with the side project Nick Buzz. As well, he has appeared as a guest musician on albums by Barenaked Ladies, Kevin Hearn, The Waltons, Jane Siberry, Ashley...

, Dave Bidini

Dave Bidini

Dave Bidini is a Canadian musician, journalist and author originating from Etobicoke, Ontario. He is a founding member of the acclaimed rock band Rheostatics, and has published several books about music and sports. He currently performs with his band, aptly named BidiniBand. The group's first...

 and Tim Vesely

Tim Vesely

Tim Vesely is a Canadian musician and songwriter. He is best known as the bassist for the indie rock band Rheostatics, in which he shared lead vocal duties with bandmates Dave Bidini and Martin Tielli...

. (Don Kerr

Don Kerr

Don Kerr is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist and record producer.He was a member of Rheostatics from 1995 to May 2001. He plays in Ron Sexsmith's band, and sometimes with The Kelele Brothers. He and Sexsmith released an album together, Destination Unknown, in 2005...

 does not receive songwriting credit, as virtually all of these songs predate his arrival in the band. In some cases, even the performance predates Kerr.) Former band member Dave Clark

Dave Clark (Canadian musician)

-Biography:Clark is a respected studio musician and live performer, and has collaborated with such artists as Charles Spearin, Gord Downie, The Inbreds, Jane Siberry, Julie Doiron, and the Sun Ra Arkestra. He is perhaps best known for playing drums in the indie rock band Rheostatics from 1980–1995...

 is also credited on some numbers. Songwriting credits for each track are listed below.

Disc one

1. "Saskatchewan" (Dave Bidini, Martin Tielli) – 7:59
2. "Feed Yourself" (Bidini) – 7:59
3. "Shaved Head" (Bidini, Tielli) – 6:05
4. "Torque, Torque" (Tim Vesely, Paul Quarrington
   Paul Quarrington
   Paul Lewis Quarrington was a Canadian novelist, playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, musician and educator.-Background:...
   
   ) – 1:39
5. "Claire" (Vesely, Quarrington) – 5:50
6. "Legal Age Life at Variety Store" (Bidini) – 4:07
7. "Dead is the Drunkest You Can Get" (Tielli) – 2:57
8. "Bees" (Bidini) – 1:46
9. "Dope Fiends and Boozehounds" (Bidini, Tielli, Janet Morassutti) – 6:12
10. "Song of Flight" (Bidini, Tielli, Dave Clark) – 1:54
11. "Self Serve Gas Station" (Tielli) – 5:11
12. "Horses" (Bidini) – 8:52
13. "Dope Fiends (Ending)" (Bidini, Tielli, Morassutti) – 2:25
14. "Record Body Count" (Tielli) – 3:34

Disc two

1. "A Midwinter Night's Dream" (Tielli) – 9:03
2. "The Royal Albert (Joey 2)" (Tielli) – 2:16
3. "Introducing Happiness" (Vesely) – 3:13
4. "Stolen Car" (Bidini) – 5:36
5. "Jesus Was Once a Teenager Too" (Bidini, Tielli) – 4:25
6. "Good Canadian" (Tielli) – 0:31
7. "Bread, Meat, Peas and Rice" (Bidini, Clark) – 3:18
8. "Christopher" (Tielli) – 4:37
9. "The Ballad of Wendel Clark, Parts I and II" (Bidini, Clark, Tielli) – 5:16
10. "Palomar" (Vesely) – 5:10
11. "Triangles on the Wall" (Tielli) – 3:58
12. "People's Republic of Dave" (Bidini) – 4:04
13. "Regina" (Rheostatics) – 1:02
14. "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (Gordon Lightfoot
    Gordon Lightfoot
    Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. is a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music, and has been credited for helping define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s...
    
    ) – 8:14
15. "Desert Island Discs" (Bidini, Clark) – 3:54