Bootleg Detroit

1	Intro 0:19
2	Come Along 4:20
3	Dana Intro 0:14
4	Mary 3:01
5	Banter#1 0:21
6	Candy 3:20
7	Sheila 2:52
8	Billy Intro 0:06
9	Claire 3:11
10	My Brain 1:41
11	Banter#2 0:12
12	Head With Wings 3:32
13	Cure for Pain 3:11
14	You Speak My Language 3:35
15	Thursday 3:02
16	Banter#3 0:14
17	You Look Like Rain 3:31
18	Buena 3:28

Barnes & Noble

Bootleg: Detroit is the only authorized live memento from Morphine, the self-described purveyors of "low rock." This daring and successful selection reaches back to a 1994 show, drawing upon only two of the band's five studio albums, and forgoes recent material that tastefully expanded the trio's sonic palette. Instead, Bootleg: Detroit delivers Morphine's smoldering guitar-free, sax/bass/drums attack in full throttle, as captured on tour in support of their breakthrough -- and arguably their best -- album, Cure for Pain. Dana Colley's saxophone receives a wide berth, his playing evoking the aura of a smoky jazz club, while the rhythm section provides plenty of bluesy rock-'n'-roll catharsis. True to its name, Bootleg was remixed from an audience tape and is dotted with a few extra whoops from nearby fans and some loss of high end, but the sound quality is more than adequate -- how much treble do a bass and sax emit, anyway? Rather than a traditional retrospective, Morphine have wisely opted for a killer performance that will serve as a reminder of a fertile career cut tragically short (frontman Mark Sandman died in the summer of '99, suffering a heart attack onstage at an Italian festival). Bootleg: Detroit is a wonderful entry point for Morphine newcomers and a worthy artifact for the already converted. Glen Sarvady

All Music Guide

The odd title of this final sanctioned release by Morphine before Mark Sandman's untimely death comes from its origin -- a tape made by an audience member at a Detroit show during Morphine's Cure for Pain tour. While the tapes were mastered by Sandman shortly before his demise, the original quality of the recording cannot be overcome. Still, this is a good document of Morphine's excellent live show and displays the energy and passion that they played with during the tour that supported their breakthrough album. Some short tracks featuring banter probably could have been sacrificed in favor of more songs, but on the whole the album stands as a loving tribute to an innovative band. ~ Stacia Proefrock, All Music Guide

Entertainment Weekly

This 1994 live set features the cream of the band’s superb first two albums. James Sullivan