595 (album)

595
Live album by Karate
Released	October 8th, 2007
Recorded	May 5, 2003
Genre	Indie rock Post-rock Jazz fusion
Length	49:54
Label	Southern Records
Karate chronology
In the Fishtank 12 (2005) 595 (2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(7.0/10)[2]
PopMatters	[3]

595 is a live album by Karate, released on Southern Records on October 8, 2007. The album is so named because this is a recording of their 595th live show. All told, 695 shows were performed over the band's 12-year career.^[4]

In 2007, the former band members of Karate decided to release a live album. Often, Karate was sent live material from their own performances, usually from sound technicians. This happened also after their performance on May 5, 2003 at Stuk, Leuven, Belgium, while touring to support Some Boots. Karate was so astonished by the quality of the recording they decided to release this 'posthumous' live album.

Track listing

1. "The Roots and the Ruins" – 3:04 (originally from Unsolved, 2000)
2. "Airport" – 4:38 (originally from Some Boots, 2002)
3. "In Hundreds" – 9:34 (originally from Some Boots)
4. "Original Spies" – 6:46 (originally from Some Boots)
5. "Number 6" – 5:22 (originally from Unsolved)
6. "There Are Ghosts" – 3:56 (originally from The Bed Is in the Ocean, 1998)
7. "Sever" – 6:20 (originally from Unsolved)
8. "Caffeine or Me?" – 10:11 (originally from Karate, 1996)

References

1. Kahn, Corey (2011). "595 - Karate | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
2. Leitko, Aaron (2011). "Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Karate: 595". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
3. Fiander, Matthew (2011). "Karate: Five-Ninety-Five < PopMatters". popmatters.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
4. "Karate at Southern Records". Retrieved 2008-06-03.