Various Artists Stax Revue: Live In '65!
Released Aug 8, 2025 Craft Recordings
Early read 2 professional reviews Updated Oct 15, 2026
Broadly positive consensus
Early read based on 2 professional reviews. Various Artists' Stax Revue: Live In '65!
How ChoruScore worksCritics' Top Tracks
The songs critics returned to most
Summertime - Live at Club Paradise, Memphis, TN
1 critic mention
“stretching the melody while Steve Cropper threads delicate guitar lines underneath.” — Glide Magazine
In The Midnight Hour - Live at The 5-4 Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA
2 critic mentions
You Don't Miss Your Water - Live at The 5-4 Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA
1 critic mention
Full critic consensus
Various Artists' Stax Revue: Live In '65! captures two distinct sides of Stax's live soul, and its 80/100 consensus score across two professional reviews makes this archival release an appealing listen for fans of spirited performances. Critics praise the remastering for bringing the musicians' interplay and the room's rowdy joy into focus, while the recordings give Memphis and Los Angeles their own character: one loose and at home, the other charged with the excitement and pressure of breaking new ground.
The best songs on Stax Revue: Live In '65! reflect that range. “In The Midnight Hour - Live at The 5-4 Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA” and “Walking The Dog - Live at The 5-4 Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA” stand out across both reviews, with their vivid performances helping bring the set's live energy to the fore. Critics also single out “Summertime - Live at Club Paradise, Memphis, TN” as a highlight, offering a contrasting mood to the Los Angeles recordings. Heard together, these performances sketch a label able to deliver in familiar surroundings and under the bright lights of a major city. The critical consensus is warm rather than extravagant: the archival remaster's chief strength is how clearly it conveys the band, the audience, and the atmosphere. For a compact glimpse of Stax's live legacy, these reviews point to a set whose standout tracks make its historical setting feel immediate.
Track Ratings
How critics rated each track, relative to this album (0-100). Only tracks that made critics feel something are rated.
Green Onions - Live at Club Paradise, Memphis, TN
Boot-Leg - Live at Club Paradise, Memphis, TN
You Can't Sit Down - Live at Club Paradise, Memphis, TN
Summertime - Live at Club Paradise, Memphis, TN
Soul Twist - Live at Club Paradise, Memphis, TN
What Can It Be - Live at Club Paradise, Memphis, TN
I'll Be Doggone - Live at Club Paradise, Memphis, TN
Just Be True - Live at Club Paradise, Memphis, TN
Out Of Sight - Live at Club Paradise, Memphis, TN
Can't See You When I Want To - Live at Club Paradise, Memphis, TN
Bar-B-Q - Live at Club Paradise, Memphis, TN
Last Night - Live at The 5-4 Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA
Don't Have To Shop Around - Live at The 5-4 Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA
Candy - Live at The 5-4 Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA
Any Other Way - Live at The 5-4 Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA
You Don't Miss Your Water - Live at The 5-4 Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA
Every Ounce Of Strength - Live at The 5-4 Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA
Boot-Leg - Live at The 5-4 Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA
In The Midnight Hour - Live at The 5-4 Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA
Walking The Dog - Live at The 5-4 Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA
The Dog - Live at The 5-4 Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA
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What Critics Are Saying
Deep insights from 2 critics who reviewed this album
Critic's Take
The remastering lets the band’s interplay and the room’s rowdy joy breathe, making these tracks the clearest answers to who delivers the best tracks on Stax Revue: Live in ’65!
Key Points
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The album’s core strengths are its raw Memphis soul energy, strong house-band interplay, and effective remastering that foregrounds the audience.
Themes
Critic's Take
Various Artists give the best songs on Stax Revue: Live In '65! two very different moods, with Memphis loose and in its element and Los Angeles charged with the excitement and pressure of breaking new ground. stretching the melody while Steve Cropper threads delicate guitar lines underneath. Heard back-to-back, these best tracks tell the story of a label that could bring the heat whether at home or under the bright lights of a major city.