Welcome to the Freak Show: Live in Concert (CD - 1997)

Additional personnel: Brent Barcus, Mark Towsend (guitar); Jason Halbert (keyboards); Otto Price (bass); Will Benton (drums); Marvin Sims (percussion).

Recorded live at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon; Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, Washington.

WELCOME TO THE FREAKSHOW won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album.

Personnel: Brent Barcus, Mark Townsend (guitar); Jason Halbert (keyboards); Will Benton (drums); Marvin Sims (percussion).

Audio Mixers: John Hampton; Toby McKeehan.

Recording information: Audio Recording, Portland Memorial Coliseum, OR; Remote Control, Inc., Lynnwood, WA; Tacoma Dome, WA.

Editor: Jeff Boggs.

Photographers: Louis Leluca; Martha Neumann.

By capturing DC Talk on stage, Live In Concert -- Welcome to the Freak Show functions as a vital greatest hits album. Despite their many virtues, DC Talk's albums can occasionally sound constrained and guarded. Welcome to the Freak Show remedies that situation, as it relies on the group's frentic, kinetic energy and interplay with the audience. The group runs through all of their best-known songs, delivering each with vigor. For the uninitiated, this is the best place to become acquainted with the group, and longtime fans will cherish this document of DC Talk at the peak of their powers. ~ Rodney Batdorf minimize