There is something stilted about this recording; it's not wide open as the producer's comments would indicate. Good songs but not his best; he moved onto different turf and it's unfamiliar.
BTW - get Comes Alive At Budokan as it's one of the best live albums ever. His band is crackling on that one...good surround candidate...
I agree, Comes Alive At Budokan is his very best CD.
I recently got the DVD John Hiatt - Live from Austin TX, and it is very good also, not quite as good as Comes Alive At Budokan, but still very good. Same back up band, The guilty dogs, they are super.