Venues

Mullins Center, University of Massachusetts

Amherst, MA, USA

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Top Rated Shows

Highest rated shows at this venue by Phish.net users:

Date Rating
1995-12-05 96 votes 4.4479/5
1994-11-03 74 votes 3.8514/5
1994-04-16 62 votes 3.8387/5
1995-12-04 84 votes 3.7143/5
2010-10-23 159 votes 3.7107/5
2010-10-24 154 votes 3.5714/5

Top Reviews

Highest-rated reviews from shows at this venue:

1995-12-05 by bostonron 13
My first show :-) Looking at the setlist, this one is great for a noob. A lot of *songs*, some favorites, Horn, Chalkdust, Lizards, Esther, Cavern, Lifeboy and the big guns Bowie and Hood. In retrospect listening back it was a pretty laid back night for the guys. They never really went out there...
1994-11-03 by westbrook 7
You can consider this an average show from this time in the band's career. You'll want to hear the strong Divided Sky early in the show, as well as the transition between Wilson and Peaches. Wilson is unfinished because Trey's "Blat Boom" serves as the opening drum beat to Peaches. This was a...
1995-12-05 by markah 4
This GIN is fantastic!!!
1995-12-05 by colforbin310 4
I have not actually listened to this whole show but i have listened many times to the fantastic Bathtub Gin. I will not try to explain it but i would like to point out a Dave's Energy Guide tease starting around 7:20. This wasn't a tease of the main theme of DEG which is usually the part...
2010-10-24 by Ben_s 3
Night Two began with “ACDC Bag”, which confirmed the predictions of the audience who had been expecting it as the second night opener all day. Phish moved into “Camel Walk”, another eagerly awaited and predicted early set piece, but shocked the crowd by segueing into “Divided Sky”, an old,...
2010-10-24 by phrienly_book 3
The reviews in the last couple days have been pitiful. Unless anybody wants to give a solid review of the shows, please do not post anything. Sorry for being a hyprocrit for posting this, but unless you have anything to say about the quality of the show then don't post at all FYI...Picture...
2010-10-23 by Ben_s 3
UMass hasn’t looked or felt like this since 1995, when Phish last played here. Thousands of fans gathered outside the Mullins Center to try to buy, trade, and sell Phish tickets before the show began. A dreadlocked family of four stood together with a sign that read: “Who’s got our Saturday...
2010-10-23 by JerrysMissingFinger 2
Coming here a little bit more than 8 years later just to say a single thing. The Piper in this show, though not being near an all-timer and clocking in at only about 8.5 minutes, is incredibly knotty and psychedelic, and is definitely, in my ears, a 2010 interpretation or anticipation of the...
1995-12-05 by Campster 2
Alright, it's been a bit, but continuing December '95 with the second night of UMASS. Set I opens with Horn, which is kind of an odd opener. Not bad, but I can't imagine it kicking the energy level up. Perfectly adequate rendition, with Trey playing the solo section nicely. CDT seems to be...
1995-12-04 by Campster 2
Listening to December '95 & show #3. It was cool that I was able to catch them at the same spot in 2010 fifteen years later.... Side-note: the recording on the ReListen app is very solid for this show. Julius opens this one in fine form. Definitely a tight and rollicking version with strong...

Notable Jam Chart Performances

Individual jam chart entries from this venue:

1995-12-05 • Scent of a Mule (13:50) Set 2 Noteworthy
Page solos, then comes Trey on vocals/guitar, but the vocals are very atypical. Page responds with another strong solo, the klezmer starts, followed by Mike chanting and stomping his feet. On the final beat of the song, the band breaks into a high-powered, accelerating jam that lasts for 1:34 until abruptly transitioning to "Lifeboy."
1995-12-05 • Bathtub Gin (23:34) Set 2 Noteworthy
A very exploratory "Gin" jam. At 7:00, the jam starts to twist away from the standard, and works through several sections including driving power rock, percussive '95-style funk, more power rock, and a -> to "Keyboard Army."
1995-12-05 • Jam (1:34) Set 2 Noteworthy
> in from "SOAMule." A high powered, accelerating jam starts on the final beat of "Mule." Abruptly > to "Lifeboy."
1995-12-05 • Harry Hood (17:12) Set 2 Noteworthy
Multiple rolling peaks that get higher and higher, and the final few, which incorporate an "Entertainer" tease are just sweet.
1994-11-03 • Split Open and Melt (14:52) Set 1 Noteworthy
Epic, Exploratory MUST-HEAR Multibeast, well beyond simple description. When the jam finally returns to "SOAM" after 13:30, there's almost a welcome relief to be home again after a long, astounding, and mind-blowing journey.
1994-04-16 • Stash (12:45) Set 1 Noteworthy
Jam breaks into an upbeat, melodic but intense groove. Then, nasty old "Stash" makes a roaring comeback.
2010-10-24 • Fee (6:27) Set 1
Another stretched out, harmonics-filled outro with added sirens and synthesizer. Excellent -> to "Time Turns Elastic."
-> in from a solid "Fee." Strong version with tight playing throughout the composed sections and some great and extended straightforward jamming on the tail end.
1995-12-04 • Stash (12:28) Set 1
Although largely "Type I," this typically strong '95 version is an intense thriller, and has excellent dynamics modulation.
Set II opener. Another typically strong '95 version that will fry your brain. Dissonance reigns supreme. > to "Sparkle."
1994-11-03 • Harry Hood (14:49) Set 2
The jam includes an unusual and very un-"Hood"-like section from 9:00 - 10:50. The build and peak sections that follow are strong '94 fare.
1994-04-16 • Fee (6:02) Set 1
Trey and Page carry the lead while the rhythm section starts and stops several times before grinding to a halt.
Bad-Ass jam with power jamming, rhythmic shifts, and more. Fish rocks. The jam winds down instead of peaking.


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