Luke Haines Is Alive And Well And Living In Buenos Aires (subtitled (Heavy, Frenz â The Solo Anthology 2001âÂÂ2017)) is a compilation album on 4 CDs by Luke Haines, featuring his solo work, released on 29 September 2017. The album covers his music from when he began his "righteous solo trip" in 1999, following the breakup of The Auteurs. On the final dic, the album contains rarities and un-released music (of the 21 tracks on it, 13 were previously unreleased).
The album received positive reviews. Jake Kennedy of Record Collector, described Haines' voice and ambition as "unrivalled", noting his "seemingly infinite scope" of subject matter. Ian Rushbury in PopMatters noted the liner notes, but that despite the fact the album is fascinating for a music geek, for the average man in the street "who knows?", although that some songs feature curious instrumental choices, with "68p in My Pocket" lacking any drums, despite being a "slice of really nasty punk rock", with other songs featuring "inexplicable kazoo solos" where he felt an "acid rock guitar freakout" ought to have been.
Michael Hall, writing for The Line of Best Fit, described the album as drawing on Haines' prolific output, including, on the first disc, his "early, deeply unsettling, often hateful" early records, such as The Oliver Twist Manifesto, Das Capital, and 21st Century Man, as well as a "wide selection" from Off My Rocker at the Art School Bop; while saying the third disc covers "perhaps his most prolific years of output". Craig Chaligne of Louder Than War noted the "cheekily titled" final CD, which featured material from Haines' abandoned project "Property".