This Moment: In Toronto with the Loose Band is a 1995 live album by American singer-songwriter Victoria Williams. It has received positive reviews from critics.

Reception Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3 out of 5 stars, with critic Lindsay Planer writing that "This Moment is a precious and rare gift from a flower to her audience" and the album has "animated" versions of songs from Williams' three studio albums. Chris Molanphy of CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that "it's a joy to hear a show where audience and performer merge without cues" and continued that Williams "hugs these songs with her plaintive croon and infectious grace". A brief review in Entertainment Weekly opined "so what if this here butterfly often tips the sugar scales?" and rated these "16 sweet, subtle tales of dirt-road despair" a B. An evaluation in No Depression called out how the "instrumentation is beautiful" and speculated that this release is unlikely to win Williams new fans, but will satisfy her existing listeners. In a review of Williams' career for Trouser Press by Ira Robins, Wif Stenger, and Floyd Eberhard, the publication states that "the piano-based chamber-pop arrangements reach rarefied Joni Mitchell levels, and the album tilts dangerously toward the preciousness Williams’ best studio work (and guitar-based concerts) so easily resists".

Track listing All songs written by Victoria Williams, except where noted. "This Moment" (Mike Heron and Williams) – 3:51 "Graveyard" – 3:59 "Harry Went to Heaven" – 3:19 "Waterfall" – 3:21 "Polish Those Shoes" – 5:53 "TC" – 4:42 "Frying Pan" – 3:15 "Hitchhikers Smile" – 4:58 "Crazy Mary" – 6:31 "Lights" – 2:29 "Summer of Drugs" – 5:39 "Imagination" (Johnny Burke and James Van Heusen) – 3:22 "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Otto Harbach and Jerome Kern) – 3:21 "Can’t Cry Hard Enough" (Marvin Etzioni and David Williams) – 4:41 "Sunshine Country" – 4:52 "Love" – 4:47

Personnel Victoria Williams and The Loose Band Joey Burns – upright bass Dan Heffington – drums David Manfield – acoustic guitar, violin, pedal steel guitar Tim Ray – piano Andrew Williams – acoustic guitar David Williams – vocals Victoria Williams – electric guitar, vocals

Additional personnel Todd Fraracci – recording Danny Greenspoon – production Cory Hambleton – production assistance Tom Herbers – remixing at Paisley Park Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; digital editing at Wild Audio, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; sequencing at Wild Audio, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Shane T. Keller – assistant engineering Gary Louris – sketch Marko Shark – photography Vic – paintings Doug Wild – digital editing at Wild Audio, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; sequencing at Wild Audio, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

See also List of 1995 albums

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