Amazing album, don
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By meg meg999
quite an awesome album. as far as live grunge, this is the flag bearer and the standard, followed by nirvana's "live at reading" album. they have such a heavy sound in their studio albums that i felt this would be an interesting purchase. i felt that this was basically the same way i was when i first encountered nirvana live at reading. skeptical at first, but blown away when i sat down and listened to it.
1. Bleed the freak 10/10
such a heavy opening. really sets the pace of the album. i'd say better than the original
2. Queen of the radio 9/10
kind of a joke song. i would compare this to "love song" on the Sap EP or "swing on this" on Jar of Flies. still good though.
3. Angry Chair 10/10
this gets the album going again. they keep that really heavy sound. this is done a little faster than the studio version, but still done very well. i love how this flows right into man in the box.
4. Man in the Box 12/10
far surpasses the original! this is the best song on the entire album. when layne hits the chorus, he hits it with 10 times as much power, emotion, feeling, and raw strength as the studio version. when i first heard it, i just sat back and enjoyed it because i have never heard a grunge singer, or really any other singer, put that much power into a raspy scream as that. if you buy one song, make it this.
5. Love, Hate, Love 11/10
the second best song on here. this is done with so much power and and is so impressively heavy that i can't even handle it. this is another song that surpasses the studio version, which says a lot, because the studio version is one of alice in chains' best songs.
6. Rooster 10/10
they just keep it rolling here. great song after great song after great song. the momentum of this album is amazing. they pack even more awesome into this than the studio version, although in some parts it kinda screams out for the little guitar fills that the studio version has. nevertheless, amazing.
7. Would? 11/10
you can feel layne's pain on here. i feel this is one of his most powerful vocal performances ever on this song, and you can just feel the emotion flowing to you when he starts singing the chorus.
8. Junkhead 10/10
this surpasses the studio version, and it just continues the momentum of the album. it rocks so hard, but the lyrics are so dark that it makes you feel the deepest empathy for layne and his addiction.
9. Dirt 10/10
"we're gonna do a song off our album dirt. this song's called dirt" oh the way layne says that makes me crack up. they lose a little bit of the heaviness of the studio version, but it still rocks.
10. Them Bones 10/10
short sweet, heavy, and to the point.
11. God Am 10/10
never has grunge been so catchy and, weirdly enough, vaguely swingy. very well done
12. Again 10/10
great song, and the album just continues on so well.
13. A Little Bitter 10/10
even at the near end of the album, layne's voice still has the same power as the beginning. quite impressive.
14. Dam That River 11/10
Such a heavy and perfect ending the greatest live grunge album ever.
Layne shows his vocal perfection throughout.
Jerry knows how to add every fill necessary to make each song the heaviest and most powerful it can.
Mike Inez has the usual tasty bass going on. (except for bleed the freak and queen of the rodeo. where mike starr has his tasty bass going on)
and sean kinney shows why he is one of the best drummers around.
perfect album
