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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Remake/Remodel | |||
| 2. Street Life | |||
| 3. Ladytron | |||
| 4. While My Heart Is Still | |||
| 5. Beating | |||
| 6. Out of the Blue | |||
| 7. A Song for Europe | |||
| 8. My Only Love | |||
| 9. In Every Dream Home A | |||
| 10. Heartache | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Tara | |||
| 2. If There Is Something | |||
| 3. Mother of Pearl | |||
| 4. Avalon | |||
| 5. Dance Away | |||
| 6. Jealous Guy | |||
| 7. Editions of You | |||
| 8. Virginia Plain | |||
| 9. Love Is The Drug | |||
| 10. Do The Strand | |||
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Product Description
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When the news filtered out that Roxy (Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay, Phil Manzanera, and Paul Thompson, but, alas, no Brian Eno) were reconvening, skeptics anticipated a nostalgia trip by superannuated globetrotters. How wrong they were. These 22 sonically excellent recordings (made in 16 auditoriums, from Stuttgart to Adelaide via Vancouver) exhibit an envious attention to detail (Lucy Wilkins supplants Eddie Jobson's violin on "Out of the Blue" and there are even revving motorbike noises on "Virginia Plain"), but are far from clinically sterile. The godfathers of glam still manage to stoke up a fire behind the likes of "Remake Remodel" and Ferry continues to sing like a man handling a poisonous spider or having his back scratched by a supermodel. Their influence is still palpable--Suede must have re-written "Street Life" three times over. Pretty much everything on Live--from the art-rock of the early years to the urbane sleekness of "Avalon"--sounds as fresh as the 6 o'clock news. --Kevin Maidment
Album Description
Special enhanced (includes video for 'Both Ends Burning') double live CD from their World Tour in 2001. 23 tracks. Gatefold digipak. Eagle Records. 2003.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Really enjoyable,
By A Customer
This review is from: 2001 Live (Audio CD)
Roxy Music confirm that they are an excellent live band. For long-time fans who know that a new studio album is not likely, this is the next best thing.The sound quality is not as flawless as it could have been, hence one star removed. Could they have made this a three-CD set? Given their calatogue of great material, yes. I'm not sure, though, if they performed more than these songs on the tour.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Technicians took control,
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This review is from: 2001 Live (Audio CD)
The music of Roxy Music can be separated to 2 eras: the first 5 studio albums (1972-75) that brought us something fresh, new and interesting, and the music from the 80's that is more Brian Ferry solo - shmaltz, elevator music, just choose for yourselves. Lets call it "The Avalon era". In between there was a bad album from 1979 by the name of "Manifesto".Last live album of the band, that was also the band's last one, "Heart still beating", from the 80's, took many fans to cardiologists, cause it was so B-A-D (kids, don't try it at home!). So I had many reasons not to expect much. But After reading that most of the material is taken from the 70's, I decided to give it a chance. So... "Live" is not "Heart still beating", and also better than a few live albums from the Manifesto tour ("Concerto", "Live concerts"). But it's inferior to the old live album of the band, "Viva!", and to "Valentine" and "Vintage", 2 live albums of the early band, (that were released only lately) that include video clips (with Eno, Eddy Jobson, John Wetton and so). "Live" sounds too syntetic for more than once, by trying to bring us the original studio sound like in Re Make/Re Model, Out of the blue and others (ah, they brought us the motorcycle from "Virginia", but forgot the car from "Love is the drug"!). It's hard to understand it, because during the 70's, the band changed, improvised and improved the studio versions of many songs."Chance meeting" that was mixed together with "Both ends burning" in "Viva!" is a good example. Last part and the most dramatic one, in "If there is something" was done in "Viva!" much better than in the original first album. "Street life" (listen to Jobson's great violin solo!) and "Virginia" were done great in "Vintage" and "Valentine"; "Do the Strand" best version is in "Concerto". Jobson, in his time did not try to copy Eno, and brought us a new sound that for more than once was better than Eno's. So why did they try to copy the old solos now? Also I'm not satisfied with the sound. Roxy is a band of great individuals, but, sometimes they're lost here among the good technicians (on stage and in studio), that joined the band for the tour. After listening to the BBC 2 broadcasting of the show from Glasgow, I suspect that many mixes, too many, were done in the studio. But don't get me wrong. the album is a good one and if you are Roxy's fan, you'll love it,despite of its weaknesses.
4.0 out of 5 stars
almost 5 stars,
By A Customer
This review is from: 2001 Live (Audio CD)
the reason i give 4 is because i find the recording values to be uneven/unstable. im thinking it may very well have to do with each song having been recorded at a different venue from around the world. i mean the variables! acoustics for one. even good mixing cannot correct that. this explains why 'while my heart is still beating,' sounds fantastic...bryans vocals are clear as a bell the band is awesome, and 'mother of pearl' sounds distant and less defined. bryans vocals are not clear. i do agree with one reviewer that there is 'musical crowding' at times which squelches the bands essence. i also agree that speeding up some of the songs diminishes the songs effect, esp.on 'love is the drug.' there is plenty of good stuff here though to balance things out. the good news for me is that listening to this inspired me to get tix for r.m.'s upcoming gig here in so. cal. aug.2nd.
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