Author: Live

Features:

• BIRDS OF PRAY MUSIC

Format: Remixes included

Release Date: 2003-05-20

Details: Product Description 2003 release, the sixth album from alt-rock band Live. The album's first single, "Heaven" became the band's most successful single in several years, reaching the Billboard Hot 100. Ed Kowalczyk's lyrics on this album return to the spiritual territory of 1999's The Distance to Here. Guitarist Chad Taylor revealed that tensions between Kowalczyk and the other three members, which would eventually cause the band to split, were already surfacing. Amazon.ca Live was originally labeled the poor man's U2, thanks to their anthemic choruses and earnest spirituality. Unlike the Irish superstars, however, the Pennsylvania quartet have found what they're looking for on their sixth album. Singer and principal songwriter Ed Kowalczyk proclaims in "Heaven" that he not only has gotten his faith back, but also has seen God in his infant daughter and a sunset. Gooey sentiments, perhaps, but Kowalczyk delivers them with a sweet sincerity that delivers a solid psychic punch. The band seemed to have lost its way around the turn of the century by embroidering their trademark guitar-heavy sound with an abundance of frivolous loops, gadgetry, and gratuitous fretwork. This time out, they thankfully reverted back to basics, throwing out the trashy keyboards and again pounding out their rhythmically charged rock. Kowalczyk is also writing less ponderous lyrics. The singer has found his salvation in love, which has softened his stern demeanor and given his stream-of-consciousness songs a playful spin not heard before on a Live record. --Jaan Uhelszki

UPC: 008811324124

EAN: 0008811324124

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood