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Steamhammer - http://www.crownrecord.co.jp/ |
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CRGL-10001-3 (3 discs) |
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The Who: Live at the Royal Albert Hall |
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"Live at the Royal Albert Hall"
The Who |
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Disc 1:
1. I Can't Explain
2. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
3. Pinball Wizard
4. Relay
5. My Wife
6. The Kids Are Alright
7. Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand
8. Bargain
9. Magic Bus
10. Who Are You
11. Baba O'Riley
Disc 2:
1. Drowned
2. Heart To Hang Onto
3. So Sad About Us
4. I'm One
5. Getting In Tune
6. Behind Blue Eyes
7. You Better You Bet
8. The Real Me
9. 5:15
10. Won't Get Fooled Again
11. Substitute
12. Let's See Action
13. My Generation
14. See Me, Feel Me - Listening To You
Disc 3 (Stereo only):
1. I’m Free
2. I Don’t Even Know Myself
3. Summertime Blues
4. Young Man Blues |
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Pop/Rock |
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Hybrid |
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| The 5:15 bass solo - 5 stars (review from amazon.co.uk) |
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| This Live album is probably the best Who live album out of them all, Entwhistles solo on 5:15 is mind blowing, this is the reason i got the Album, because I already watched the DVD, so it was just a case of listening to the bass solo whenever I'm out and about! Although if Kieth were in the band still, the Album would be alot better, not that Zak Starky is a bad drummer!
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| worth it's weight in gold (review from amazon.co.uk) |
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| This lovely 4LP german only set is the complete royal albert 2000 show, as seen/heard on the DVD, plus four excellent bonus tracks recorded at the RAH two years later. It is an excellent performance, one of the best in their career and the superior sound quality, including between-tracks-dialogue makes for an exceptional buy. The whole set is nicely packaged in a gatefold sleeve, with lots of pictures on the record sleeves as well. Heavy vinyl is a plus as well. Even if you've already got the DVD, the bonus tracks are worth enough. A blistering version of 'I'm free,' followed by 'live at leeds' like renditions of 'summertime blues' and 'I don't even know myself,' ended by one of the best verions of 'Young Man Blues' ever!
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| Fooled again (review from amazon.co.uk) |
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| A three disc set of live Who material from their triumphant 2000 Us and UK tour sounds like a ball, but it isn't. It's ruined by a terrible mix and a dull, lifeless mastering. Brilliant guest performances by Nigel Kennedy and Noel Gallagher can't save it. This music was released a couple of years ago as a DVD with much better audio content. Buy that instead
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| Fooled Again (review from amazon.co.uk) |
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Another Who live album ? To be honest, it's the last thing we need. Fans have been peppered with them over the last couple of years. First came the "Blues to the Bush" in 2000, and then last year their ENTIRE U.S. tour was released as double cd's.
And the most of the music on these discs were released on the DVD with the same name. So what do we get ?
An outstanding performance by one of the greatest bands of all time, and some interesting guest stars, such as Nigel Kennedys take on Baba O' Riley, and Noel Gallaghers guitar work on Won't Get fooles Again.
Ufortunately, the music is buried in a dull and lifeless mix which grows irritating after just a few songs. The audio on the DVD was just fine and one can only wonder how they managed to make such a mess out of this.
Disc 3 is little better, but it cannot save this from being a missed opportunity for that band to make a good live document from their 2000 tour. Buy the DVD instead.
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| Some good live rock (review from amazon.co.uk) |
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| I was pleasantly surprised to hear that this "live" album really did sound live. Let me explain that - a lot of the live albums I've heard lately, particularly by world-famous artists, have tended to sound very "edited" - so that in fact it winds up sounding like a studio album with some audience applause on. This live recording by The Who, however, certainly doesn't do this - while the quality of playing throughout is as excellent as their studio work, it's noticeable at some points that there hasn't been much editing. For instance at the start of "Pinball Wizard" the bass is far too loud, almost drowning out Roger's vocals. There's some new material on here too - the song "Relay" which Pete explains is "about the internet" but also written in 1974. The band still sound as good as they ever did, Townshend in particular giving it plenty of welly on the guitar. There's some funny bits of dialog with the audience too - for instance when Roger announces "My Wife", he says "And this next track's from "Who's Next".. if only I had a thousand quid for every time I'd announced this." and Pete chips in "You have!" For fans of live rock I recommend this album. For those used to over-produced live albums, such as Metallica's "S&M", or Pink Floyd's "Pulse", you might find this a little too raw.
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