Live (Alice in Chains album)

Live
Live album by
Alice in Chains
ReleasedDecember 5, 2000 (2000-12-05)[1]
Recorded1990, 1993, 1996
GenreGrunge, alternative metal, heavy metal
Length66:09
66:00 (unmarked reissue)
LabelColumbia
ProducerTony Wilson, Peter Fletcher
Alice in Chains chronology
Music Bank
(1999) 		Live
(2000) 		Greatest Hits
(2001)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Live is a live album by the American rock band Alice in Chains. It was released on December 5, 2000, through Columbia Records.[1][5] The live version of "Man in the Box" featured in the album was released as a single.[6]

Overview

Live was the band's only live album other than the acoustic album Unplugged. While most of the songs on Live had been released on previous albums, "Queen of the Rodeo" had not; although, the same live performance had been released on the Music Bank box set. Live includes five songs ("Them Bones", "God Am", "Again", "A Little Bitter" and "Dam That River") from the band's final two shows with vocalist Layne Staley.

Reception

The album received generally positive reviews from most critics, with Greg Prato of AllMusic writing in his review of the album "Their detuned sound and tales from the darkside are even more sinister and gripping on the concert stage, as evidenced by this 14-track set."[3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bleed the Freak" (December 22, 1990, Moore Theatre, Seattle)Jerry Cantrell4:33
2."Queen of the Rodeo" (November 5, 1990, Dallas)Jett Silver, Layne Staley4:39
3."Angry Chair" (March 2, 1993, Glasgow Barrowland, Glasgow, UK)Staley4:22
4."Man in the Box" (March 2, 1993, Glasgow Barrowland, Glasgow, UK)Cantrell, Staley4:59/4:48 unmarked reissue
5."Love, Hate, Love" (March 2, 1993, Glasgow Barrowland, Glasgow, UK)Cantrell, Staley7:47
6."Rooster" (March 2, 1993, Glasgow Barrowland, Glasgow, UK)Cantrell6:54
7."Would?" (March 2, 1993, Glasgow Barrowland, Glasgow, UK)Cantrell3:51
8."Junkhead" (March 2, 1993, Glasgow Barrowland, Glasgow, UK)Cantrell, Staley5:21
9."Dirt (Drunk and Disorderly version)" (October 24, 1993, Nagoya, Japan)Cantrell, Staley5:24
10."Them Bones" (July 2, 1996, Kiel Center, St. Louis, Missouri)Cantrell2:39
11."God Am" (July 2, 1996, Kiel Center, St. Louis, Missouri)Cantrell, Mike Inez, Sean Kinney, Staley3:59
12."Again" (July 3, 1996, Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri)Cantrell, Staley4:24
13."A Little Bitter" (July 3, 1996, Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri)Cantrell, Inez, Kinney, Staley3:52
14."Dam That River" (July 3, 1996, Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri)Cantrell3:33
Total length:66:09

Personnel

Chart positions

Album

Chart (2000) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[7] 142

Singles

Year Single US Main peak
chart position
[8]
2000 "Man in the Box" (live) 39

References

  1. ^ a b "Just Out". CMJ New Music Monthly. January 2001. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  2. ^ "Live". Metacritic.
  3. ^ a b Prato, Greg. "Live > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
  4. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Fireside Books. p. 13. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  5. ^ "Reviews". February 2001. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  6. ^ "Man In The Box (Live)". Billboard. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  7. ^ "Alice in Chains – Artist chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved November 9, 2007.
  8. ^ "Artist Chart History – Alice in Chains". Billboard charts. Retrieved February 14, 2008.