Art of Life Live is an X Japanlive album released on March 18, 1998.[1] It is composed solely of one song, "Art of Life". Mostly recorded on December 31, 1993 (the piano solo part is from the night before) at the Tokyo Dome. The album reached number 20 on the Oricon chart.[2] This same performance was released on DVD and VHS, as Art of Life 1993.12.31 Tokyo Dome, five years later.
Heavy Metal Tribune describes the live version of Art of Life as "perhaps the most epic power metal song that I have ever come across", and that the reviewer prefers the live version to the more polished studio version because of the entire atmosphere.[3]
