Track Listing
1. Dolphin's Cry
2. Distance
3. Sparkle
4. Run to the Water
5. Sun
6. Voodoo Lady
7. Where Fishes Go
8. Face & Ghost
9. Feel the Quiet River Rage
10. Meltdown
11. They Stood up For Love
12. We Walk in the Dream
13. Dance With You
14. Run to the Water/Bonus
15. Dolphin's Cry/Acoustic
16. I Alone (Bonus Track)
17. Dolphin's Cry/Radio Mix
18. Twin My Head/Bonus Track
| Details | | Distributor: | MSI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Live: Edward Kowalczyk (vocals, guitar); Chad Taylor (guitar); Patrick Dahlheimer (bass); Chad Gracey (drums).
Additional personnel: Christopher Thorn (guitar, slide guitar); Adam Kowalczyk (guitar); Michael Railton, Jerry Harrison (keyboards).
Australian version contains a bonus enhanced CD featuring the new single "Run To The Water", two live tracks, two additional versions of the song "Dolphin's Cry", as well as a music video for that single.
Throughout much of the '90s, Live has been tabbed to inherit the serious rock mantle from R.E.M. and U2. On their fourth album, the four childhood friends continue down this path as they once again don their hair-shirts of tortured introspection and inquisitiveness. Former Talking Head Jerry Harrison returns behind the board after previous production stints on MENTAL JEWELERY and THROWING COPPER. As was the case on these previous Live albums, Harrison harnesses the band's chemistry in a way that reinforces frontman Ed Kowalczyk's weighty lyrics.
Kowalczyk howls with controlled ferocity as he sings about various spiritual quests that occur via Western ("The Distance") and Eastern ("Meltdown") doctrines of religion. Guitarist Chad Taylor fuels this fervor with unbridled fury on the tempestuous "We Walk in the Dream" and the roiling "Sun." Live even updates its meat-and-potatoes instrumental setup by adding a dollop of loops to the already enticing "Voodoo Lady." For as much unchecked passion that this Pennsylvania quartet can muster, the band also demonstrates an uncanny mastery of dynamics, whether it's on the tortured gusto of "When Dolphins Cry" or the gorgeous ethereality of "We Walk in the Dream."
Editorial Reviews
3.5 stars out of 5 - ...[Live] finds enough peace to make some very pretty music....THE DISTANCE TO HERE...offers drama to fans still craving it...
Rolling Stone (10/28/1999)
3 stars out of 5 - ...Everything here has a hyper earnest, end-of-the-world quality...driven by [Ed] Kowalczyk's anxious vocals and Chad Taylor's and Patrick Dahlheimer's spiraling guitars....buzzes with inspiration...
Q (12/01/1999)
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