Track Listing
1. Dam at Otter Creek
2. Selling the Drama
3. I Alone
4. Iris
5. Lightning Crashes
6. Top
7. All Over You
8. S*** Towne
9. T.B.D.
10. Stage
11. Waitress
12. Pillar of Davidson
13. White, Discussion
14. Operation Spirit (Bonus)
15. Good Pain (Bonus)
16. Heaven Wore a Shirt (Bonus)
17. Negation (Bonus)
| 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, background vocals); Patrick Dahlheimer (bass); Chad Gracey (drums, background vocals).
Recorded at Pachyderm Studio, Cannon Falls, Minnesota.
Edition features four bonus tracks: "Operation Spirit," "Heaven Wore a Shirt," "Negation" and "Good Pain."
Having come together as a band in junior high school, the members of Live demonstrate a maturity and grasp of rock essentials far beyond their years, one reason why THROWING COPPER seems likely to vault them into the very upper echelons of pop songwriting and arranging. Aided by Talking Heads guitar and keyboard wiz Jerry Harrison, THROWING COPPER is moody yet celebratory, guarded yet rocking, spare yet richly detailed--a powerful follow-up to their debut effort MENTAL JEWELRY.
"The Dam At Otter Creek" and "White Discussion" act as ominous bookends to THROWING COPPER; the former a spooky tale of murder, the latter a raging, apocalyptic vision of a dying earth. Framed by a dense, keening wall of electric guitars, and the powerhouse rhythmic backing of guitarist Chad Taylor, bassist Patrick Dahlheimer and drummer Chad Gracey, guitarist/lead vocalist Edward Kowalczyk sets a powerful emotional tone for THROWING COPPER with his ardent, turbulent vocals--sort of Van Morrison meets Johnny Rotten.
Sonically speaking, THROWING COPPER benefits tremendously from producer Jerry Harrison's arranging savvy, and the raw, ambient production values he favors. Big, billowing clouds of distorted guitar chords dance around and about solid, translucent rhythm tracks, for a group sound that juxtaposes the larger than life mystery of U2 and R.E.M., with the grunge power of Nirvana and Pearl Jam.
Editorial Reviews
4 Stars - Excellent - ...It regularly veers toward collective greatness...
Q (11/01/1994)
4 Stars - Excellent - ...this Pennsylvania quartet seems ready-made for alternative stardom....Live capture the anger and ache of the moment in riveting songs driven home by expert players...
Rolling Stone (08/11/1994)
Voted Best Album in the Annual Readers Poll for 1995.
Spin (02/01/1996)
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