Even though it eventually moved 2 million records, by the standards of the day and in comparison to Copper, it was a big letdown. Though its artistic merits remain subjective, the band's 1997 follow up, Secret Samadhi, was considered a failure. Live's career took a considerable dive after Copper. Copper remains a record unfairly maligned due to its creators' supposed alignment alongside the worst of post-grunge and their less powerful subsequent albums. Its newly released 25-year anniversary edition album is a welcome reminder of how promising the band was, even amidst the drudgery of the post-Nirvana times. It has since sold over 8 million copies, making Live one of the major success stories of the alternative world in the 90s. Their sophomore record Throwing Copper, released in 1994, delivered hit after hit, culminating in the emotive ballad “Lightning Crashes” and reaching the highest positions of various charts. There is also an unlisted track after “White, Discussion” known as “Horse”.Thu, Aug 14:42 1541 0290f9de4aeb62f98549b410b54956e9 1 Entertainment Live,music,rock,alternative,90s,rock-band Freeįor a very short time in the mid-1990s, American band Live were alternative rock titans. Throw out your Daughtry discs and pick up Throwing Copper. If you’re too young to remember the 90’s but love bands like Theory of a NickelCreed, then you need to find out what real music sounds like. If you need some 90’s nostalgia, and don’t have this album, you absolutely need it. The domestic single for “White, Discussion” has a great acoustic version of “I Alone”. This is the only one I bothered buying, and I liked it so much I bought some of the singles when I could find them. While I have listened to every Live album since, I never bought any of them. It’s kind of a shame that Live never did anything this good again, or with this kind of impact. This CD is in no need of a remastering, it sounds just fine as it is. The drums are some of the best, most natural sounding drums recorded in the 90’s and the bass is strong without dominating. Production by Jerry Harrison is stunning. He names Michael Stipe as a huge influence, and you can hear R.E.M. But Ed Kowalczyk also knew how to use his voice quietly (“Lightning Crashes”), which amazingly was still as expressive. It’s there in the rolling bass lines and the thundering drums. It’s there in Ed’s vocals, but it’s also there in the rhythm guitar parts and the noisy Neil Young-esque solos. They learned nothing about song craft, nothing about expression, nothing about restraint. Unfortunately all those bands learned from Live was bombast, and they turned it up to 11. I will maintain that without Throwing Copper, there would be no Matchbox 20, and certainly no Daughtry. The legacy of this album is its influence. Not only did Throwing Copper have five hit singles, but virtually every album track was getting played somewhere. I began working at the record store in 1994, and I used to tell my customers, “You’ll probably know all these songs.” I said that for a few albums back then, such as Purple by Stone Temple Pilots and Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill. 8 million copies sold, and although you can find it used quite easily today, a lot of people hung onto their copies of Throwing Copper. Kids today might not know Live, but many of these songs are still radio staples today: “I Alone”, “Lightning Crashes”, “All Over Me” among others. It seems like such a long time, but it’s true: There was an era when the top of the charts were dominated by the likes of Hootie, and Live. LIVE – Throwing Copper (1994 Radioactive Records)Ģ0 years ago.
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