Release Date: 22 January, 2002
Audio CD
Tracks
- Terrible Lie
- Sin
- March Of The Pigs
- Piggy
- The Frail
- The Wretched
- Gave Up
- The Great Below
- The Mark Has Been Made
- Wish
- Suck
- Closer
- Head Like A Hole
- The Day The World Went Away
- Starfuckers, Inc.
- Hurt
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Rating 4.5
Explosive and dynamic live show.If you haven't seen Nine Inch Nails live, you really don't know what you're missing, but this record can help fill in the gaps.
One thing immediately noticable about the show is that the level of energy is enormous-- having seen several incarnations of live Nine Inch Nails one thing that's consistently true is that the band always seems to be primed to explode. On this tour (and record), its further accentuated by moments of calm between pieces such as a fantastic extended "The Frail" (pity the crowd couldn't keep quiet during it). But the highlight is the high energy pieces-- opener "Terrible Lie", "March of the Pigs" and "Wish" are all dynamic and powerful. Its also a nice mix of material, with six songs from the then most recent album ("The Fragile"), four from "The Downward Spiral", and three each from "Pretty Hate Machine" and "Broken".
For those interested, the sound quality is superb-- crisp, clean, and loud.
If you can dig it up, you might want to check out the two disc version, which features several songs new and old recorded in stripped down arrangements.
Either way, this is a great set, highly recommended.An awesome live album"And All That Could Have Been" is a live album from NIN's 2000 Fragility Tour. I'm not usually big on live albums, but this one is awesome. The sound is absolutely masterful, as if you're right up on stage in front of Trent and his touring band.
As for the songs, there's a nice mix. Of course, you have the obligatory favorites like "Closer", "Head Like a Hole", and "Hurt", all of which sound at least as good as the originals.
"March of the Pigs" is as intense as ever, and "Piggy" is as omnious and creepy as ever. Then, there's a selection of songs from "The Fragile" of course, including the epic, powerful "The Wretched", the heart wrenching ballad "The Great Below", the slow building "The Day the World Went Away", and a killer extended version of the instrumental "The Mark Has Been Made".
My favorites are "Terrible Lie", "Sin", and "Suck", three of Trent's earlier songs. On their respective albums, they were good songs marred slightly by dated production. However, in this live setting, they really come to life, sounding much more powerful and intense than the studio versions.
Let me also recommend, try to get ahold of the companion EP to this titled "Still" (as opposed to "Live"). It features some new songs as well as stripped down versions of some NIN classics.Nine Inch NailsWOW! Could this CD possibly be any better?? I think not. This is probably my favorite live cd I have EVER heard. Nine Inch Nails did an awesome job putting this CD together, every song flows into the next as though it were a concept album instead of a live recording, the intensity that resonates from this cd is awe-inspiring, everything about it is perfect Terrible Lie is the perfect song to open it with and Hurt is the perfect song to close it with. If you are new to Nine Inch Nails this would be an ideal introductory CD since it has songs from all 4 of their full length CDs. If you only own one Nine Inch Nails CD, make it this one, it is the pinnacle of their their musical revolution thus far. |
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