Ouch, this one's gonna hurt. You have read my reviews praising the classic records of
Operation:Mindcrime and
Empire; and you read my near condemnation of
Tribe, well here is another one to near condemn, well partially at least.
Having evolved into different territories over the years, heading from a complete monstrosity of phenomenal achievements, then heading south with weaker albums since the mid 90's, Queensryche offers up yet another live offering coming off some of those weaker albums. Containing six cuts from last years
Tribe, including the title track,
"Desert Dance," and
"Rhythm of Hope," as well as more recent material such as
"Sign of the Times" from 1997's
Hear in the Now Frontier, probably the first "sign" of weakness for the band. There are acoustic performances for both
"Roads to Madness" and
"My Global Mind" as well as songs that you might not ordinarily be placed on a live record, tracks like the dark thumping
"Della Brown" and the mystical
"Anybody Listening" are present, but putting
"Best I Can" at the end of the record, just does not work too well.
The magic is not all lost, the musicianship is still tight with the Tate/ Stone/ Richardson/ Jackson/ Rockenfield lineup at the helms, but Tate's vocals sound too nasal and almost nervous at times. All kidding aside
,
Operation:Livecrime, The live concert portion of the reissue of the self titled album, the live performances in
Building Empires, and even
Live Evolution fit better for a "live" appetite of Queensryche, but if you enjoyed the
Tribe tour or record, you might want to give this one a spin.
Written by
Hashman Thursday, June 24, 2004
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