| Product Summary | | Label: Uni/radioactive | | UPC: 00008811099725 | | Release Date: 4/26/1994 | | Buy.com Sku: 60160787 | | Item#: MXKS96 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 2010 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. The Dam At Otter Creek (Album Version) | ------ | | 2. Selling The Drama (Album Version) | ------ | | 3. I Alone (Album Version) | ------ | | 4. Iris (Album Version) | ------ | | 5. Lightning Crashes (Album Version) | ------ | | 6. Top (Album Version) | ------ | | 7. All Over You (Album Version) | ------ | | 8. Shit Towne (Album Version) | ------ | | 9. T.B.D. (Album Version) | ------ | | 10. Stage (Album Version) | ------ | | 11. Waitress (Album Version) | ------ | | 12. Pillar Of Davidson (Album Version) | ------ | | 13. White, Discussion (Album Version) | ------ | | 14. Horse (Album Version) | ------ | |
(P) 1994 Radioactive Records J.V. manufactured by MCA Records, Inc.
(C) 1994 Radioactive Records J.V. manufactured by MCA Records, Inc.
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | 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. | | On Throwing Copper, Live tightened their sound, added crashing crescendos for dramatic effect, and injected some anger into their sound and songwriting. They also eased up a bit on the Eastern philosophy; the result is a more cohesive, memorable record overall, and quite an improvement from the sometimes overly precious Mental Jewelry. And for all of Mental Jewelry's ideologies, Throwing Copper is ultimately a more passionate and successful album, thanks to tracks like "I Alone," "Selling the Drama," and "All Over You," all of which received heavy radio play. The rebirth-themed "Lightning Crashes," the album's biggest hit, was written in memory of Barbara Lewis, a classmate who was killed by a drunk driver in 1993. Other standouts include the Kurt Cobain/Courtney Love-inspired "Stage," the apocalyptic "White, Discussion," the bass-driven, obsessive "Iris," and the dark "Dam at Otter Creek." Of course, Ed Kowalczyk couldn't resist throwing in a song like "T.B.D." (for the Tibetan Book of the Dead), based on Aldous Huxley's slow descent into death, aided by heroin. Its melodrama is a bit much, even for Live, and is just a sign of things to come on their next album, Secret Samadhi. But Throwing Copper is still a huge improvement from Mental Jewelry, and is the least overtly preachy Live album to date. ~ Gina Boldman | | 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. |
| | Artist Overview | | The members of Live began playing together as teenagers in their native York, PA, under various band names. After singer Ed Kowalczyk arrived, they were on the fast track to stardom. The moody alternative-rock sound of their 1991 debut album made some waves, but it was 1994's THROWING COPPER--produced by former Talking Head Jerry Harrison--that brought them fame, adding a considerable amount of heavy-rock crunch to their style and making them one of the most popular groups of the immediate post-grunge era. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 04/26/1994 | | Original Release Date : 1994 | | Catalog ID : 10997 | | Label : Radioactive Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00008811099725 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (8/11/94, p.70)
- 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..."Spin (2/96, p.45)
- Voted Best Album in the Annual Readers Poll for 1995. Q (11/94, p.115)
- 4 Stars - Excellent - "...It regularly veers toward collective greatness..." |
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