With Live Evolution, Queensryche has given their fans the type of album that other artists would be smart to release. The album is not only a killer live recording, it is also a career expansive journey into each of their albums and features songs from the self-titled EP all the way up until Q2K. A companion DVD was released at the same time, which offers you the full visual of being present at a Queensryche show. I admit, I preferred watching as opposed to listening, since The Ryche is such a great band in concert. As on the DVD, the group sets the album up in sections that cover specific ranges of their releases. CD1 is the better of the two, in my opinion, as that is the earliest stuff from the self-titled EP until Operation Mindcrime. Given that it includes nine tracks from that album alone, you'll find a nice comparison of how the band sounds several years after the recording of Operation: Live Crime. By that point in Queensryche's career, the band had lost guitarist Chris DeGarmo. He was replaced with Kelly Gray. who did a fine job on the material. The rest of the original lineup remained strong with Tate, Rockenfield, Wilton and Jackson. CD2 is only half strong, as it includes music from Empire and Promised Land (their last decent studio release, in my opinion). The remainder of the disc features tracks from Hear In The Now Frontier as well as the dismal Q2K which was met with critical lambasting.
Despite my misgivings on some of the inclusions, this is a worthwhile CD for any Queensryche fan to own, especially if you lean more to audio than to video. Containing 29 tracks is nothing to sneeze at, as it ensures that there is something for everyone on it. Newer fans might prefer the stuff that I dislike and vice versa. Either way, this is a fine example of Queensryche in concert. That alone makes this a must-have.
Track Listing
- NM 156
- Walk In The Shadows
- Roads To Madness
- The Lady Wore Black
- London
- Screaming In Digital
- Take Hold Of The Flame
- Queen Of The Reich
- I Remember Now
- Revolution Calling
- Spreading The Disease
- Electric Requiem
- Spreading The Disease (Part II)
- The Mission
- Suite Sister Mary
- I Don't Believe In Love
- Eyes Of A Stranger
- I Am I
- Damaged
- Empire
- Silent Lucidity
- Another Rainy Night
- Jet City Woman
- Liquid Sky
- Sacred Ground
- Falling Down
- Hit The Black
- Breakdown
- The Right Side Of My Mind
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