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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An on-stage greatest hits, 7 Dec 2002
By A Customer
This is pretty much essential for any Aerosmith fan. Some of the songs included on this double disc recording are a lot better live than in the studio. For example, I would never listen to What It Takes on the Pump album, I just didn't get along with it. However, the simply colossal version on ...Sanity convinced me otherwise, it's a classic.The same could be said of other songs on this album. Walk This Way, Walk On Down (with Joe Perry on vocals), and the newer Nine Lives material (Falling In Love, and Hole In My Soul) stand out for me, simply because they capture the essence of this stunning rock n' roll band in full flight. The album isn't without it's weaknesses however. The inclusion of Angel seems like a good idea on paper, but the band play it so damn slow it just seems to drag it's ass like a tired dog. The crowd don't seem to mind, but I think the studio version contains so much more feeling. Was it a screw up on Kramer's (drummer) part? It doesn't matter really, it's a weak track and that's that. Also, it seems to take Tyler the whole way through Eat The Rich to get warmed up, and his vocals just sound weak. This is rectified by the time the opening bombast of Love in an Elevator shoves it's way into the sound system, but in my opinion it ruins one of my favourite Aerosmith songs of all time. However, Tyler redeems himself later on, and his performance on songs like Dream On and Hole In My Soul had me dubbing him as a tiny god. He truly is a legend. I've just spent two paragraphs on the album's weaknesses, which is unnecessary really, as it does exude sheer class. The sound quality is excellent, and the mixing is a work of art. I haven't even mentioned Joe (F**kin') Perry's classic guitar work, or the subtle bombast of Hamilton's basswork. The fact that you get two CDs worth of live material for the price of a single CD album should be enough to convince you to check this out. It's second best only to actually being there, which I will get round to doing one of these days, once Aerosmith get off their butts and do another world tour...
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