★★★★★
Sound: It's that kind of age when you start to seeing your live differently and that reflects upon everything you do. Members of Live, being in their early 30s, release a new album "Songs From A Black Mountain," which should mark a new beginning for the band...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
When I first popped in the new CD from Live, I was excited to hear an album (that had been delayed) from a group that I've enjoyed for many years. After the first three or four songs, I wasn't necessarily disappointed, but I can't say that I was impressed, either. From then on, it went downhill fast. If I were to write a review of Songs from Black Mountain after the first listen, I can tell you in all honesty it would have received an "F...
- www.the-trades.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
Cliches have always been a part of the rock-and-roll liturgy, and Pennsylvania's Live once regularly converted common ideas into high-flying hits by giving them a sinister spin or an anthemic framework. Not anymore. Now, the band whose hit-making ability ground to a halt somewhere around 1997 delivers "Songs from Black Mountain," a collection of cliches that rarely, if ever, transcend into rock greatness...
- www.soundspike.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
Over the last couple of years, Live have become the sort of bandU2 used to be ? earnest and hardworking, with a great live show,a reputation for spirituality, and a fan base convinced thequartet is more substantial than it gets credit for being. So it shouldn't seem too great a surprise that Live's thirdalbum, Secret Samadhi, finds the group grabbingfor the big brass ring of respectability...
- ew.com
2010-08-27
★★★★★
"I have chosen my anthems/Ofthese I am proud," sings front man Edward Kowalczyk on thisPennsylvania outfit's debut, Mental Jewelry. I'll say. The four jut-jawed rockers ofLive (rhymes with "hive," not "give") have a lot on their minds, andKowalczyk is their mouthpiece...
- ew.com
2010-08-27
★★★★★
When Pennsylvanian quartet Live released Throwing Copper back in 1994 they went from the ridiculous to the sublime in just one step. Where their debut Mental Jewelry had been a distinctly mediocre set of acoustic-led pop, Throwing Copper was a tour de force that sounded like it had been created by a completely different band. In fact, two different bands, for it was as if Pearl Jam had been writing aggressive rock songs with Michael Stipe...
- www.musicomh.com
2010-08-23
★★★★★
Sound: Live have always impressed me with their sound, even though I am not a huge fan I can still honestly say that they sound great on both CD and live (no pun indented). The album showcases Live's diversity and how the changed and reinvented their music over they years. // 8 Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics have always been impressive with live. Even though their lyrics are heavily religiously influenced, they are still amazing lyrics that suit the music beautifully...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2009-11-15
★★★★★
Sound: Live is a band that went against the flow of the dominant grunge scene by creating softer, more listenable music than its average mainstream competition. On this album, Live displays their greatest musical performance, in terms of it's other albums. Throwing Copper is not as heavy as it's predicessor, Secret Samadhi, but the band rocks with modern rock hits "Lightning Crashes", "Selling The Drama", "All Over You", and "I Alone"...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2009-11-15
★★★★★
If Live sounded completely out of ideas on 1997's rambling Secret Samadhi, the crisis actually worsens on The Distance To Here. The disc is a collection of lame, tepid ballads, from the outlandish howling of "The Dolphin's Cry" to the overblown melodic grandeur of "They Stood Up For Love...
- www.nudeasthenews.com
2009-07-28
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