Soundgarden - Live On I-5
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Artist: SoundgardenEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2011-03-22
Music Label: A&M Records
Product features:
- SOUNDGARDEN LIVE ON 1-5
- Spoonman
- Searching With My Good Eye Closed
- Let Me DrownTracks 1-3: Recorded live at Crosby Hall, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA - November 30, 1996
- Head DownRecorded live at Mercer Arena, Seattle, WA - December 18, 1996
- OutshinedRecorded live at Crosby Hall, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA - November 30, 1996
- Rusty CageRecorded live at Pacific National Exhibition Forum, Vancouver, BC, Canada - December 7, 1996
- Burden In My HandRecorded live at Salem Armory, Salem, OR - December 8, 1996
- Helter Skelter
- Boot CampTracks 8 and 9: Recorded live at Crosby Hall, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA - November 30, 1996
- Nothing To SayRecorded live at Mercer Arena, Seattle, WA - December 18, 1996
- Slaves And Bulldozers
- Dusty
- Fell On Black DaysTracks 11-13: Recorded live at Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA - December 5, 1996
- Search And DestroyRecorded live at Mercer Arena, Seattle, WA - December 18, 1996
- Ty CobbRecorded live at Crosby Hall, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA - November 30, 1996
- Black Hole SunRecorded live at Mercer Arena, Seattle, WA - December 17, 1996
- Jesus Christ PoseRecorded live at Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA - December 5, 1996
Music reviews of Live On I-5
Music Review: Worth the long wait
Rating: 5 Stars
After many years of Soundgarden, we finally get the band's first live album. I pre-ordered the album and recieved it a few days ago, allowing me sometime to let it soak in. Having let that happen, I can definitely say that this album is totally worth getting for hardcore Soundgarden fans (duh) and kinda Soundgarden fans. It's not really a great place to enter into the band I think. If you've just barely heard of them (i.e. just know Black Hole Sun and Spoonman), I suggest going out and getting Superunknown and Badmotorfinger. Those two albums are the main ones represented here, with a few from Down on the Upside and one older song (Nothing to Say).
So with all that said, I think I'm going to give an overview, pointing out some lows and highs, general trends, etc. It starts off with a thundering crowd into the instantly recognizable riff of Spoonman. The vocals here are a little whack, and we're missing Cornell's signature screaming at times, which was kind of a bummer. And there's some weirdly timed "all my friends are brown and red" and "beat the rhythm with their bones" thrown in. Not a huge fan. But nevertheless, Spoonman sets the pace for the rest of the album. Cornell might not be 100%, but Thayil, Cameron and Shepherd are bringing their A-game. They absolutely rock. Thayil's guitar is fantastic throughout almost the entire album, Cornell has his moments of awesomeness and some really impressive vocals, but this album stands out to me as the Shepherd/Cameron show. They are just locked in throughout the entire album, and that was a really great thing to listen to.
I was a little bummed about Let Me Drown, because that is maybe my favorite Soundgarden song. The vocals here did not come off well, Cornell sounds reluctant to go to a high octave. But again, the rest of the band...rock. It was great to see Head Down in there, another one of my favorites. And they pull that one off well. Then we come to two Badmotorfinger hits right in a row, Outshined and Rusty Cage. I like this version of Outshined more than the album version...the energy is tremendous and it's unbelievably heavy. Rusty Cage too is fierce.
The psychadelic combo of Helter Skelter and Boot Camp also is well done. I'm glad they went with that version of Helter Skelter, and then made such a great transition into one of the lesser known songs off Down on the Upside. It sounds amazing. Then there's the longest song on the album, the 9+ minute version of Slaves and Bulldozers. The band sounds strong, and all of them are performing to their highest ability. Cornell sounds intense and gets up there in his vocal range, delivering one of his best performances of the album. When I initially saw the tracklist and noticed "Ty Cobb", I freaked out. The metal/bluegrass Ty Cobb is one of my favorites from Down on the Upside, and I was pumped to see that they were throwing it in here. But Cameron pushes it a bit too much, and Cornell obviously has trouble keeping up with that blistering pace. That was a bit of another bummer.
Black Hole Sun is Chris Cornell without the rest of the band, giving another one of his best performances of the albm (tied probably with Slaves and Bulldozers). It really is a beautiful version and sounds great. It's not necessarily better than the Superunknown with band version, but it's great. I do kind of like Matt Cameron's drums and the bass work in the album version, but it's cool to hear this version as well.
But whatever drums I was missing in Black Hole Sun....then there's Jesus Christ Pose. Jesus Christ. It's been called the definitive live version of the song by a lot of people, and I can understand why. It's set at another blistering pace by Cameron, but the pace doesn't really ruin it like it did with Ty Cobb. It's just disgusting how brutal this song is. Based on his work with Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, I've always been inclined to see that Matt Cameron is one of the best drummers alive and of all time. And if you don't believe me, listen to this song. Do it. It's like the band is playing on a 5 minute drum solo. Whenever I hear those thundering drums coming, I get chills. The rest of the band does a great job with it, but it's Matt Cameron who makes this song what it is.
The Bonus Disc is a great touch as well. It's weird to hear the accoustics with just an empty venue and no crowd. Not better, just different and very cool. They do two from Down on the Upside (No Attention and Never the Machine Forever), which are great songs from Down on Upside. I think with those two, they do basically all the greats from the album. There's a fantastic Doors cover in there, which is the standout from that bonus disc, along with Somewhere. They do a bit of a jam at the end of Somewhere which is absolutely fantastic. Definitely worth it to get those extra few songs.
Description of Live On I-5
The year 2010 saw Soundgarden - Chris Cornell, Kim Thayil, Ben Shepherd and Matt Cameron - reuniting after a 13-year absence to a thunderous roar. As promised, the band will be releasing their first-ever collection of live tracks.Titled "Live on I5" - a reference to the Interstate 5 which runs up and down the West Coast- the new collection compiles live tracks from a 1996 run by the band and captures the band at the height of their recording and touring career. This carefully selected compilation includes fan favorites like "Spoonman", "Rusty Cage", "Burden In My Hand," and "Black Hole Sun" (performed by Chris Cornell solo), as well what insiders are calling the definitive live performance of "Jesus Christ Pose." As a bonus, the disc includes two brilliantly inspired covers: The Beatles' "Helter Skelter" and The Stooges' anarchic proto-punk classic, "Search & Destroy." The band took out recording engineer, Adam Kasper with them on the West Coast leg of this tour - the first time they ever recorded any live shows. They rented a mobile 24 track machine/truck and recorded the gigs on 2" tape. Soundgarden had always intended to release it as a live record soon after the tour, but alas, they disbanded and the tapes were left in the closet of Studio X in Seattle (now called Bad Animals) to gather dust until now.
"Live on I5" is the follow-up to Soundgarden's celebrated 2010 reunion, with the band re-staking their well deserved place, earning a Grammy nomination for previously unreleased track "Black Rain" for Best Hard Rock Performance, gracing the covers of music magazines SPIN and Guitar World, performing on the second night of Conan and topping critics' lists with their fall 2010 release, "Telephantasm." The multi-label, career-spanning collection, also available in collector's editions with the band's first-ever DVD and booklet, was a comprehensive retrospective of the enormously influential band whose music put Seattle and a young label called Sub Pop on the map. As befits a group whose sound redefined a musical generation, they also proved themselves to be innovators with their partnership with Guitar Hero, with 1 million copies of "Telephantasm" sold, bundled within the launch of "Guitar HeroŽ: Warriors of Rock." The album went platinum before even hitting stores- a first time certification for the RIAA.
Soundgarden's subsequent live appearances had all the chemistry and intensity fans and critics had hoped for with the band's legendary heavy sound and power intact. Their headlining Lollapalooza spot last year found the four members playing their classic material from the `90s to longtime fans and a new generation who never thought they'd be lucky enough to see them. Rolling Stone wrote, "Chris Cornell is the ultimate rock frontman" and Spin said, "The band kicked into an epic set that was the sonic equivalent of a blueprint of the Seattle sound: heavy, loud, and full of metal guitar heroics and classic rock pomp."
With "Live on I5," we catch the now-legendary rock titans at the top of their game. The collection captures the rawness, spontaneity and magic that happens at live gigs between Soundgarden and their audiences. It cements the band's place in rock history and shows why their appeal is as strong and as timeless as ever.
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