Sanctuary Records
2001
Live Evolution
About This Album
Concert records have lost their impact, but man, Live Evolution gives a lot of Queensryche for the money. This oh-so-dense double set resembles Space Ritual, All the World's a Stage, or some lost too-long prog tome you study until you die. Let's face facts: Only fans are gonna buy this, and they're gonna be happy. With Operation: Mindcrime, Queensryche proved it knew how to make studio albums; but being sandwiched on tour, with limited time before the influential Iron Maiden and after guru Halford (who dubbed his record Live Insurrection), made the quintet understand the dynamics of a live setting. Queensryche compresses its legacy into a sizzling set of 29 songs recorded over two nights at the Moore Theater in Seattle. Live Evolution also marks the first release under Queensryche's new contract with Sanctuary, and the band seems energized and ready for another 20 years. Live Evolution is divided into four chronological suites: the EP/Warning Suite (which actually includes Rage songs); the Rage/Mindcrime Suite (which actually only includes Operation:Mindcrime songs); the Empire/Promised Land Suite; and, finally, the HITNF/Q2K Suite. Of course the first section kicks. From the primo Judas Priest-isms of the mammoth "Queen of the Reich" (admit it, Tate's right up there with Dickinson and Halford) to the insanity of the blinding "Roads to Madness" (not to mention the unbelievable "Walk in the Shadows" and "Lady Wore Black"), these blistering early bits make you glad you came.
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