Evanescence - Anywhere But Home (w/ bonus DVD)
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Free Music Review: Outstanding Live Album
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm a big fan of live albums in general for a number of reasons. They strip the artist(s) of all the junk that studios add to songs - overdubbing, "vocal enhancements", orchestra effects (OK, the orchestra is still there, as are the piped-in vocals), extra musicians. And they let some life versus the sterility and perfectionism of the music studio.
By any accounts this is a great live album. First the sheer size of the thing. You get: 1)One live concert on DVD. 2)The same concert on CD. 3)All four music videos. 4)And an hour-long behind the scenes home video. All for about the price you would pay for the video alone.
The music is excellent. I think Amy Lee sounds even better live than on the "Fallen". She really shows what she can do - on key, dominating, always interesting. In short, she has great stage presence. She did say "You guys rock" a few too many times, though.
The track which really stood out, and the one which I keep replaying, is "Thoughtless", a Korn cover. And I hate Korn. Yet this song is outstanding. You also get three other songs not on the "Fallen" album - "Father Away', "Missing", and "Breath No More", all nice but not really exceptional.
The addition of all four extant music videos was a nice touch. They are all quite well made, and the band could easily have charged separately for them, instead of tacking them onto this album. Thanks.
Some reviewers were annoyed by the "behind the scenes" video. I liked them. They put a human face on the band.
All in all, an exceptional live album, something you do not see too often these days.
Free Music Review: Amy Lee...would you marry me?
Hit: 5 Stars
I love this CD. This is one of the best live CD's I have heard in a long time. Recorded in Paris, the CD starts out with Haunted, though Amy get's kind of off-beat during the song, still the CD is more like a live version of Fallen (A excellent album no matter what they say about my girl Amy Lee). Though when I first got it, I thought this was going to be like all of live CD's, but this is different. How? Well it sounds like you are in the crowd listening to them, and this is definitely a CD that die-hard Evanescence fan's would love. Another song they do is Korn's "Thoughtless" which I thought kicked ass! Most of the other song's like "Whisper", "Taking Over Me", "Missing", "Going Under", and most of Fallen is on the CD. There are times where Amy Lee screams more than sings, but doing "My Immortal" she shows her singing skills, but most of the album she is screaming the words instead on Fallen where she sing's, but live she mostly screams. The DVD I thought was okay, I mean it had some good behind-the-scenes of Evanescence and the music video's of "Going Under", "Bring Me To Life" (which they also perform on the live CD) "Everybody's Fool" and "My Immortal" Evanescence does a band version on the CD which I like the band version more than the original version. If you listen to the solo's from Fallen and on Anywhere But Home, they are totally different because Ben Moody left the band when they were promoting Fallen.
If you already have Fallen, Anywhere But Home is just the same album except it is live and you got the unreleased song "Missing" on it. If you are a die-hard Evanescence fan like myself, this is a must.
Free Music Review: A Must Have For Every Evanescense Fan
Hit: 5 Stars
To put it simply, if your an Evanescence fan then hit the buy button already! Even if you don't own any of the other albums created by this this amazing group, this is definitely a great way to start your collection. I was really amazed when I first discovered this album because it is such an incredible deal. Unlike other CD/DVD combo's I've seen on sale, this one gives you something that's actually worth having. Not only do you get an entire live concert (from Paris) consisting of 14 very well recorded tracks but you'll also get a professionally filmed DVD (with 5.1 sound) of the same concert plus extras! Both discs are of such high quality that they could have been sold as separate products. The DVD alone could have commanded at least 25 bucks so they were being quite generous here. It really doesn't get any better then this, I've owned this album for a couple months now and I still listen to it constantly (even more then the other Evanescense albums.) I never had the chance to see this group live so the DVD was a great addition. You'll definitely want to watch it more then once. The concert is amazing and the extras are great (4 music videos and an hour of backstage footage, interviews, etc..)
Other bands should really follow this groups example and produce products that sell live audio CDs coupled with recordings of the same show. Personally I think this would be extremely popular with fans and sell very well. Now what I would love to see next is a live audio CD and concert recording for Evanescense's 'The Open Door' Tour!
Conclusion: A must have for anyone who enjoys this groups music
Free Music Review: Awesome
Hit: 5 Stars
Evanescence's new CD is from their live Paris concert, in which they sang all the songs from Fallen, with one new song (Missing). I really love it. Amy Lee sings live, so her voice sings some of the songs differently, while the clarity and right-on-pitchness of her singing is haunting. Can really tell she's moulding each song and making them special, different inflections than the Fallen CD, definitely no boring lip-syncing. The guitars and drums and additional instruments really make the songs come alive.
Also, there's the live crowd aspect of it which makes the songs even more electrifying. I've never been big on concert CDs, but this was really fantastic, I'm very happy with it.
In addition, there's also a bonus DVD covering THE ENTIRE PARIS CONCERT, ALL THEIR MUSIC VIDEOS, and an hour of behind the scene looks at the band. The CD and DVD are in a regular-thickness CD case, so no bulky big box thing to deal with, very compact.
So if you don't want pay the cash to hear the same songs from Fallen, don't buy it.
But if you love the songs, and would like to hear Amy Lee sing them with a different energy, and beautiful renditions, with a crowd roaring their love of the songs, PLUS the entire live DVD recording of the Paris concert PLUS all their music videos, PLUS some goofy videos of the band, then this price is super-cheap.
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And see if you like the concert renditions of the songs.
Free Music Review: Even better live
Hit: 5 Stars
Well, I lied in my review of Fallen. THIS CD is the best CD I've ever listened to. It displays just how much talent Amy and the rest of the band have. They sing BETTER live than they do on their studio album. I saw them live this past summer, and they freakin' rocked. This CD brought me right back to the concert. If you haven't seen them live, I can see where you'd get kind of annoyed by all the cheering, but if you have, it just makes the CD that much better. The first song "Haunted" gave me goosebumps. They drag out the opening to make it dramatic, and it definitely works! There are three new songs not on Fallen, and they're all great of coarse. "Farther Away" is a classic head-banger, "Thoughtless" is an outstanding cover by Korn, and "Breathe No More" is Ev's best slow song yet in my opinion (NOT "My Immortal"!!). The DVD is awesome too. The behind-the scenes showed me a lighter side of the band I hadn't seen before. It shows them goofing around and having a good time, and even in some serious moments. The live shot of the concert is sweet; I like all the special effects and zoom-ins and outs. And of course, the music videos are awesome too. If you're an Ev fan, don't miss out on this!