{"id":39745,"date":"2006-05-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/home-3\/"},"modified":"2006-05-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-05-03T00:00:00","slug":"home-3","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/home-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For music of Collective Soul’s kind, with its tightly
\nwound crisp guitar hooks and foot-tapping three-minute long
\nenergetic numbers, capturing its sound live and making a record out
\nof it was a natural progression.<\/p>\n

It is surprising, though, that the band took
\nMetallica’s route and did a symphony live record, especially since
\nit is not known to be drastically experimental or even eccentric
\nenough to take such a step. Moreover, when the symphonic orchestra
\nin question is made up of teenagers, it makes for a bigger surprise
\nto this unexpected move from a band, which one would expect no more
\nthan a straightforward live record from.<\/p>\n

But for a outfit that is not meant to be
\npath-breaking, and is underrated all the same, such a move is a
\ngood way to show the world that Collective Soul is capable of being
\nunconventional, and that there is more to these guys than just
\ntheir catchy pop-rock anthems.<\/p>\n

Though this project may sound too weird, Home<\/i>
\ncan be treated like any other live rock album. The band doesn’t
\nallow the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra to take over its songs
\ncompletely; instead, Collective Soul performs like a regular rock
\nband, and the Youth Orchestra provides an additional layer to the
\ntracks without indulging in them too much. It acts as a part of
\nCollective Soul, and not as a separate collaborative unit.<\/p>\n

As far as the tracks covered on this record go, Home<\/i>
\nencompasses pretty much all Collective Soul favorites, with an
\nextra focus on songs from Youth<\/i>. The cuts don’t sound much
\ndifferent from their studio versions, yet are just as energetic,
\nhonest and lively.<\/p>\n

The Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra has some fine
\nmoments on this record where it stands out, making a powerful
\npresence: The lush horn section on “December” pumps up its original
\ntoned-down orchestration; “Heavy” is made racier and more chaotic
\nby some exhilarating film-score arrangements that sound like a
\nsoundtrack from an action flick. On “Crown,” the experimentation
\ngoes a step further and the song is completely transmogrified, with
\nthe music consisting of strings and nothing else.<\/p>\n

Though tied to the group’s Youth<\/i> project,
\nHome<\/i> is basically a “best of” disc, and offers almost
\neverything that the band’s greatest hits CD 7even Year Itch<\/i>
\nhas, coming off as an even more comprehensive collection of this
\nband’s hits over its 12-year career. Best of all, it captures
\nCollective Soul doing what it does better than making exciting rock
\nmusic in the studio: playing it live.<\/p>\n

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