The first ever full-length live record by Collective Soul is packed to the gills with hits. Nearly every major hit of their 25+ years is here. Kicking off with the still-rocking \u201cHeavy,\u201d it\u2019s clear the band hasn\u2019t lost a step in their lengthy career. Ed Roland still sounds great as the band\u2019s frontman\/leader, and it\u2019s a role that he plays well.<\/p>\n
\u201cPrecious Declaration,\u201d a personal favorite, feels a bit sluggish and is sped up more than it should be. Of the newer songs here, \u201cAYTA\u201d comes off well and shows the band can still come up with interesting material and do new things that are still appealing all these years later.<\/p>\n
\u201cGel\u201d and \u201cWhy Pt. 2\u201d turn into some of the great highlights here; loud and full of vigor, they really are great and exhilarating to hear. \u201cShine\u201d turns into one of several lengthy jams that go on longer than necessary, but that\u2019s what happens with live albums. \u201cThe World I Know,\u201d another personal favorite, is one of those songs that never gets old and still sounds great, no matter how many times you hear it.<\/p>\n
Even songs like \u201cNeeds\u201d and \u201cCounting The Days\u201d that weren\u2019t originally hits come across exceptionally well and are two of the big takeaways from this record. They are both excellent highlights of an extremely expansive career.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not usually a fan of live records, finding them to usually be just lame and unnecessary. But this one is quite different, showcasing the sound of a band that isn\u2019t ready to throw in the creative towel just yet. All in all, this is quite a compendium of the band\u2019s long career and their continuing ability to please fans both new and old. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":33349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[5735],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-45163","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-collective-soul","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45163"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45163"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}