Live (Alice in Chains album)
2000 live album by Alice in Chains
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Live is a live album by the American rock band Alice in Chains. It was released on December 5, 2000, through Columbia Records.[1][5] The live version of "Man in the Box" featured in the album was released as a single.[6]
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| Released | December 5, 2000[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1990, 1993, 1996 | |||
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| Length | 66:09 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 80/100[2] |
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| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Overview
Live was the band's only live album other than the acoustic album Unplugged. While most of the songs on Live had been released on previous albums, "Queen of the Rodeo" had not; although, the same live performance had been released on the Music Bank box set. Live includes five songs ("Them Bones", "God Am", "Again", "A Little Bitter" and "Dam That River") from the band's final two shows with vocalist Layne Staley.
Reception
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Bleed the Freak" (December 22, 1990, Moore Theatre, Seattle) | Jerry Cantrell | 4:33 |
| 2. | "Queen of the Rodeo" (November 5, 1990, Dallas) | Jett Silver, Layne Staley | 4:39 |
| 3. | "Angry Chair" (March 2, 1993, Glasgow Barrowland, Glasgow, UK) | Staley | 4:22 |
| 4. | "Man in the Box" (March 2, 1993, Glasgow Barrowland, Glasgow, UK) | Staley, Cantrell, Mike Starr, Sean Kinney[note 1] | 4:59/4:48 unmarked reissue |
| 5. | "Love, Hate, Love" (March 2, 1993, Glasgow Barrowland, Glasgow, UK) | Cantrell, Staley | 7:47 |
| 6. | "Rooster" (March 2, 1993, Glasgow Barrowland, Glasgow, UK) | Cantrell | 6:54 |
| 7. | "Would?" (March 2, 1993, Glasgow Barrowland, Glasgow, UK) | Cantrell | 3:51 |
| 8. | "Junkhead" (March 2, 1993, Glasgow Barrowland, Glasgow, UK) | Cantrell, Staley | 5:21 |
| 9. | "Dirt (Drunk and Disorderly version)" (October 24, 1993, Nagoya, Japan) | Cantrell, Staley | 5:24 |
| 10. | "Them Bones" (July 2, 1996, Kiel Center, St. Louis, Missouri) | Cantrell | 2:39 |
| 11. | "God Am" (July 2, 1996, Kiel Center, St. Louis, Missouri) | Cantrell, Mike Inez, Kinney, Staley | 3:59 |
| 12. | "Again" (July 3, 1996, Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri) | Cantrell, Staley | 4:24 |
| 13. | "A Little Bitter" (July 3, 1996, Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri) | Cantrell, Inez, Kinney, Staley | 3:52 |
| 14. | "Dam That River" (July 3, 1996, Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri) | Cantrell | 3:33 |
| Total length: | 66:09 | ||
Personnel
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Alice in Chains
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Production
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Charts
Album
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[8] | 142 |