Throwing Copper by Live

Pros: wide range of tempos; lyrics; classic rock songs for the ages
Cons: not every song is perfect

Way down the line, when listing the essential rock albums of the '90s, it will be hard to skip over Live's Throwing Copper, even amidst Nevermind, Dirt, and all the other great works of the decade. Live's second...

Pros: Rock music, as real as it gets.
Cons: Really, none to speak of...slightly preachy/pretentious?

I love it. Traditionally, the music critic would write from a position of assumed objectivity and impartiality, eschewing the first person voice and pretending that their personal impressions didn’t matter – for them, it was all about the...

Pros: Great songs, great riffs, easy rock music
Cons: T.B.D., emotional cliches

Believe it or not…

I got my first CD player for high school graduation in 1995. Just before receiving the gift, I purchased my very first disc. Live’s hugely popular 1994 release Throwing Copper was a noble—yet modest—beginning...

Pros: Vocals, guitars, bass and drums conspire to enthrall and impress
Cons: A few of the lyrics don't bear closer inspection

What happens when you take a 50-something rock and roller, whose musical education basically stalled ...

Pros: Sooo many. Rock, introspection, sick rhythm section, timing
Cons: erm...some poorly placed expletives, maybe?

It was just last night that I was espousing the virtues of Throwing Copper to my wife. You see, it's taking its turn in my car's 10-disc changer this week, and in the process getting about 50% of the playing time when I'm actually in the car (for ...

Pros: Thick walls of pure guitar sound, intense lyrics and it's all catchy!
Cons: A few shrilling screams now and then. A few instances of profanity.

No doubt, the name of the band, Live, may take you by surprise. It makes you wonder what kind of slogans they have to use to advertise a concert performance by the band. "Come see Live, live at the Ampitheater!" Well, I don't know.
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Pros: Chad Gracey's drumming, the production, the overall quality of the disc
Cons: I hate T.B.D. with a passion

As the so called "alternative music" format swept through the country in the early 1990s, many bands prospered. At the forefront of this was of course, the Seattle bands. But as 1994 began to pass, there was still plenty of room for more great bands to...

Pros: A sincere, satisfying and timelessly ripe album
Cons: The persistent moralistic themes may irritate some

Throwing Copper was a time when Live fastened their seatbelts and prepared for real commercial success. Gone is the garage feel of the previous, this album (once you get past the awful cover art) is a set of fine-tuned yet still edgy rock tunes, ...

Pros: Strong melody, wholesome sound, lyrics are appropriate/interesting, Ed's vocals, just great songs
Cons: Not much to complain about except maybe ... no, can't think of anything in particular

Following on from their well received debut release, "Mental Jewelry" in 1991, Live took three years ...

Pros: Cool chord progressions, great rhythm section.
Cons: Dramatic time changes, falters at the end.

So let me tell you a little story. Stifle your groans, laddies---this is a good 'un.

So I'm driving down the road one day, right? I've got the radio blaring---93.3 WMMR, for those in the Philadelphia/south Jersey area who may rock this...

Pros: The choruses, the songs, the verses...
Cons: T.B.D., the fact they couldn't do it again.

Yeah, I know, cheap title. Live are what I like to classify as "normal" rock. I mean, sure, it's great music, but it's... well... just regular rock. People call the "normal rock" from the early 90's "Grunge", and I guess that has its own sound, from ...

Pros: Classic grunge-rock with good lyrics and intensity
Cons: Not many... if you don’t like grunge then you won’t like this

Maybe I was living in a box in the early nineties, but I had never heard about Live until a couple of months ago. There was I thinking I had discovered a little known and amazing grunge-rock band, but it seems that “Throwing Copper” is one of the most...

Pros: moments of brilliance
Cons: bad lyrics, repetitive music, annoying singer

Well, these guys are probably not quite as subversive or pretentious as Creed, but they are similarly overrated. I’ll admit that the hooks in Throwing Copper are probably more compelling than Creed’s though the writing is equally clichéd and irritating. ...

Pros: A whole stack of real great songs
Cons: a few duds

I was searching through a stack of my old CDs not too long ago, searching for an old favorite or two to listen to. I quickly gave up when I didn't find anything, and sat down to fool around with my guitar for a bit. It was then, like a message from some...

Pros: EVERY SONG IS GREAT!
Cons: I have none to report!!

I began listening to LIVE while in high-school. Long before they were big anywhere except for Pennsylvania, my friends and I were getting into "Operation Spirit." We all agreed that LIVE had places to go and people to entertain. Suddenly...