Bought this at the end of my first Karnataka concert, after only hearing 'Gathering Light'. This is agood representation of pretty much what they reproduced for me on stage. Hayley Griffiths is an interesting vocalist - she is still to find her feet, in my opinion, on the louder, rockier passages, and has a knack on 2 or 3 songs on this recording of singing a bit behind the musical phrasing compared to the album versions by her predicessors. However, on the quieter sections, especially the songs closer to being ballads, she excels. For instance, I think her version of 'Heaven can wait' is superior to the album version by quite some way. I also like the fact Hayley is careful not to claim credit for previous material that she's had no part in, by saying "This is a song from the band's latest album" etc. This album drops one star for the annoying opening section of recorderded intro, which goes on a tad too long before the band take to the stage for real - I'm sure this is fine on the DVD, when there are images to look at, but niggles when you have only the audio to concentrate on. It's a great cross-section of the band's material and different enough, because of line-up changes, to not feel you are buying just a live version of the studio material. Recommended.
Review by "S. Bateman" (www.amazon.co.uk).
RATING: 8.5 / 10 **MARVELLOUS**
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Review by "S. Bateman" (www.amazon.co.uk).
RATING: 8.5 / 10 **MARVELLOUS**
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