Live - The Turn, Do you consider it a Live album? Options

[SinfulEyes]

Both in style and sound... do you consider it a Live album?

[TheBeacon]

It was cool at the time but looking back now I think they should have used The Gracious Few banner for this album. Having two albums with two different singers would have been ok with me since the band is a side project. That would lead to some excitement over who the next singer for the next TGF album one day.

[Holy Slime]

My opinion now is the same as it was when they hired Shinn. They should have called themselves "Live + Chris Shinn." Keep the Live legacy going, while simultaneously acknowledging that it was a new era for the band... And they get to use a cool + sign to boot.

What left a bad taste in my mouth wasn't that they kept the Live name, but that in marketing their shows and the album they made absolutely no attempt to let people know it was a new lineup. If you didn't follow the drama online, then you'd possibly have no idea Shinn was in the band until you saw them.

As for calling it The Gracious Few, that would have actually been worse for me. At least with Live they had a band that hadn't made a great album in over a decade. It would have been much more disappointing to compare Chris Shinn's work against Kevin Martin's than it would against Ed's recent body of work.

Besides which, if there was any money in The Gracious Few they probably would have left Live dead and buried while they worked with Kevin Martin, at least until they got the opportunity to reunite with Ed.

This post has been edited by Holy Slime: Jan 7 2017, 5:25 pm