Album Analysis, Throwing Copper Options

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Since Live is wrapping up and the board members are attacking each other, I thought it would be a good idea to provide a place to discuss Live's work. And a good place to start with their work is Throwing Copper.

The Idea - Analyze the album (in this case Throwing Copper) song by song, stating whatever you want or whatever comes to mind about each song. Go into as much or as little detail as you want and then summarize your overall thoughts on the album at the end. Just speak your mind openly. If there is a lot of feedback, we can do it again with another album at a later time.

You can copy and paste the following to make it easy if you want:

1. The Dam At Otter Creek

2. Selling The Drama

3. I Alone

4. Iris

5. Lightning Crashes

6. Top

7. All Over You

8. Shit Towne

9. T.B.D.

10. Stage

11. Waitress

12. Pillar of Davidson

13. White, Discussion

14. Hidden Track (Horse)

Overall Summary:

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1. The Dam At Otter Creek - Great energy build up at the end and a solid start to the album.

2. Selling The Drama - In my opinion, the best song on the entire album. This is the song that got me into Live. Can't say enough about it. Still my favorite today.

3. I Alone - Fit well on the album. Perhaps the most overrated song they have.

4. Iris - Solid song but not one of my favorites. Still not exactly sure what it is about

5. Lightning Crashes - Awesome song that put Live on the map. Great at it's time. I prefer the radio edited version today.

6. Top - Really enjoyed this song when I first heard it but lost interest over the years.

7. All Over You - Awesome song that is still great dispite the overplay. I never understood why they didn't lead with this as a major single. It was definately under utilized.

8. Shit Towne - One of my favorites off of this album. Hearing it in concert is always a treat. Along with Waitress it was a unique highlight of this album.

9. T.B.D. - Never really cared for this song. Good base line but hard to get into.

10. Stage - Great little song when the album came out. Not one I listen to today.

11. Waitress - Sweet song. The rise and drop bass line during the jam is perhaps the best bass moment Live has ever had. "She was a bitch" and "Some fucking change" are great lines. The whistling is also one of Live's great moments.

12. Pillar of Davidson - This song is disappointing. It had such great potential to be a hit but the first two versus drag out. That fact alone ruined it and kept it off the radio. They should have made a radio edit version!

13. White, Discussion - One of Live's best songs live. The album version drags on at the end but this song rocked on MTV Unplugged and was the highlight of the show. That version is one of my top Live favorites.

14. Hidden Track (Horse) - Wasn't expecting an extra track at the end. It stood out because it was so different, providing what I thought to be an awesome ending because it was such a curve.

Overall Summary: This was a great album for it's time and remains Live's best work to date in my opinion. The songs were mostly solid and the track order went well. There seems to have been a lot of thought behind it. In my opinion, one of the best complete albums of all time.