Birds of Pray, What do you think of it anno 2010? Options

[SecretInsomnia]

Live fans on these board often say that Live didnt make anything goo after TDTH.
V, BoP and SFBM are regarded as 'Live going downhill'. Although I can enjoy some parts of each of those 3 albums, BoP is (for me) still an album that I can listen very often and to which I always look back to with joy for some reason. (must also have to do with the period it was released, it had some quite hopefull and upflifting energy for me in spring/summer 2003).

Ofcourse not all on the album is as creative as in the 90ies, certainly not. But for me it's for some reason still a really "Live" album and for some part breathes the atmosphere that I think about when I think of Live in general. I don't really have that with "rapping and experimental V" or "too much Ed focussed SFBM" (although, as I said, they had their "Live" moments as well).

Heaven is still (commercial sounding or not) a very nice song. Like I do is for me up with Live's best work. And Lighthouse touches me again each time I listen to it. I really like Sanctity of Dreams (and yes I know most don't), as it just grabs you from beginning to the end. Out to Dry is POP, but not pop like most of Alive, for example.

Listening to SoD, I also notice that back then, Ed still wrote about different topics on the album. Compare for example topics in: SoD, Heaven, River Town and Out to Dry.
SFBM had not much variety in topics, and on Alive it seemed to be gone completely.

What do you think about Birds of Pray, now 7,5 years after its release? For me it's not a bad album at all, although I know it's not their best work ever.

This post has been edited by SecretInsomnia: Dec 8 2010, 6:51 pm

[LivesMeltdown]

I really enjoy Birds of Pray. Definitely the best of the last 3 albums. Depending on my mood, there are times I actually enjoy it more than Secret Samadhi and Mental Jewelry. Yep I said it