Home Read Classic Anthology Review: Live | Awake: The Best Of

Classic Anthology Review: Live | Awake: The Best Of

This came out in 2004 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


Counterpoint: If you listen to 77 minutes of Live, Awake is probably the exact opposite of what you’ll be.

Songs: 19.

Actual Hits: Lightning Crashes, The Dolphin’s Cry, Heaven and other overly earnest alt-rockers.

Missing In Action: Several singles are noticable by their absence, including Freaks, Rattlesnake and White, Discussion.

Extras! Extras! A typically anthemic unreleased studio cut, a revamped version of Run Away (with Shelby Lynne) and an overblown cover of Johnny Cash’s I Walk the Line.