''Live'' is a live album by the American

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Alice in Chains Alice in Chains (often abbreviated as AiC) is an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1987. Since 2006, the band's lineup has comprised vocalist/guitarists Jerry Cantrell and William DuVall, bassist Mike Inez, and drummer Sean Kinney. Voca ...

. It was released on December 5, 2000, through

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. The live version of " Man in the Box" featured in the album was released as a single.

Overview

''Live'' was the band's only live album other than the acoustic album ''

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''. While most of the songs on ''Live'' had been released on previous albums, "Queen of the Rodeo" had not; although, the same live performance had been released on the ''

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'' box set. ''Live'' includes five songs ("

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", "God Am", " Again", "A Little Bitter" and "Dam That River") from the band's final two shows with vocalist Layne Staley.

Reception

The album received generally positive reviews from most critics, with Greg Prato of

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writing in his review of the album "Their detuned sound and tales from the darkside are even more sinister and gripping on the concert stage, as evidenced by this 14-track set."

Track listing

Personnel

;Alice in Chains * Layne Staley – lead vocals (all tracks), rhythm guitar (track 3) *

Jerry Cantrell Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. (born March 18, 1966) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and main songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains. The band rose to internatio ...

– lead guitar (all tracks), vocals (all tracks) *

Sean Kinney Sean Howard Kinney (born May 27, 1966) is an American musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the rock band Alice in Chains. Kinney also founded the short-lived Supergroup (music), supergroup Spys4Darwin, and has collaborated with ...

– drums (all tracks) *

Mike Inez Michael Allen Inez (born May 14, 1966) is an American rock musician and bassist. Since 1993, Inez has been the bassist of the American rock band Alice in Chains. He is also recognized for his work with Ozzy Osbourne from 1989 to 1993. Inez also ...

– bass (tracks 3–14) * Mike Starr – bass (tracks 1–2) ;Production * Compilation producer – Peter Fletcher *Tracks 1 and 10–14

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ed by Elliot Bailey and mixed by

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*Tracks 2 and 9 recorded and mixed by Mark Naficy *Tracks 3–8 engineered by Mike Walter *Tracks 3–8

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producer –

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by Marty Temme *Packaging concepts by Sean Kinney *

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Susan Silver Susan Jean Silver (born July 17, 1958) is an American music manager and businesswoman, best known for managing Seattle rock bands such as Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and Screaming Trees. Silver also owns the company Susan Silver Management, and ...

Chart positions

Album

Singles

References

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