{"id":1190,"date":"2017-09-13T13:00:38","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-alter-bridge-live-at-the-o2-arena\/"},"modified":"2018-03-21T22:10:58","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T22:10:58","slug":"review-alter-bridge-live-at-the-o2-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-alter-bridge-live-at-the-o2-arena\/","title":{"rendered":"Review:\u00a0Alter Bridge – Live at the O2 Arena + Rarities"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Since releasing \u2018One Day Remains’<\/i> in 2004, hard rock giants Alter Bridge<\/b> have developed a hardcore fanbase who have helped escalate from an offshoot of Creed to certified arena headliners in their own right. Their third live album \u2018Live at the O2 Arena + Rarities’<\/i> is a gift to those fans from the band.<\/p>\n

Recorded from London’s prestigious O2 Arena, \u2018Live\u2026’<\/i> captures Alter Bridge<\/b> in their natural element as they pave through a greatest hits set with a selection of tracks from last years’ \u2018The Last Hero’<\/i> in between. Admittedly, \u2018The Last Hero’<\/i> was a weaker chain in the otherwise impenetrable AB<\/b> back catalogue, and tracks like \u2018The Other Side’<\/i> seem to meander by and gain favourable enough reactions, before the stomp-and-groove of \u2018Isolation’<\/i> and the immense \u2018Cry of Achilles’<\/i> really puts the crowd in a frenzy.<\/p>\n

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While one can sense the weight of the occasion in the band’s performance, a swampy mix dampens the impact of hooks on the should-be-monstrous \u2018Ties That Bind’<\/i> and \u2018Metalingus’<\/i>. With the mix putting frontman Myles Kennedy’s vocals front and centre, the real standout comes with the fully acoustic \u2018Watch Over You’<\/i> where Myle’s delicate handling of the departure based ballad culminates with an audience of 20,000 people signing its signature chorus.<\/p>\n

The additional disc of \u2018Rarities’<\/i> includes previously released tracks from the \u2018One Day Remains’<\/i> sessions and a collection of bonus tracks for Japanese album releases. The unreleased \u2018Breathe’<\/i> and \u2018Cruel Sun’<\/i> are interesting artefacts of a band finding their feet which gives fans a chance to appreciate how far AB’s approach to songwriting has evolved since then. While this collection provides a catalogue of fist-raising hooks on \u2018We Don’t Care At All’<\/i> and \u2018Never Say Die (Outright)’<\/i>, one can understand why they didn’t make the original tracklisting of each album they would have belonged to.<\/p>\n

Essentially, \u2018Live at the O2 Arena + Rarities’<\/i> exists for the die-hard fans that got Alter Bridge<\/b> playing in venues of that size. It gives fans and the band a chance to reflect on how far they’ve come as a unit, and celebrate the heights they’ve reached from years of constant touring and recording. Casual listeners need not approach, this collection is for the dedicated followers.<\/p>\n

3\/5<\/p>\n

\u2018Live at the O2 Arena + Rarities’<\/i> by Alter Bridge<\/b> is out now on Napalm Records<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Alter Bridge<\/b> links: Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Andy Davidson (@AndyrfDavidson<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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