Taken from the their Metal 2000 tour, this live-album was recorded in front of 250.000 ecstatic fans at the Rock In Rio festival in January 2001. Being the last show on the Brave New World Tour, the band decided to record the show for a future CD/DVD release.
This is one of the best sounding live albums I have ever heard! The production is simply outstanding! The sound of the drums and bass, give that extra something. Three guitars could have been a mess to listen to, but Kevin Shirley has done an outstanding job at producing this album. And Bruce is sounding better than ever! The intro ends and A. Smith starts off one of my favorite Maiden tracks,
The Wicker Man. Just by writing this, I can feel the small hairs on my neck rise, and an urge to hear it over and over again. Maiden has always known how to kick off a show, and this is no exception.
If anything negative has to be said, then the set list could have been a lot different. There are way too many long tracks. If they took some of them out and substituted with a couple of shorter tracks, it would have been close to a masterpiece. Take out
Dream Of Mirrors and
The Clansman and replace with them with 3-4 shorter tracks.
The Fallen Angel,
The Prisoner,
Revelations or perhaps the ever popular
Powerslave could perhaps do it. This gives a better flow in the concert. It's hard to stay focused when the songs are 7-10 minutes long. I know that the songs mentioned are also approx. 7 minutes, but they have a much better flow than e.x.
The Clansman.
The band play as if their lives depended on it. A ripping performance from Nicko McBrain. He doesn't set a foot wrong! (ha ha ha. Come on! You thought that was funny!). Truly awesome!
Highlights on the album has to be the Intro, going right into
The Wicker Man. Bruces' performance on
Sign Of The Cross. The twin-lead-solo on
The Evil That Men Do. And of course the drums on the entire album. Note the hi-speed pedal in
2 Minutes To Midnight and
The Trooper.
Written by
Ulrick Monday, July 15, 2002
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