NEW YORK (RadioActive Records) - Fans of LIVE will soon have something sensational to own as the Radioactive Records band readies the release of Awake, The Best of LIVE, a deluxe 19-song compilation CD spanning the entire 13-year recording history of the acclaimed rock band from York, Pennsylvania. The package also includes a DVD containing 22 music videos going back to the band's 1991 debut.
"We Deal in Dreams," a previously-unreleased track from LIVE's 1994 Throwing Copper sessions, will be the premiere single, arriving at Adult Top 40 and
Modern Adult radio October 18th. Earlier this year, "Heaven," the single from the 2003 release Birds Of Pray, soared to No 2 on the
Modern Adult chart.
Awake, The Best of LIVE CD/DVD set drops November 2nd.
The lavish packaging includes a 14-panel four-color fold-out booklet of photos spanning the band's career, as well as extensive liner notes and commentary on each album by LIVE lead singer Ed Kowalczyk.
Songs on Awake, the Best of LIVE were culled from every LIVE album, including 1991's platinum Mental Jewelry, the multi-platinum No 1 smash Throwing Copper (1994), the No 1 multi-platinum Secret Samadhi (1997), the multi-platinum The Distance to Here (1999), V (2001) and Birds of Pray (1993). Tracks included are: "Operation Spirit (The Tyranny Of Tradition)," "Pain Lies On The Riverside," "The Beauty Of Gray," "Selling The Drama," "I Alone," "Lightning Crashes," "All Over You," "Pillar Of Davidson," "We Deal In Dreams," "Lakini's Juice," "Turn My Head," "The Dolphin's Cry," "Run To The Water," "Dance With You," "Overcome," "Nobody Knows," "Heaven," a previously un-released on CD duet version of "Run Away" with Shelby Lynne and a cover of the Johnny Cash tune "I Walk the Line."
The bonus DVD boasts a comprehensive representation of LIVE's history on video. It includes 22 videos along with a 30 minute interview commentary from Kowalczyk.
Videos included are: "Pain Lies on the Riverside," "Pain Lies On The Riverside (live performance)," "Operation Spirit," "Operation Spirit" (live performance), "Selling the Drama," "I Alone," "Lightning Crashes," "White, Discussion," "Lakini's Juice," "Freaks," "Turn My Head" (from director Jake Scott), "Turn My Head" (from director Mary Lambert), "The Dolphin's Cry," "Run to the Water," "They Stood Up For Love," "Overcome, "Simple Creed," "Like a Soldier," "Heaven" and "Heaven" (concept version).
The DVD also contains two never-before-seen videos: "Ghost," and "Run Away" (with Shelby Lynne).
Ed Kowalczyk and his band mates guitarist Chad Taylor, bassist Patrick Dahlheimer, and drummer Chad Gracey, first performed together over 17 years ago at their middle school talent show in York, PA.
Now at the tender age of 32, with over 20 million albums sold, LIVE continue to be a major musical force. Their success includes two No 1 albums on the Billboard Top 200 album chart (Throwing Copper and Secret Samadhi), five No. 1 singles, nine Top 10 singles, and No. 1 albums in Australia, Holland, South Africa, Canada, Belgium and New Zealand.
