Live At The El Rey

Collide | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 6, 2005)
• Original Release Date: December 6, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Noiseplus Music
• ASIN: B000CIWZX0
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #440,057 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Intro

2. Beneath the Skin

3. Crushed

4. Complicated

5. Falling Up

6. Dreamsleep

7. Slither Thing

8. Modify

9. Razor Sharp

10. White Rabbit

11. Wings of Steel

12. Like You Want to Believe

13. Somewhere

14. The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum

15. Euphoria

16. Euphoria(video edit)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars enchanting!, March 22, 2006

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Carla V. Way "Catla" (L.A., California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live At The El Rey (Audio CD)

i am so happy to have seen this show! ...and now to re-live it! the musice is powerful and dreamlike!i recommend this very strongly! ...don't forget their other CDs though!! i have never been disapointed!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING DVD, BEAUTIFUL VOICE, OUTSTANDING LYRICS!!!!, January 17, 2006

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Fairy - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live At The El Rey (Audio CD)

This DVD is amazing. I give this DVD 5 stars for the following reasons.
-Collide put out an *excellent performance filled with much excitement
-I love the photos on the DVD
-I love KaRIN's hair and makeup and she looks very beautiful as always
-The lighting and lyrical content is amazing!!!
-There is so much on this DVD and I have watched it over 3 times already.
-After watching this DVD I want to see Collide live in concert

5.0 out of 5 stars Among the best, April 13, 2007

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just some guy "fnord33" (Oakland, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live At The El Rey (Audio CD)

It's not often that studio-only bands go on the road, and when they do, it's to mixed degrees of success. Alan Parsons hired a team of world-class session musicians but couldn't return from his fade into obscurity. Ashlee Simpson was simply laughed off the stage. Few bands are as good or better on stage than in the studio. (Yeah, there was the Dead, and Kiss and Jimmy Buffett come to mind, but for those it's the show and the atmosphere as much as the music.)

Collide has succeeded in both arenas: A recording-booth band went on the road with a crack team of musicians, sounding just as tight and as passionate from the stage as they do from the studio. Fortunately, somebody was wise enough to record it. The result is "Live At The El Rey" (as well as its companion DVD, "Like The Hunted").

Collide's typical style (perhaps a misleading statement, considering the scope of their sound, song to song and album to album) is very precise and constructed in the studio, between Statik's elaborate programming and kaRIN's vocals, augmented as necessary by other instruments. The songs chosen for their 2005 tour were re-arranged to showcase the whole group, and as such every measure comes across like a post-apocalyptic wall of Spector. However, the sound throughout is clean and sharp, every instrument and vocal distinct and precise.

It would be easy to pigeonhole Collide as a goth band, or electronica for those electronica fans who aren't into goth, or darkwave for those who pick nits. However, this album has a much wider appeal. The guitar tone throughout should draw in any metalhead; the heavy rhythm is danceable, but also suitable for fast driving in the middle of the night; the quality of the songwriting can be appreciated by anyone who likes good music. Also, while kaRIN is a stunning beauty who could have made a career modeling or acting, she is no lip-syncher coasting on her looks. She has a lovely voice and really can carry a tune, even in a minor key or exotic time signature. If you want to stare at her, get the DVD too, but the CD alone is worth repeated listens.

I'm going to have to give serious consideration to my list of "desert island discs," to make room for "Live At The El Rey." Ultimately, it's just great rock and roll.