Live Bait for the Dead [Enhanced, Import]

Cradle Of Filth | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 26, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Enhanced, Import
• Label: Abracadaver UK
• ASIN: B000069DQL
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #250,721 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Intro: The Ceremony Opens [Live]

2. Lord Abortion

3. Ebony Dressed for Sunset [Live]

4. The Forest Whispers My Name [Live]

5. Cthuhlu Dawn

6. Dusk and Her Embrace [Live]

7. The Principal of Evil Made Flesh

8. Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids

9. Her Ghost in the Fog [Live]

10. Summer Dying Fast [Live]

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Born in a Burial Gown [the Polished Coffin Mix]

2. No Time to Cry [Sisters of No Mercy Mix]

3. Funeral in Carpathia [Soundcheck Recording]

4. Deleted Scenes of a Snuff Princess

5. Scorched Earth Erotica [Original Demo(n) Version][Version]

6. Nocturnal Supremacy [Soundcheck Recording]

7. From the Cradle to Enslave [Under Martian Rule Mix]

8. The Fire Still Burns

Editorial Reviews

Disc one features 13 tracks recorded in concert at Nottingham's Rock City in April 2001. Disc two is packed with surprises including four new remixes, a rare studio demo(n) of 'Scorched Earth Erotica', & enhanced with screen savers, a tool bar skin, & the promo video of 'No Time To Cry'. Snapper Music. 2004. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Let the Tenth Element Be a Black Metal Live Album, November 5, 2002

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Daniel J. Hamlow (Narita, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live Bait for the Dead (Audio CD)

P>Disc One is live material. After the intro with its haunting gothic choir and symphonic number, Dani Filth and company launch into one of four songs from Midian, "Lord Abortion." Dani has fun with the Nottingham audience, whom he first addresses as "you horrible lot," and they seem to be enjoying their horrible selves. Some of his caustic remarks are worth noting. He comments on the tacky backdrop and thought he was playing at a Tahitan monastery. That bad, huh?

"Cthulhu Dawn"'s lends itself to more ferocity live, especially Adrian's thunderous drums. Ditto for "Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids," one of my personal favourite COF gems. Dani's bass and spoken monster voice is put into great effect here.

After a long droning guitar solo that stretches out "Her Ghost In The Fog," the band effectively segues into "Summer Dying Fast." The "Satanic Mantra" is included in the "Interlude-Creatures That Kissed In Cold Mirrors" track here.

The song distribution from album surprisingly favour the earlier albums and Midian, as follows below:

Principle--3
Vempire--2
Dusk And Her Embrace--1
Cruelty And The Beast--1
From Cradle To Enslave--1
Midian--4

This is just as well, as it pays to have older material exposed more to people just getting into the group.

Disc Two features different mixes of previously released material, including a new songs, "Deleted Scenes Of A Snuff Princess" and "The Fire Still Burns." The former is a thumping metal techno instrumental number. Of the remixed older material, the distribution favours Bitter Suites To Succubi.

Vempire--1
Dusk And Her Embrace--1
From Cradle To Enslave--1
Bitter Suites--3

For the most part, there are only subtle variations in the remixes. However, the Sisters Of No Mercy remix of "No Time To Cry" is harder in some places compared to the original. The Under Martial Rule Mix of "From Cradle To Enslave" plays with techno a lot more, except that it's harder driving in a Fear Factory or Static-X sort of way. There are some female vocals here as well. It's the best remix and song on both discs.

If a live album sounds like studio tracks with audience cheers mixed, what's the point, since there is bound to be variations between studio and live versions? In that, Live Bait succeeds admirably well. Overall, a worthy and necessary compilation.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another fine offering from the bastions of "blackened metal", January 5, 2003

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J. Williamson "Son of the North" (Standish, Maine USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live Bait for the Dead (Audio CD)

First off, I would like to clarify something that Cradle fans and "Cradle haters" have been debating about for some time now. Cradle of Filth is not , and I repeat NOT, a black metal band. Even Cradle themselves have said in previous interviews that they do not feel that they play black metal. Although they do have certain elements in their music that resemble black metal, the music itself is a mixture of many styles. What is amusing to me really, is that most people who continue to criticize Cradle of Filth do so only because they have become wildly popular. This is sad because Cradle are an exciting band who, in my honest opinion, are extremely talented and deserve to be recognized as such
With that said, Let us examine the offering that is "Live Bait For the Dead". This is Cradle's first live disc, and as always, they have outdone themselves yet again with some rather exceptional cd packaging. The first disc is, as most people know already, a full live show, which was taken from the same show that is on the phenomenal live DVD " Heavy Left Handed And Candid". Dani Filth and Company blaze through an awesome collection of tracks from all of their previous albums. Overall, the production on the live tracks is quite good. The performance is very tight and should convince even the most hardened skeptic as to the talent and proficiency of this often maligned band.
The second disc is a collection of remixes , soundcheck recordings, a demo,a techno/industrial mix called "Selected Scenes of A Snuff Princess", and an awesome cover of Twisted Sister's The Fire Still Burns. Most will criticize the inclusion of yet another techno mix but I, for one, appreciate the variety in styles that keeps things fresh and interesting.Also included on the second disc is a mutimedia section where you can access the video for "No Time To Cry", and a cool screensaver and toolbar for Internet Explorer.
All in all, this another fine collection of Cradle that will please many, and of course, continue to irritate the rest.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intense, One of the Band's Best Releases, September 21, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Live Bait for the Dead (Audio CD)

Live Bait for the Dead is one of Cradle of Filth's best releases. It's a killer package, with a live set from the awesome Heavy Left Handid and Candid DVD and a second disc of remixes. Two criticisms- they should've used a different show than the video and I don't care for the two techno remixes. Still, the live songs form a pretty good mix of "best ofs," and I like the rawer sound compared to the studio versions, or just as much as the studio versions. Dani's commentary is amusing. Diosc two contains remixes of old favorites like Borb In a Burial Gown, Funeral In Carpthia and Scirched Earth Erotica that are every bit as good as or better than the originals. Scorched Earth is my favorite Cradle song and I prefer the remix. The changes are subtle, but it gives it that extra punch. This is an excellent package for longtime fans compared to rehashed Lovecraft and Witch Hearts which I was never ina hurry to get and still haven't got. This disc is stuff never before released on CD. It is also an excellent starting point for those new to Cradle of Filth.