Loudest Common Denominator

Drowning Pool | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 3, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Eleven Seven Music
• ASIN: B001QBC3HU
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,994 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

2009 live album from the Alternative rockers. Recorded live in San Diego, Loudest Common Denominator shows the band in fine form, creating raw and exciting versions of their hits, album tracks and fan favorites. Also features acoustic versions of '37 Stitches' and 'Shame'.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A solid live album- Especially when one was not intended, April 4, 2009

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Paramecium "Metal Reviewer" (Veazie, ME USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Loudest Common Denominator (Audio CD)

Drowning Pool had stated in various interviews that they had no intentions of making a live album. As they toured with now permanent(hopefully) singer Ryan McCombs after the release of Full Circle, they gained a number of new fans. At one show(this show), they were offered to make a live album. they said they would allow it to be recorded, but were undecided as to whether or not they wanted it published. This is why, when you hear the album, you hear their concert. No effects, nothing re-done, or produced differently, what you get is what a real Drowning Pool concert is like. And with so many tweaks done in the business regarding the final copy of live albums, Drowning Pool show true musicianship as they refuse to alter what is real.

The album has it's faults, for one the short length of the album (especially if you don't count the bonus acoustic tracks) can leave you hanging. Also acoustic cuts in their newer material could not be done with real acoustics, so you'll have to settle for just clean guitars, which is not too bad.

One part that has already stirred up a teeny tiny bit of controversy is the segment right before(or after, I forget) their song Soldiers. It is Ryan McCombs talking about supporting troops in Iraq, which has been a big part of Drowning Pools message as of 2005. This has been taken wrong by lots of people, thinking they were supporting the war in Iraq, when really, as stated in an interview, they were only speaking about supporting troops coming home and the fact that some of them actually make it back alive.

War is a touchy subject, but Drowning Pool isn't afraid to step up and instead of just criticize the government, they support the lives of those who put it at risk every day, regardless of your opinions on the war, regardless of theirs.

All in all, Loudest Common Denominator is a good solid live album that is perfect to keep fans happy while they finish recording their new album. Though hardly an album for the sheer fact this album was hardly intended, it's a good listen, any Drowning Pool fan won't be displeased.

-Paramecium

4.0 out of 5 stars Like this music alot!, September 16, 2011

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A. McKellar (Hot Springs, AR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Loudest Common Denominator (Audio CD)

What can I say, I hoped this would be Soil reinvented somehow. I do like this music though, how can you not with a lead singer's voice like that!

5.0 out of 5 stars a sneak peek for anyone who hasn't seen them live, December 9, 2010

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Jay Skowneski (Brockport,NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Loudest Common Denominator (Audio CD)

To anybody who has not seen drowning pool live, this is serves as a preview as to how they sound live and what the guys are really like. I like this is and i recommend it for any fan