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This cd is a disappointment and should only be purchased if you are already a dire fan. It is not recorded and mixed very well. It doesn't rock like I remember the band doing when I saw them at C-stone between their first two releases. The guitar solo's should have been mixed louder and background vocalists should have been added if the concert was going to be recorded. 9 of the 12 songs are live, but nothing is stellar here. This is classic pop-metal from the early 90s, when hairspray was at a premium. While the reunion concert was a good idea, it doesn't work really well here with either vocalist at the reigns. While Steven Patrick can still sing, he can't carry it like he once did. See No Evil and Virtue & Vice drag a bit. If my old cassettes weren't warped, I'd have gotten them out and compared tempo's. In V&Vice, Patrick seems out of breath and the vibrato on the lyric 'ice' is annoying. On Reign Comes Down, his vox on the word 'down' is awful. While the guitar solo and drum fills are great on this song, the harmonization in the chorus is pitiful. Last Train is almost ruined by Patrick on 'train' and 'home'. Lies and Stranger are the best of the old school songs. The three studio songs aren't much better. The acoustic ballad Whisper has annoying feedback and doesn't deliver. I don't know if it's Pat Boone who kills Innocence, but the falcetto bgv's suck. I don't know if this is supposed to be gothic or grunge re-interpretation. It is Promise Man that fairs best here. Eric Wayne sounds a bit like James Hetfield from Metallica. Even with the indiscernible crowd noise lingering at the end, it still manages to shine on this average cd by a better than average band.Read full review
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