I picked this up a bit ago, ended up going to target instead of best buy.

Anway, I can't believe "White, Discussion" is on the DVD. It's one of my favorite live songs, and it's fairly obscure and probably the last song I'd have expected to see on the DVD. It's a kick ass performance of it as well. Almost worth the $11.88 by itself.

I'll post some impressions of the album after listening to it a few times.

This is a must buy for 11.99, the Free DVD is the best yet. 4 great live tracks.

I have listened to the CD once, and I'm really digging it. Alot of "anthems". This will sound great live. I also love SS and DTH, which don't seem to popular in this thread

"White, Discussion" is my all time favorite Live track. I might snag this disc now.

Thanks.

Although I like it better than V, it can't even come close to SS, TC, or TDTH (my favorite). The songs are OK, just not very melodic or memorable. There isn't anything catchy about most of them. Best song is Sweet Release. So, I don't hate it, but I'm definitely disappointed.

I've listened to the album a couple of times, and so far I'm not that impressed. I really dislike "Heaven." I'm not religious, and I've always been able to ignore the religious undertones in Live's work, but that songs just too much, and it's pretty bland musically too so there's no reason for me to tune out the lyrics.

No tracks have jumped out at me yet, with all their other albums, at least a couple tracks jumped out at me on the first listen. Even V which a lot of Live fans disliked (Simple Creed, Forever May Not Be Long Enough, and Overcome all jumped out at the first listen).

I don't doubt that it will grow on me (just like the rest of the songs on V did), but I doubt I'll end up liking it more than any of their previous albums.

BTW, I'd rank their albums as follows:

Throwing Copper
Secret Samadhi
The Distance to Here
V
Mental Jewelry
Birds of Pray (tentative pending further listens)