Songs from Black Mountain
| Songs from Black Mountain | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by Live | ||||
| Released | April 10, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | May 2005 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock | |||
| Length | 42:23 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Jim Wirt | |||
| Live chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Songs from Black Mountain | ||||
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 50/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Alternative Addiction |  [3] |
| Billboard | unfavorable[1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B−[4] |
| musicOMH | [5] |
| Paste | 1/10[1] |
| Rolling Stone | [6] |
| Slant Magazine | [7] |
Songs from Black Mountain is Live's seventh studio album and the last to feature vocalist Ed Kowalczyk. It was released in most countries on April 10, 2006, but was released on May 9 in Canada, May 29 in the UK and June 6 in the US. It was their only release through Epic Records.[8] The first single, "The River", was released on March 21, 2006.
Although the album had some international success, including reaching number 1 in the Netherlands, it had the lowest US sales of any of Live's studio albums since their first album, Mental Jewelry, peaking at number 52 on the Billboard 200.
Background
Live signed with Epic Records in 2005, having left Radioactive after the release of their 2003 album, Birds of Pray.[8] Singer Ed Kowalczyk explained that Songs from Black Mountain is in the same vein as Birds of Pray: "The album itself kind of took its lead from where we were with Birds of Pray, which was just a really basic, stripped [approach]...It's just amazing. It's just a great album and the excitement level of [Epic] and the band, everybody is just really pretty blown away by it."[9]
Track listing
All songs written by Ed Kowalczyk.
- "The River" – 2:58
- "Mystery" – 3:45
- "Get Ready" – 3:32
- "Show" – 3:24
- "Wings" – 3:51
- "Sofia" – 3:54
- "Love Shines (A Song for My Daughters About God)" – 3:21
- "Where Do We Go from Here?" – 3:46
- "Home" – 3:23
- "All I Need" – 3:13
- "You Are Not Alone" – 3:43
- "Night of Nights" – 3:33
Chart positions
Album
Singles
| Song | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | BEL (FL) | NED | |||||||||
| "The River"[14] | 33 | 49 | 15 | ||||||||
| "Mystery" | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Wings" | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||
Credits
Live[15]
- Ed Kowalczyk – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Chad Taylor – lead guitar
- Patrick Dahlheimer – bass
- Chad Gracey – drums
References
- 1 2 3 "Critic Reviews for Songs From Black Mountain". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
- ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic.
- ↑ Chad, "Alternative Addiction Review".
- ↑ Collis, Clark (2006-06-16). "Songs From Black Mountain Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
- ↑ Bansal, Vik (2006-05-29). "Live – Songs from Black Mountain". musicOMH. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
- ↑ Green, Andy (2006-06-13). "Songs From Black Mountain : Live : Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
- ↑ Jones, Preston (2006-06-26). "Live: Songs From Black Mountain". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
- 1 2 Chad, "Live Makes Epic Move" Alternative Addiction - August 29, 2005
- ↑ Chad, "Live Goes Back to Basics for Epic Debut". Alternative Addiction, September 29, 2005.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Ultratop entry for Songs From Black Mountain". Ultratop.
- ↑ "Chartverfolgung / LIVE / Longplay". Musicline.de.
- ↑ "Chart Log UK entry for Live". Chart Log UK.
- ↑ "Songs From Black Mountain > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". AllMusic.
- ↑ "Ultratop entry for The River" Ultratop
- ↑ http://coverlib.com/entry/id289405/live-songs-from-black-mountain