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60

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  • Summary: Peter Gabiel's latest live album was recorded at London's Hammersmith Apollo in March of 2011 with 46-piece orchestra.
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  1. May 10, 2012
    60
    Musically competent ... [but with] a few snoozers.
  2. Q Magazine
    Oct 17, 2012
    60
    The ensemble take more risks with Gabriel's own songs, pulling them into bold new shapes. [Jul 2012, p.100]
  3. May 10, 2012
    60
    Its sly, delicately textured rewards are ones to appreciate and ponder, not to cherish.
  4. 60
    There are successes here... but the overall effect can be gruelling.
  5. May 10, 2012
    50
    The issue with the release of Live Blood is that it comes across as the same photo [of previous albums, "Scratch My Back," and "New Blood"], with no change at all.