• Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: Dec 5, 2000
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Their detuned sound and tales from the darkside are even more sinister and gripping on the concert stage, as evidenced by this 14-track set.
  2. Somewhat surprisingly, for a band that hasn't toured much in its 12-year career, Live is full of edge-to-edge dynamite performances dating from 1990 to 1996.
  3. Recorded at various venues between 1990 and 1996, the versions of the songs that appear on Live are generally rougher and more expansive than their studio counterparts. And they're not only loud: they're heavy. Mike Inez's bass feels like it's jammed in your spine. Vocalist Layne Staley -- he of the well-documented battle with heroin addiction -- sounds like someone in crisis who may implode at any moment. He grips you, and you lose yourself in his struggle. All of this helps make these performances vital.
  4. 80
    A reminder of how great the band could be when its members put their minds to it.
  5. Alice in Chains - Live should have been a double disc set. There were far too many great songs sacrificed in narrowing it down to just one disc.
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 23
  2. Negative: 2 out of 23
  1. Jun 21, 2012
    10
    Awesome. I really do love Alice in chains, they are just a really good bad with good sound and style. Probably one of the best live albumsAwesome. I really do love Alice in chains, they are just a really good bad with good sound and style. Probably one of the best live albums I've seen out there. Full Review »
  2. BrenoJ
    Apr 19, 2007
    10
    Absolutly Fantastic
  3. liamr
    Mar 7, 2007
    10
    excellent album...shows that layne is one of the all time great rock singers, combined with the fantastic guitar playing ability from jerry excellent album...shows that layne is one of the all time great rock singers, combined with the fantastic guitar playing ability from jerry cantrel represents the bands live performances very well...probably one of the most underated band of all time Full Review »