Bonga Live - Bonga

Advantages: Lots of hits sung live.
Disadvantages: None

...The CD 'Live, Live, Live' was recorded during a tour of Belgium in 1988 and contains most of Bryan Adams hits ( at that time ) and best songs. The CD includes tracks such as 'Heaven', 'Run to you', 'Summer of '69', 'Cuts like a knife', 'She's only happy when she's dancin', 'One night love affair', 'It's only love', 'I fought the law' and 'Kids wanna rock'. Many others are included, 17 in total. This CD is a must for Bryan Adams fans, especially those who want to reminisce about times gone by and concerts visited.... Read review

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Advantages: Great Aerosmith tracks!
Disadvantages: Depends on the version you get...

...Album originally released: March 1997. The name of the album is quite ironic, as Aerosmith almost broke up various times during the making of it! Due to failing to meet the label's standards this album was pushed back time and time again. Then, the band switched producers mid-album, replacing Glen Ballard with Kevin Shirley. In mid recording of the album, the band asked manager Tim Collins to step down because they were upset with him for invading their private lives contantly, in an effort to keep them sober. This prompted Collins to go to the press with allegations that certain Aerosmith members were using drugs again. Members of the band stopped speaking to each other; they nearly broke up. The making of Nine Lives probably would have destroyed a lesser band. And all the while, they were in the studio with Kevin Shirley... Read review

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Advantages: A nice smattering of rare live songs on disc one.
Disadvantages: Inferior alternative to 'Live at Donington' in every way.

...The 1998 remastering and recanonising of Iron Maiden's works collected together 1993's 'A Real Live One' and its not-very-long-awaited successor 'A Real Dead One' into this sensible single volume, with a fairly ridiculous title. The two separate entities compliment each other excellently, as a deliberate decision was clearly made to memorialise the band's extensive (even at this point) history, while at the same time acting as an unofficial farewell tour for singer Bruce Dickinson, who had announced his plan to depart the band before the albums were released. Bruce's performance in Iron Maiden deteriorated infamously between their glory years and the 'back-to-basics' approach of the early 90s material, largely abandoning his trademark operatic style for an unconvincing snarl on both new studio recordings and live performances of older... Read review

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