Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #51959 in Digital Music Album
• Published on: 2008-04-01
• Released on: 2008-04-01
• Running time: 0 seconds

Customer Reviews

The band dropped the ball on this
The band dropped the ball on this. I like this band, but this is the worst and most poorly put together live album I have ever heard. First off, the cd doesn't inlcude the entire concert and it's not because of time constraints on the cd. The cd is only 50 something minutes. Second, track 9 is a studio version of a song in the middle of a live concert. WTF? I have never seen that in my entire life. A recorded studio track in the middle of a concert. Why not put it after the concert is finished and include the entire concert? This is weak and lazy of the band. At least the dvd is the entire show. I mean who puts a studio version of a song in the middle of a concert cd, it made me laugh. They could have easily put it at the end and put the entire concert on the cd.

Bad Sound Ruins a Great Playlist
Despite featuring gems from across their career such as "Grand Theft Autumn" the single that never was, and the climactic "Saturday", this album is nearly unlistenable. Sounding like a Fall Out Boy concert heard from the concession stand in the lobby, the band's punches and crescendos come out flat. Fall Out Boy's true strengths lie in the crisp harmonies between and punchy dynamic changes. 'Live In Phoenix' fails to capture the spontaneity, energy, and humor so apparent in the group's music videos, or the tight interplay of instruments and Patric Stump's soaring voice from their studio work. Pass on this pacifying between album moneymaker, and delve into their back catalog. More classics include studio versions of "Calm Before The Storm" and "Tell That Mick He Just Made My List Of Things To Do Today".

-Josh Constine
Joshsc@gmail.com

Sends chills down your spine.
I was actually at this concert. And I gotta say, it sounds EXACTLY like it did on that hot June 22 night. Patrick still sends chills down my spine with "Golden" and I tap my legs and mouth along the words no matter how much I try to stop myself.

Nothing beats Fall Out Boy live, and if you can't catch them live, this is the second best thing. WELL worth the money!