A good album for live, although the grit has been taken away. It is melodic and is an interesting adventure. It’s suprising what they have come up with, but an interesting C.D nevertheless. Worth a bit of money.
The popularity of Throwing Copper springs
from a variety of sources. One of the foremost reasons is that the
overall quality in the music is vastly improved since their debut album,
Mental Jewelry. Mental Jewelry was a good album, exept the lyrics were
too direct and preachy and Kowalczyk's voice might have been too raspy
for many potential listeners. In this CD, Ed controls his voice a bit
more, and the message in the lyrics is more subtly delivered. The first
CD preaches finding world peace and harmony in a secular world.
Throwing Copper does the same, exept it tries to paint more of an
impression of this message then delivering it directly. This can be
seen with comparing different songs in the first and second album. Yet
this newer album still retains the drive of the first, and experiments
more in different styles. However, in its guitar work, Throwing Copper
rejects the more poppish acoustic sound of its predecessor and takes an
"alternative" electric sound.
Some of the appealing aspects of Throwing
Copper arise from the ways the songs are played. Some start slow and
get increasingly louder and complex as the song progresses (Lightning
Crashes, TBD). Others alternate in soft/loud and bitter/sweet sections
such as Iris, I Alone, and Pillar of Davidson. Some experimental
flavors in this CD are short intros in the songs, a country song (track
14), and a mostly distorted and chaotic song, "White, Discussion."
Latter portion by Charles Nadolski.
Throwing Copper: 82
One of the better popular bands in the 90’s which burst out with
an excellent C.D that makes for some rockin' listening. What makes their music different from others is that use melodies well which become part of you after a while. It's great music for upbeat or pissed off moods. The singing is very good and the backup is also above average. Just an overall good band with some good songs. For most music lovers this band should for sure be in your C.D collection.
Secret Samadhi: 73
Throwing Copper was the second CD released
by the group Live in 1994. Actually, the CD really did not become
popular until 1995 mainly because of the hit single "Lightning Crashes."
During the summer of 1995, nearly all the songs on the CD were played on
the radio. Yet even the songs which did not get played on the radio
(mainly Watress and Shit Towne) soon became among the favorite songs by
the group.
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