Anthrax Live: The Island Years [Live]

Anthrax Live: The Island Years [Live]

Track Listings

1. Efilnikufesin (N.F.L.)

2. A.I.R.

3. Parasite

4. Keep It in the Family

5. Caught in a Mosh

6. Indians

7. Antisocial

8. Bring the Noise - Anthrax, Public Enemy

9. I Am the Law

10. Metal Thrashing Mad

11. In My World

12. Now It's Dark

Tracks:

(Efilnikufesin) N.F.L.
A.I.R.
Parasite
Keep It In The Family
Caught In A Mosh
Indians
Antisocial
Bring The Noise
I Am The Law
Metal Thrashing Mad
In My World
Now It's Dark

Customer Reviews:

Island records cash in has some worth.......2007-04-04

Standard record company procedure: Dump band and then try to wring a few more dollars out of them by releasing a best of or some equally 'catch all' retrospective. In this case a live album. Then again the companies lose a heap of cash on failed acts so perhaps we shouldn't be too hard on them.

This Anthrax live recording is gleaned from two sources and it all sounds pretty good. The Anthrax fan should direct themselves to the track listing and weigh up how badly they need live versions of stuff they already own. The tracks are quality thrash metal with the band firing fairly well. The atmosphere here isn't electric but it serves the purpose, actually my preference is for the liver version here of Metal Thrashing Mad than the studio version (go figure). But better live versions of I Am The Law and Caught in a Mosh are to be found on the I'm the Man EP.

In summary, this gets 3.5 stars due to; cool cuts played well, a coo band caught in front of a couple of loving audiences and its a handy career retrospective up to the point the band left Island records. The downsides are the rip-off factor, the lack of input by the band and it's not as good a career summary as the Connoisseur collection Moshers 1986 ... 1991.

Get "Alive 2" instead.......2006-09-06

Being a HUGE Anthrax fan, I decided to buy this 1994 live album from Anthrax. As many already know, Joey Belladonna was fired and replaced in 1992, so already you can tell this album's release was decided on by their old record company. It even has the name of the record company in the title!: Island. So how is the album?

Pretty bad. It was recorded at the end of a long 2 year tour supporting the album Persistence Of Time. Because of this, the performances are tired and sometimes sloppy. Though the thing that hurts the album most is the terrible mixing job. The sound quality is muffled and very muddy. Joey Belladonna's vocals, and Charlie Benante's drums are mixed up front, along with Scott Ian and Frank Bello's backing vocals. Everything else goes to the wayside. The guitars and bass are barely audible.

Some of the tracks are even split in the wrong places! The last four tracks were performed for a radio show. The sound quality is excellent, but they're played almost exactly the same as the studio versions. Why bother? I cannot recommend this CD to anyone but an Anthrax die-hard. The only song that you might want to buy the album for is a blistering performance of "N.F.L. (Efilnikufesin)".

Island Records Cashes In.......2005-11-10

This low-priced live CD was obviously Island's method of squeezing one more album (and a few extra bucks) out of Anthrax after they'd moved on. At least they had the decency to get tracks from some different venues.

Essentially, this sounds like Anthrax, up to the early 90's and you can feel the heat of some of these tunes, same way you would if you saw them. "Efilnikufesin," "Keep It In The Family" and "Indians" are all good, and the cover of "Parasite" was a welcome surprise, being they and I were KISS fans from way back.

The track I really wanted was the duet with Public Enemy on "Bring the Noise." Chuck D. called those shows with Anthrax as some of the hardest, and the collaboration was awesome, especially this live one. Also like the tracks culled from a show before a radio audience at the end. Good stuff.

Yeah, a bit of a rip, I suppose, but at least these were good live tracks. Perhaps not definitive, but alright for me.

Anthrax - 'Live - The Island Years' (Island Records).......2005-02-16

I remember when I first got my copy of this disc,as I just assumed the label wanted to simply ca$h in on the Anthrax days long gone.This twelve track offering is rather decent,specially if you ever got to see the band when former vocalist Joey Belladonna was fronting them.Notable cuts include the opener "NFL"(remember what that stands for?),"Parasite",(still like seeing the video on VH1 Classic),their signature song "Indians","I Am The Law","Caught In A Mosh" and "Anti-Social".Opposed to all the long time Anthrax fans that SAY they like John Bush as their vocalist,I like Belladonna better.A good thrash metal catalog title.Great cover.

Great Live Album!!!!!.......2004-10-30

Many Anthrax fans dismiss this album because of the lack of the band's involvement and the sound quality among other things. I think that this is a GREAT album regardless, showing Anthrax in the band's prime. Vocalist Joe Belladonna gives a great vocal performance on all the tracks (Anthrax NEVER shoulda replaced him!!!), while Scott Ian (Best rhythm guitarist EVER!!!!!) and Dan Spitz show why they were one of the best guitar teams in metal (Anthrax NEVER shoulda replaced Spitz either!!!). Charlie Benante beats his kit into submission, playing AMAZING FILLS, and Frank Bello gives a GREAT performance on the bass, throwing in licks here and there. The first 8 tracks were recorded live at Irvine Meadows CA, October 1991, and the last 4 tracks were recorded "Live infront of really cool WSOU listeners" in January of 1992. Highlights include (Efilnikufesin) N.F.L., Parasite, Keep It In The Family, Caught In A Mosh, Antisocial, Bring The Noize w/Public Enemy, I Am The Law, Metal Thrashing Mad, and In My World. Buy it NOW!!!

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