Live in Cuba

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Live in Cuba
Live in Cuba cover
Video by Audioslave
Released October 11, 2005
Recorded May 6, 2005
Genre Hard rock
Alternative rock
Post-grunge
Length 130:00
Label Interscope, Epic
Producer Rick Rubin, Audioslave, Jack Gulick and Simon Pizey Last album = Audioslave
(2003)

Live in Cuba is the first live DVD of the American hard rock band Audioslave, containing footage of the free concert that the band performed in Cuba in front of over 70,000 people. The concert itself is considered to be an historical event, as it marks the first time in Cuban history that an American rock band has been permitted to perform within the country. The DVD features the show itself, and also a 37 minute documentary based on the band and their time spent in Cuba.

The setlist consists mainly of songs from the first two Audioslave albums, Audioslave and Out of Exile, however a selection of older songs from the band's previous groups Soundgarden and Rage Against the Machine are also featured. The band had previously refused to perform any pre-Audioslave material on their first tour, as they felt it would only damage their attempts to establish themselves as a new band who were independent of their former groups.

While the DVD was released five months after the band's second album Out of Exile, the performance itself was recorded shortly before the album's release and subsequent tour. Because of this, the DVD also documents the first live performances of a number of tracks from this album.

The DVD came in two versions, a "Regular" version consisting of only the DVD, and a "Deluxe Edition" consisting of a DVD and an audio CD of live Sessions@AOL tracks. For unknown reasons, the DVD featured in the Regular Edition also cut three songs from the main concert's setlist without making any clear mention of doing so on the DVD's packaging, to the annoyance of many who purchased this version unaware of these omissions.

Note that 26 songs were played at the concert, but 18 made the DVD.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Set it Off"
  2. "Your Time Has Come"
  3. "Like a Stone"
  4. "Spoonman"*
  5. "The Worm"
  6. "Gasoline"
  7. "Heaven's Dead"*
  8. "Doesn't Remind Me"
  9. "Be Yourself"
  10. "Bulls on Parade" (Instrumental)
  11. "Sleep Now in the Fire"
  12. "Out of Exile"
  13. "Outshined"
  14. "Shadow on the Sun"*
  15. "Black Hole Sun" (Cornell Acoustic Solo)*
  16. "I Am The Highway"
  17. "Show Me How To Live"
  18. "Cochise"

Note: * indicates tracks exclusive to the Deluxe Edition

[edit] Deluxe Edition AOL Sessions audio CD

  1. "Be Yourself"
  2. "Loud Love"
  3. "Doesn't Remind Me"
  4. "Out of Exile"
  5. "Sleep Now in the Fire"


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