Awake: The Best of Live

Awake: The Best of Live
Greatest hits album by Live
Released November 2, 2004
Recorded 1990–2004
Genre Alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock
Length 77:49
Language English
Label Radioactive
Producer Jerry Harrison, Live, Jay Healy, Michael Railo, Alain Johannes, and Jim Wirt
Live chronology
Birds of Pray
(2003)		 Awake: The Best of Live
(2004)		 Songs from Black Mountain
(2006)
Singles from Awake: The Best of Live
  1. "We Deal in Dreams"
    Released: 2004
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Awake: The Best of Live is Live's greatest hits album, released in 2004. The 19-track compilation includes songs from Live's first six studio albums as well as "We Deal in Dreams", an unreleased track from the Throwing Copper sessions. The deluxe edition includes a DVD containing 22 music videos and a 30-minute interview with lead singer Ed Kowalczyk. The liner notes were written by Kowalczyk and Ken Wilber and the cover features a still from the video for the song "Lightning Crashes."

Contents

Track listing

Compact Disc

  1. "Operation Spirit (The Tyranny of Tradition)" – 3:18
  2. "Pain Lies on the Riverside" (Edit) – 4:32
  3. "The Beauty of Gray" – 4:12
  4. "Selling the Drama" – 3:25
  5. "I Alone" – 3:40
  6. "Lightning Crashes" – 5:24
  7. "All Over You" – 3:57
  8. "Pillar of Davidson" (Edit) – 4:23
  9. "We Deal in Dreams" – 3:55
  10. "Lakini's Juice" – 4:49
  11. "Turn My Head" – 3:55
  12. "The Dolphin's Cry" – 4:19
  13. "Run to the Water" – 4:26
  14. "Dance with You" – 4:36
  15. "Overcome" – 4:15
  16. "Nobody Knows" – 4:27
  17. "Heaven" – 3:46
  18. "Run Away" (with Shelby Lynne) – 3:27
  19. "I Walk the Line" (Johnny Cash cover) – 3:03

The European release of Awake does not feature "Pain Lies on the Riverside" or "Pillar of Davidson", but instead contains "They Stood Up for Love" (acoustic version) and "The Distance".

The Australian release also omits also "Pain Lies on the Riverside" and "Pillar of Davidson" but includes "Rattlesnake" and "They Stood Up for Love."

DVD

  1. "Operation Spirit"
  2. "Operation Spirit" (live performance)
  3. "Pain Lies on the Riverside"
  4. "Pain Lies on the Riverside" (live performance)
  5. "Selling the Drama"
  6. "I Alone"
  7. "Lightning Crashes"
  8. "White, Discussion"
  9. "Lakini's Juice"
  10. "Freaks"
  11. "Turn My Head" (directed by Jake Scott)
  12. "Turn My Head" (directed by Mary Lambert)
  13. "Ghost"
  14. "The Dolphin's Cry"
  15. "Run to the Water"
  16. "They Stood Up for Love"
  17. "Overcome"
  18. "Simple Creed"
  19. "Like a Soldier"
  20. "Heaven" (live at Vorst National, Brussels)
  21. "Heaven" (concept version)
  22. "Run Away" (with Shelby Lynne)
  23. Interview with Ed Kowalczyk

Chart performance

Album

Chart Peak
US Billboard 200[2] 65
Dutch Albums Chart[3] 3
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[3] 14
Swedish Albums Chart[3] 45
Norwegian Albums Chart[3] 2
Australian Albums Chart[3] 4
New Zealand Albums Chart[3] 1

Singles

"We Deal in Dreams" (#47, Netherlands)[4]

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas "Allmusic Review" Allmusic
  2. ^ "Awake: The Best of Live > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums" Allmusic
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Ultratop entry for Awake" Ultratop
  4. ^ "Ultratop entry for We Deal In Dreams" Ultratop
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Ed Kowalczyk
Touring musicians: Adam Kowalczyk · Michael Railton · Christopher Thorn
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