''By a Thread – Live in London 2011'' is a 9-disc
live album
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by the
Devin Townsend Project
Devin Garrett Townsend (born May 5, 1972) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He founded extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad and was its primary songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist from 1994 to 2007. He has also h ...
, released on June 18, 2012, in Europe, and June 19, 2012, in North America. It includes live material recorded in November 2011, from four Devin Townsend Project concerts held in
London
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,
England
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. The idea of the live video compilation was revealed in March 2011 and detailed a year later.
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''Noisecreep'' (February 16, 2012)
Background and contents
The material for the box set was recorded at four Devin Townsend Project concerts, each entitled "An Evening with the Devin Townsend Project". Each concert featured one of the first four Devin Townsend Project albums performed in their entirety.
Devin Townsend Announces "An Evening With" UK Shows for Unique DVD Recording
''Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles'' (March 14, 2011) The '' Ki'', '' Addicted'', and ''Deconstruction
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'' concerts were held at the University of London Union
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, and the ''Ghost
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'' concert was held at the Union Chapel.
The box set contains four DVDs, each featuring a concert, and four CDs containing the audio from the concerts. A fifth CD contains the audio of the encores played during the concerts.
Track listing
'' Ki''
# "A Monday"
# "Coast"
# "Disruptr"
# "Gato"
# "Terminal"
# "Heaven's End"
# "Ain't Never Gonna Win"
# "Winter"
# "Trainfire"
# "Lady Helen"
# "Ki"
# "Quiet Riot"
# "Demon League"
# "Coast" (Take 2)
# "Synchronicity Freaks"
# "Deep Peace"
DVD 1 Extras:
*Ki photo slide show
*Devin commentary
*"Coast" video
'' Addicted''
# "Addicted!"
# "Universe in a Ball!"
# "Bend It Like Bender!"
# "Supercrush!"
# "Hyperdrive!"
# "Resolve!"
# "Ih-Ah!"
# "The Way Home!"
# "Numbered!"
# "Awake!"
# "Pixilate"
# "Life"
# "Kingdom"
DVD 2 Extras:
*Addicted photo slide show
*Devin's show commentary
*"Bend It Like Bender" video
''
Deconstruction
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''
# "Praise the Lowered"
# "Stand"
# "Juular"
# "Planet of the Apes"
# "Sumeria"
# "The Mighty Masturbator"
# "Pandemic"
# "Deconstruction"
# "Poltergeist"
# "Fake Punk"
# "Wallet Chain"
# "Metal Dilemma"
DVD 3 Extras:
*Deconstruction photo slide show
*Devin's show commentary
*"Juular" video
''
Ghost
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''
# "Fly"
# "Heart Baby" / "Saloon" (indexed separately on CD)
# "Feather"
# "Kawaii"
# "Ghost"
# "Blackberry"
# "Monsoon"
# "Texada"
# "Seams"
# "Infinite Ocean"
# "As You Were"
# "Fall"
# "Radial Highway"
# "Watch You"
DVD 4 Extras:
*Ghost photo slide show
*Devin's show commentary
*"Kawaii" video
*Ghost show day feature
*By a Thread - interview
*Barcode and Other Identifiers
Charts
References
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Devin Townsend albums
2012 live albums
2012 video albums
Live video albums
Albums produced by Devin Townsend