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. It was released on December 5, 2000, through

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. The live version of "

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Overview

''Live'' was the band's only live album other than the acoustic album ''

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''. While most of the songs on ''Live'' had been released on previous albums, "Queen of the Rodeo" had not; although, the same live performance had been released on the ''

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'' box set. ''Live'' includes five songs ("

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", "A Little Bitter" and "Dam That River") from the band's final two shows with vocalist

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Reception

The album received generally positive reviews from most critics, with Greg Prato of

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writing in his review of the album "Their detuned sound and tales from the darkside are even more sinister and gripping on the concert stage, as evidenced by this 14-track set."

Track listing

Personnel

;Alice in Chains *

– lead vocals (all tracks), rhythm guitar (track 3) *

Jerry Cantrell Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. (born March 18, 1966) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and main songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains. The band rose to internation ...

– lead guitar (all tracks), vocals (all tracks) *

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– drums (all tracks) * Mike Inez – bass (tracks 3–14) * Mike Starr – bass (tracks 1–2) ;Production * Compilation producer – Peter Fletcher *Tracks 1 and 10–14

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ed by Elliot Bailey and mixed by

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*Tracks 2 and 9 recorded and mixed by Mark Naficy *Tracks 3–8 engineered by Mike Walter *Tracks 3–8

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– Mary Maurer *

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by Marty Temme *Packaging concepts by Sean Kinney *

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Chart positions

Album

Singles

References

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