D:Tour Live
Artist: delirious? Label: Furious? Music delirious? has a vocal and loyal fan base. Last year they began to
mobilize those fans, getting their first single to number 41 in the British
charts, the next ("Deeper") to no. 20, the album to no. 13, another single
to number 20, and a re-release of "Deeper" to no. 36. This album is dedicated
to their fans as a thank-you and a reminder of the tour. This is arguably
the best release yet from delirious?. Their live show is their strongest
asset, and this album has all their most popular songs with the characteristic
vibey-guitar sound from the frets of Stu G, and Martin Smith's distinctive
vocals. The
As with all live albums, there are a few points where it is annoying to have missed the concert--spontaneous cheering halfway through songs makes me wonder what was going on--but this is a huge improvement over their previous live release, which only had a couple of real songs, and suffered from being a conglomeration of edited highlights from several shows. The band is still developing, but this is a good consolidation of the past year. This disc will not be released in the USA, but a delirious? live album is due for a stateside release next year; it should be worth the wait. By James Stewart
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