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V

by Live

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of 455,611

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2000's

of 265,875

2,485
2007

of 3,724

107

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Overall Rating: 2.4654 V is ranked overall as 2.4654 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 2.5200 V has an avg. critic score of 2.5200 out of 4 stars

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All Music Guide

V is among the band's most confident and inspired releases. ...more

Rolling Stone

Kowalczyk may have filtered some of the bluster from his lyrics, but he has wisely left the jagged edges in his music. ...more

Rolling Stone

Talk about miracles: live, once unremittingly serious purveyors of three-chord diatribes of spiritual longing, have finally lightened up. ...more

Entertainment Weekly

V's spiraling, cathartic anthems often collapse under their own weight

PopMatters

Continuing to Invigorate, Fascinate and Escalate The year is 1994. The moment the world heard "I Alone", there was almost an audible moment of silence. Wow. Where did that come from? Who is that? There are bands that create sounds never collectively heard before: Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Limp Bizkit, Moby and most sincerely, Live. ...more

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The Daily Vault Album Reviews

Isn't it funny, how avid 'disco' bands are progressively shifting towards a more 'guitaresqe' sound? (Take techno gurus like Depeche Mode and New Order, for instance.) Isn't it even funnier how ardent rockers are incorporating elements...read the complete review at The Daily Vault Album Reviews

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ShakingThrough.net

Ed Kowalczyk's aggressive mysticism still grates, but V counters it with the most self-assured rocking since Throwing Copper , especially on "Simple Creed," the majestic "Flow" and the Middle-Eastern-tinged "Forever May Not Be Long Enough." A healthy,...read the complete review at ShakingThrough.net

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Fazed

Where the boys in Live? /they're pissin' in the mainstream --People Like You Live made a name for themselves with a vaguely spiritual, post-grunge sound that reached its pinnacle way back on the bands second album Throwing Copper. Ten...read the complete review at Fazed

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thenightowl.com

Although Live has been creating socially conscious music for nearly a decade, their latest album might be their most controversial and poignant effort to date. Live's new release, simply titled V, dropped in stores during a time when the world was...read the complete review at thenightowl.com

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