LIVE, Throwing COpper
LiveTHROWING COPPER.
Throwing Copper gave Live a huge alternative-rock sound without removing the dynamics that let the band move from quiet verses to arena-sized choruses.
Album artwork shown for commentary and historical reference. Image source: Cover Art Archive / MusicBrainz.
SEVEN THINGS
WORTH KNOWING.
Recording stories, personnel, physical details and numbers worth keeping with the record.
Throwing Copper was released in the United States on April 19, 1994.
The standard CD contains 14 tracks, including the hidden final track "Horse."
Jerry Harrison and Live produced the album.
Lou Giordano is credited as engineer and Tom Lord-Alge as mixer on the core recordings.
Major sessions took place at Pachyderm Recording Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota.
The album includes "Selling the Drama," "I Alone," "All Over You" and "Lightning Crashes."
MusicBrainz documentation notes that "Horse" was not listed on many original album cases despite appearing as track 14 on the CD.
WHY THIS
ALBUM MATTERS.
Throwing Copper is built on dramatic contrast, and the production lets Live move between restrained passages and large choruses without making every song feel equally loud.
THE
NUMBERS.
CD TRACKS
The original CD includes the hidden final track Horse.
RELEASE
The album arrived on April 19, 1994.
HIDDEN TRACK
Horse appears without being listed on many original cases.
THE
PHYSICAL OBJECT.
The artwork feels more like a painting than a conventional band photograph, helping the album stand apart visually from many mid-1990s alternative-rock releases.
RESEARCH SOURCES
Facts are checked against official artist archives, release databases, recording credits and established archival sources before publication.
KEEP
DIGGING.
More recording stories, strange credits, cover art, chart numbers and details hiding inside the records.