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Live & Inspired

Live & Inspired is the first live album by American rock band Godsmack, released on May 15, 2012 by Universal Republic. The album features live renditions of songs from the band's first five studio albums and includes a bonus disc of four cover songs.

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Live & Inspired
Live album by
Godsmack
ReleasedMay 15, 2012
RecordedDetroit Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan
Genres
Length88:56
LabelUniversal Republic
Producers
Godsmack chronology
The Oracle
(2010) 		Live & Inspired
(2012) 		1000hp
(2014)
Singles from Live & Inspired
  1. "Rocky Mountain Way"
    Released: April 24, 2012
  2. "Come Together"
    Released: April 4, 2017
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Live & Inspired is the first live album by American rock band Godsmack, released on May 15, 2012 by Universal Republic.4 The album features live renditions of songs from the band's first five studio albums4 and includes a bonus disc of four cover songs.

Disc 1 of the album contains 13 tracks recorded during the band's performance at the Detroit Fox Theatre in 2007, with the band's lead singer, Sully Erna, stating that the venue has a "special kind of fan base".5 Although released two years after their then-latest studio album, The Oracle, the tracks were performed prior to the release of that album, thus none of its tracks show up on the set list.6

Disc 2 contains various covers of other rock artists.

Track listing

CD 1 (Live)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Straight Out of Line"Sully Erna5:37
2."Re-Align"Erna4:42
3."Awake"Erna4:57
4."Moon Baby"Erna4:52
5."Changes"
6:02
6."The Enemy"Erna4:15
7."Keep Away"Erna9:50
8."Speak"
  • Erna
  • Rombola
3:50
9."Voodoo"
  • Merill
  • Erna
4:27
10."Batalla de los Tambores" (instrumental)
  • Erna
  • Larkin
6:31
11."Whatever" (features segments of "Detroit Rock City" and "Over the Mountain")
  • Rombola
  • Erna
5:50
12."Serenity"
  • Erna
  • Rombola
4:41
13."I Stand Alone"Erna4:57
Total length:70:31
CD 2 (Inspired)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rocky Mountain Way" (Joe Walsh cover)
4:01
2."Come Together" (The Beatles cover)
3:46
3."Time" (Pink Floyd cover)
4:12
4."Nothing Else Matters" (Metallica cover)
6:26
Total length:18:25

Personnel

Godsmack

Additional musicians

  • Chris DeCato – piano and keyboards on "Time" and "Nothing Else Matters", piano arrangement for "Nothing Else Matters"

Technical personnel

  • Godsmack – producer, engineer (disc 1)
  • Dave Fortman – producer (disc 2), engineer (disc 2), mixing
  • Ryan Hingle – assistant engineer (disc 2)
  • John Ellis – assistant engineer (disc 2)
  • David Troia – assistant engineer (disc 2)
  • Adam Ayan – mastering
References

References

  1. Bowar, Chad. "Godsmack - Live & Inspired". About.com. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  2. Heaney, Gregory. "Live & Inspired - Godsmack". Allmusic. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  3. Childers, Chad (May 15, 2012). "Godsmack, 'Live & Inspired'". Loudwire. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  4. Noisecreep Staff (April 17, 2012). "Godsmack, 'Live & Inspired': Exclusive Album Cover Premiere". Noisecreep. AOL Inc. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
  5. Tree Riddle (April 10, 2012). "GODSMACK OFFER 'LIVE & INSPIRED' ALBUM DETAILS". Loudwire. Townsquare Media. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
  6. "Godsmack Setlist at Fox Theatre, Detroit". setlist.fm. June 1, 2007. Retrieved March 26, 2019.