Audio CD review:
Michael Schenker - The Unforgiven World Tour: Live

Michael Schenker - The Unforgiven World Tour: Live

Band: Michael Schenker Title: The Unforgiven World Tour: Live Rating: Release Date: 05 October, 1999 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Armed And Ready 2: Only Yop Can Rock Me 3: Natural Thing 4: Pushed To The Limit 5: Written In The Sand 6: Captain Nemo 7: Intro The Arena 8: Essence 9: Pilot Of Your Soul 10: The Mess I've Made 11: Fat City 12: On And On 13: Attack Of The Mad Axeman 14: Assault Attack 15: Another Piece Of Meat 16: Love To Love 17: Too Hot Too Handle 18: Lights Out 19: Bijou Pleasurette/Positive Forward 20: Doctor, Doctor 21: Rock Bottom

Customer Reviews Good Solid Live Effort It amazes me how he can play such different styles live when he puts his mind to it. Schenker is on form on this album, and deserves the five stars. Thus, for example, this is very different in style from his most recent live record with Siggi Schwarz (surprisingly not featured on Amazon - a rare oversight), or from his live recording with UFO's 'Covenant'. It is tempting to compare everything with Strangers in the Night and say 'not as good'. However, take Love to Love, Lights Out, Rock Bottom, and This Kids out of SITN and you end up with a live album that is not as good as The Unforgiven World Tour Live. The latter is more consistently good than the former, even if the 4 tracks I've mentioned on the former are out of this world. The Unforgiven World Tour live is definitely one for the collection. Stick it on real loud in the car, and you'll see what I mean. Good, but "Michael Schenker Story Live" is better The guy on this one cannot get the high notes and that is why several songs from "Written in the Sand" (a great album) are not included on this disc. I haven't heard the new songs from the Unforgiven LP, but the other songs are better on Michael Schenker Story Live because vocalist Leif Sundin and Van Landing appear. This fellow sounds a bit like Phil Mogg, but is really not as good. He may be good for the brand new stuff, I don't know. I haven't heard it and the only thing I heard was that the new unforgiven studio cd is not that good. Get Schenker Story Live (even if you are sick of the old UFO tracks over and over again) for the new tunes off of Written in the Sand alone; you will not be disappointed. "Love Never Dies" and "Coming back to Life" are awesome guitar songs and also have well written lyrics. They almost sound better live than on the original studio version. MSG, Michael live! The UFO songs sound great with Michael, but UFO is UFO. If you are a michael schenker freak, then this is the album for you! Michael covers his entire career here from Scorpions; Another piece of meat, to current MSG favorites. Still, they burn. Michaels' playing is hot, sweaty, and at it's best here. I've been a Michael fan since I saw him for the first time in '77, and being a guitar player, I can appreciate the beauty of what he does and is. I don't care if Michael reaches 75 years old and grows a beer gut or whatever; Live-Unforgiven is MSG at their best!. . You can see a complete list of all Michael Schenker discography, or go back to the Michael Schenker tabs