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The band has also grown as a live unit since the last tour. It has the band sitting down one by one, cross-legged at the front of the stage at the end of the song, as if to emphasize the meditative quality of the track. This doesn't go for the marvellous artwork by Michal Florczak that is used during the mesmerizing We Are Together Alone, contributing to this being one of the highlights on the CD. The lightshow is very effective, although the patterns projected on the backdrop are rather dull and sometimes don't work all that well with the music because of differences in pace. Oh and by the way, people taking flash photo's during a DVD filming should be put in a pillory on stage ! It is highly annoying during the atmospheric opening scenes. An excellent decision since combining the recordings also ensure that the stage isn't flooded by camara men during the evening's performance. At times one wonders how they have pulled this off and Bartek reveals the secret at the end of the gig: they recorded the performance twice on the concerned day. The footage is well shot and edited, using interesting angles, close-ups, slow motion and temporary switches to black and white, all creating a compelling viewing experience. Finally, Not So Close has a new organ intro and some 'audience participation'. Of Illusions has a new middle section where the song breaks down for an ambient intermezzo with flute, which goes back into the main song after a drum solo and a most excellent slap-bass solo. Everything's Ended gets an adrenaline shot and is intertwined with the powerful riff of Queen SuREvival has been given an amazing extended climax. Furthermore, the live version of Not So Close that includes Joe South/Deep Purple's Hush is also present in the setlist.Īnd even the band's own material gets a rework here and there.

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Besides the full length cover of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here - which owners of the band's halfPLUGGED album will be familiar with - the renditions of the band's most recent material are combined with covers of King Crimson's Red, The Doors' Riders On The Storm and SBB's Walking Around The Stormy Bay. Since their earliest days they've incorporated covers in their songs, have rearranged their older material and have made tasteful medleys of some of their most classic passages. This is one of the reasons why I like Quidam's live work so much.

My personal favourite live albums are most often concerts where the songs have been reworked, expanded or taken in a totally new direction. The full Alone Together album is played, in a slightly different running order and with four out of nine songs being substantially extended in their live renditions.Īs I've stated many times before I dislike concerts where the songs are played note-by-note as they were recorded in the studio. Of Moulin Rouge and Everything's Ended, which is smartly named The Fifth Queen Of Everything (more about this medley later). The band's first album with new vocalist Bartek, SurREvival is represented by the title track, Not So Close and a medley of three songs, The Fifth Season, Queen The only track present from the 'Emila years' is the classic Sanktuarium.

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This considered, I'm delighted by the release of a DVD that features all of the songs on the album plus more since it enables me to take the time and attention to sit down and rediscover one of the highlights of the last decade.Īs with the band's previous DVD, The Fifth Season, most of the material focuses on the band's last two albums. Alone Together is not an easy album, it's one of those albums that demands attention and is not suitable for each and every mood. I still stand by the high rating I gave this album three years ago, although I admit that it has not been in my CD player as often as one would expect from such a masterpiece. In 2007 Quidam delivered their second album with a new line-up, Alone Together, which was praised by all DPRP reviewers in a roundtable review. But Strong Together (4:45), Wish You Were Here (4:35) Extra's: Backstage Pass (4:03), Alone Together (5:29), Photo Gallery (5:58) Tracklist: Different (3:49), Kinds Of Solitude At Night (6:20), One Day We Find (8:33), SurREvival (8:42), Depicting Colours Of Emotions (10:24), We Lost (11:14), The Fifth Queen Of Everything (12:21), They Are There To Remind Us (11:21), Of Illusions (12:24), Not So Close

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