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Live (Blind Guardian album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Live

| type = live

| artist = Blind Guardian

| cover = BgLive.jpg

| alt =

| released = 20 May 2003

| recorded = Blind Guardian World Tour 2002/2003

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Power metal, speed metal

| length = 2:13:52

| label = Virgin/Century Media

| producer = Charlie Bauerfeind

| chronology = Blind Guardian live

| prev_title = Tokyo Tales

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = Live Beyond the Spheres

| next_year = 2017

}}

Live is the second live album by German power metal band Blind Guardian. It was recorded during the Blind Guardian World Tour 2002/2003 in Tokyo, Stockholm, Lichtenfels, Venice, Düsseldorf, Milan, Florence, Barcelona, San Sebastián, Avilés, Madrid, Granada, Valencia, Bremen, Moscow, Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart.

Track listing

=Disc one=

  1. "War of Wrath" (from Nightfall in Middle-Earth) – 1:54
  2. "Into the Storm" (from Nightfall in Middle-Earth) – 4:52
  3. "Welcome to Dying" (from Tales from the Twilight World) – 5:28
  4. "Nightfall" (from Nightfall in Middle-Earth) – 6:20
  5. "The Script for my Requiem" (from Imaginations from the Other Side) – 6:38
  6. "Harvest of Sorrow" (from A Night at the Opera) – 3:56
  7. "The Soulforged" (from A Night at the Opera) – 6:03
  8. "Valhalla" (from Follow the Blind) – 8:12
  9. "Majesty" (from Battalions of Fear) – 8:19
  10. "Mordred's Song" (from Imaginations from the Other Side) – 6:46
  11. "Born in a Mourning Hall" (from Imaginations from the Other Side) – 5:57

=Disc two=

  1. "Under the Ice" (from A Night at the Opera) – 6:15
  2. "Bright Eyes" (from Imaginations from the Other Side) – 5:26
  3. "Punishment Divine" (from A Night at the Opera) – 6:21
  4. "The Bard's Song (In the Forest)" (from Somewhere Far Beyond) – 7:48
  5. "Imaginations from the Other Side" (from Imaginations from the Other Side) – 9:40
  6. "Lost in the Twilight Hall" (from Tales from the Twilight World) – 7:09
  7. "A Past and Future Secret" (from Imaginations from the Other Side) – 4:31
  8. "Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill)" (from Nightfall in Middle-Earth) – 5:52
  9. "Journey Through the Dark" (from Somewhere Far Beyond) – 5:43
  10. "Lord of the Rings" (from Tales from the Twilight World) – 4:34
  11. "Mirror Mirror" (from Nightfall in Middle-Earth) – 6:06

=Outtakes=

In 2004, outtakes for this live album (a third disc, in essence) were released in MP3 format via the band website, using the then-new BitTorrent technology.

=Protection=

The European version, released by Virgin is copy protected whereas the US release by Century Media is not.

Band members

Guest musicians

  • Oliver Holzwarth – bass and backing vocals
  • Michael Schüren – keyboards and backing vocals
  • Alex Holzwarth – drums

Personnel

  • Charlie Bauerfeind – production, mixing
  • Alexander "Chester" Kalb – recording
  • {{ill|Andreas Marschall (director)|de|3=Andreas Marschall|lt=Andreas Marschall}} – cover painting
  • Nikolay "Dr. Venom" Simkin – artwork
  • Dennis "Sir" Kostroman – artwork
  • Axel Jusseit – photography
  • Hans Martin Issler – photography
  • Buffo Schnädelbach – photography
  • Sascha Wischnewski – photography

Charts

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! scope="col"| Chart (2003)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|France|136|artist=Blind Guardian|album=Live|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 20, 2024}}
{{album chart|Germany4|16|id=25584|artist=Blind Guardian|album=Live|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 20, 2024}}
{{album chart|Italy|42|artist=Blind Guardian|album=Live|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 20, 2024}}
scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}

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