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  • Artist: Live
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1991
  • Total Time: 51:03
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Live's debut album was an impressive set of righteous, hard-driving alternative rock; Mental Jewelry was in the vein of such college-radio favorites as U2, but was more vulnerable and less sanctimonious. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Pain Lies on the Riverside (Lyrics) Patrick Dahlheimer, Chad Gracey, Ed Kowalczyk, Chad Taylor Live (5:10)
Operation Spirit (The Tyranny of Tradition) Patrick Dahlheimer, Chad Gracey, Ed Kowalczyk, Chad Taylor Live (3:17)
The Beauty of Gray Patrick Dahlheimer, Chad Gracey, Ed Kowalczyk, Chad Taylor Live (4:13)
Brothers Unaware (Lyrics) Patrick Dahlheimer, Chad Gracey, Ed Kowalczyk, Chad Taylor Live (4:41)
Tired of "Me" (Lyrics) Patrick Dahlheimer, Chad Gracey, Ed Kowalczyk, Chad Taylor Live (3:24)
Mirror Song (Lyrics) Patrick Dahlheimer, Chad Gracey, Ed Kowalczyk, Chad Taylor Live (3:37)
Water Boy Patrick Dahlheimer, Chad Gracey, Ed Kowalczyk, Chad Taylor Live (3:06)
Take Me Anthem Patrick Dahlheimer, Chad Gracey, Ed Kowalczyk, Chad Taylor Live (4:35)
You Are the World (Lyrics) Patrick Dahlheimer, Chad Gracey, Ed Kowalczyk, Chad Taylor Live (4:22)
Good Pain (Lyrics) Patrick Dahlheimer, Chad Gracey, Ed Kowalczyk, Chad Taylor Live (5:35)
Mother Earth Is a Vicious Crowd (Lyrics) Patrick Dahlheimer, Chad Gracey, Ed Kowalczyk, Chad Taylor Live (4:07)
10,000 Years (Peace Is Now) Patrick Dahlheimer, Chad Gracey, Ed Kowalczyk, Chad Taylor Live (4:56)

Credits

Jerry Harrison (Producer), Jerry Harrison (Mixing), Live (Main Performer), Tom Lord-Alge (Mixing), Patrick Dahlheimer (Bass), Patrick Dahlheimer (Vocals), Chad Gracey (Percussion), Chad Gracey (Drums), Chad Gracey (Vocals), Ted Jensen (Mastering), Ed Kowalczyk (Guitar (Acoustic)), Ed Kowalczyk (Guitar), Ed Kowalczyk (Vocals), Doug McKean (Assistant Engineer), Chad Taylor (Guitar), Chad Taylor (Vocals), David Vartanian (Engineer), David Vartanian (Mixing), Ron Keith (Photography), Julie Blair Carter (Design), Gary Kurfirst (Executive Producer), Phil Schuster (Production Coordination)
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Mental Jewelry
Studio album by Live
Released December 31, 1991
Genre Alternative rock
Funk rock
Length 51:36
Label Radioactive
Producer Jerry Harrison
Professional reviews
Live chronology
Mental Jewelry
(1991)		 Throwing Copper
(1994)
Singles from Mental Jewelry
  1. "Operation Spirit (The Tyranny of Tradition)"
  2. "Pain Lies on the Riverside"
  3. "The Beauty of Gray"

Mental Jewelry is the 1991 debut album by Live, an alternative rock band from York, Pennsylvania. Many of the songs on Mental Jewelry are based on the writings of Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Pain Lies on the Riverside" – 5:11
  2. "Operation Spirit (The Tyranny of Tradition)" – 3:18
  3. "The Beauty of Gray" – 4:14
  4. "Brothers Unaware" – 4:45
  5. "Tired of "Me"" – 3:26
  6. "Mirror Song" – 3:38
  7. "Waterboy" – 3:07
  8. "Take My Anthem" – 4:37
  9. "You Are the World" – 4:23
  10. "Good Pain" – 5:39
  11. "Mother Earth Is a Vicious Crowd" – 4:10
  12. "10,000 Years (Peace Is Now)" – 5:08

Outtakes and B-sides

  • "Born Branded"
  • "Heaven Wore a Shirt"
  • "Negation"

Chart positions

Album

Year Chart Peak
1992 The Billboard 200 73
1992 Heatseekers 7

Singles

Year Single Chart Peak
1992 "Operation Spirit (The Tyranny of Tradition)" Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 9
1992 "Pain Lies on the Riverside" Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 24
v • d • e
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Patrick Dahlheimer · Chad Gracey · Ed Kowalczyk · Chad Taylor
Touring musicians:  · Adam Kowalczyk · Michael Railton · Christopher Thorn
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