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Official Live: 101 Proof

 
Album Review: Official Live: 101 Proof

  • Artist: Pantera
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Release Date: July 29, 1997
  • Total Time: 76:34
  • Type: Contains explicit content, Live
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Official Live: 101 Proof hits most, but not quite all, of the high points of Pantera's career ("Psycho Holiday" and "Mouth for War" are two notable omissions), drawing most heavily from Vulgar Display of Power and Far Beyond Driven. There are also two new studio tracks tacked on to the end to entice the more casual fan who might find a live album redundant; however, Pantera's devoted fans will pick it up anyway, and they won't be disappointed. Pantera packs just as much of a wallop live as in the studio, even if the versions here aren't substantially different (other than a medley of "Domination" and "Hollow"). One warning: Phil Anselmo's amazing streams of nonstop vulgarities in between songs will appeal more to the adolescent fan who finds them a liberating way to vent frustration; others may find them predictable and approaching idiotic. But that shouldn't detract from the music and performances, which are uniformly strong, as fans would expect. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
New Level Pantera Pantera (4:24)
Walk Pantera Pantera (5:50)
Becoming Pantera Pantera (3:59)
5 Minutes Alone Pantera Pantera (5:36)
Sandblasted Skin Pantera Pantera (4:29)
Suicide Note, Pt. 2 Pantera Pantera (4:20)
War Nerve Pantera Pantera (5:21)
Strength Beyond Strength Pantera Pantera (3:37)
Dom/Hollow Pantera Pantera (3:43)
This Love Pantera Pantera (6:57)
I'm Broken Pantera Pantera (4:27)
Cowboys from Hell Pantera Pantera (4:35)
Cemetery Gates Pantera Pantera (7:53)
Hostile Pantera Pantera (3:56)
Where You Come From Pantera Pantera (5:11)
I Can't Hide Pantera Pantera (2:16)

Credits

Ted Jensen (Mastering), Sara Rotman (Design), Diamond Darrell (Mixing), Aaron Barnes (Engineer), Diamond Darrell (Producer), Vinnie Paul (Producer), Vinnie Paul (Engineer), Sterling Winfield (Mixing Assistant), Joe Giron (Photography), Sterling Winfield (Assistant Engineer), Vinnie Paul (Mixing), John Falls (Photography)
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Official Live: 101 Proof
Live album by Pantera
Released July 29, 1997 (1997-07-29)
Recorded 1996–1997
Genre Groove metal, heavy metal, thrash metal
Length 76:23
Label East West
Producer Vinnie Paul
Professional reviews
Pantera chronology
The Great Southern Trendkill
(1996)
Official Live: 101 Proof
(1997)
Reinventing the Steel
(2000)

Official Live: 101 Proof is a live album released by Pantera on July 29, 1997.

Contents

Album information

The first fourteen tracks are live recordings of songs from previously released studio albums (starting with Cowboys from Hell); the last two songs ("Where You Come From" and "I Can't Hide") are studio recordings which were first introduced on this album. Official Live: 101 Proof reached #15 on the Billboard Top 200 charts.

The track "Dom/Hollow" is an amalgamation of parts of "Domination" (originally from Cowboys) and "Hollow" (originally from Vulgar Display of Power). The band played "Domination" leading into "Hollow" virtually every time they played either song live.

The track "Hostile" is simply a live version of "Fucking Hostile" (from Vulgar Display) with a shortened title.

The album cover is meant to look like a whiskey bottle label with 101 Proof referring to alcohol content and No 5 referring to the brand (Like Jack Daniels Old No 7 brand) and the fact that this is their 5th release (Starting from Cowboys From Hell and not counting their four earlier independent albums)

Track listing

  • All tracks by Pantera.
  1. "A New Level" – 4:24
  2. "Walk" – 5:50
  3. "Becoming" – 3:59
  4. "5 Minutes Alone" – 5:36
  5. "Sandblasted Skin" – 4:29
  6. "Suicide Note Pt. 2" – 4:20
  7. "War Nerve" – 5:21
  8. "Strength Beyond Strength" – 3:37
  9. "Dom/Hollow" – 3:43
  10. "This Love" – 6:57
  11. "I'm Broken" – 4:27
  12. "Cowboys from Hell" – 4:35
  13. "Cemetery Gates" – 7:53
  14. "Fucking Hostile" – 3:56
  15. "Where You Come From" – 5:11
  16. "I Can't Hide" – 2:16

Credits

Charting positions

Album

Year Chart Position
1997 The Billboard 200 15

 
 

 

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