By a Thread: Live in London 2011
By a Thread – Live in London 2011 is a 9-disc live album by the Devin Townsend Project, released on June 18, 2012, in Europe, and June 19, 2012, in North America.[2] It includes live material recorded in November 2011, from four Devin Townsend Project concerts held in London, England. The idea of the live video compilation was revealed in March 2011 and detailed a year later.[3][4]
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Released | June 18, 2012 | |||
Recorded | November 10–13, 2011 | |||
Genre | Progressive metal, industrial metal, extreme metal, alternative metal, progressive rock, ambient, new-age | |||
Label | HevyDevy | |||
Producer | Devin Townsend | |||
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Background and contents
The material for the box set was recorded at four Devin Townsend Project concerts, each entitled "An Evening with the Devin Townsend Project". Each concert featured one of the first four Devin Townsend Project albums performed in their entirety.[5] The Ki, Addicted, and Deconstruction concerts were held at the University of London Union, and the Ghost concert was held at the Union Chapel.
The box set contains four DVDs, each featuring a concert, and four CDs containing the audio from the concerts. A fifth CD contains the audio of the encores played during the concerts.[4] The box set is limited to 5,000 copies worldwide but remains available digitally.
Track listing
Ki
- "A Monday"
- "Coast"
- "Disruptr"
- "Gato"
- "Terminal"
- "Heaven's End"
- "Ain't Never Gonna Win"
- "Winter"
- "Trainfire"
- "Lady Helen"
- "Ki"
- "Quiet Riot"
- "Demon League"
- "Coast" (Take 2)
- "Synchronicity Freaks"
- "Deep Peace"
DVD 1 Extras:
- Ki photo slide show
- Devin commentary
- "Coast" video
Addicted
- "Addicted!"
- "Universe in a Ball!"
- "Bend It Like Bender!"
- "Supercrush!"
- "Hyperdrive!"
- "Resolve!"
- "Ih-Ah!"
- "The Way Home!"
- "Numbered!"
- "Awake!"
- "Pixilate"
- "Life"
- "Kingdom"
DVD 2 Extras:
- Addicted photo slide show
- Devin's show commentary
- "Bend It Like Bender" video
Deconstruction
- "Praise the Lowered"
- "Stand"
- "Juular"
- "Planet of the Apes"
- "Sumeria"
- "The Mighty Masturbator"
- "Pandemic"
- "Deconstruction"
- "Poltergeist"
- "Fake Punk"
- "Wallet Chain"
- "Metal Dilemma"
DVD 3 Extras:
- Deconstruction photo slide show
- Devin's show commentary
- "Juular" video
Ghost
- "Fly"
- "Heart Baby" / "Saloon" (indexed separately on CD)
- "Feather"
- "Kawaii"
- "Ghost"
- "Blackberry"
- "Monsoon"
- "Texada"
- "Seams"
- "Infinite Ocean"
- "As You Were"
- "Fall"
- "Radial Highway"
- "Watch You"
DVD 4 Extras:
- Ghost photo slide show
- Devin's show commentary
- "Kawaii" video
- Ghost show day feature
- By a Thread - interview
- Barcode and Other Identifiers
References
- Marsicano, Dan (June 2012). "Devin Townsend Project - By A Thread: Live In London 2011 Review". About.com. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
- Devin Townsend's official Facebook page (No account needed to view this reference) Facebook (March 22, 2012)
- Special U.K. Shows to Be Filmed for Unique DVD Blabbermouth.net (March 14, 2011)
- Devin Townsend Discusses Upcoming 'Ridiculous' Box Set Noisecreep (February 16, 2012)
- Devin Townsend Announces "An Evening With" UK Shows for Unique DVD Recording Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles (March 14, 2011)