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| Anywhere But Home (w/ bonus DVD) | 
 enlarge | Artist: Evanescence
Label: Wind-Up
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  144 reviews
Sales Rank: 2156
Format: Enhanced, Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 13106
UPC: 601501310621
EAN: 0601501310621
ASIN: B000687M48
Release Date: November 23, 2004
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 Amazing Live March 21, 2005
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I bought this CD because I had a gift certificate, and it well exceeded my virtually absent expectations. A lot of people said it was basically Fallen live, but I find that it's much more. My favourite tracks are Missing, Breathe No More and the cover Thoughtless, which aren't on any other Evanescence records I believe. Also, new life is brought to Bring Me to Life (a pun? excellent), which I was getting pretty sick of from constant airplay. Going Under on this album is much better than on Fallen, I find. Overall, the live performance is amazing and I would recommend buying this over Fallen because of the seamless vocals, the added tracks, and the emotion a life performance brings. Go on.. aren't you out buying it yet??
Fallen on stage March 30, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
'Anywhere But Home' is essentially Evanescence's debut album, 'Fallen', live on stage. Any true fan of Evanescence will enjoy watching this concert, and listening to the audio disk too. By true fan, i mean those who bought 'Fallen' for the whole album not just to hear My Immortal, or Bring Me To Life. This DVD shows the bands true colours and shows us just what they are, how the look etc. The bands appearence may shock some as they are a lot more gothis on this DVD.
As a live performer Amy Lee is brilliant. She is one of the few artists around, performing this stle of music, who can actually sing live. She is exceptionally talented to sit and play the piano and sing at the same time (its very hard....trust me ive tried!).
The band sound almost like they are taken directly from fallen, they sound near perfect, which for a live recording shows just how good they are.
This DVD is a must have for and Evanescence fan! It shows you who and what Evanescence are and proves just how talented they are.
 Terr-ific... November 24, 2004
7 out of 26 found this review helpful
Whoopdy-frigging-ddo. More evanescence. This live album sucks hard. Want a good live album? Go buy "None So Live" by Cryptopsy.
to all the 2 star reviews posted by children December 1, 2004
7 out of 14 found this review helpful
Dear Morons
This is a live DVD. Live DVD's are NOT supposed to sound like studio recording, hence the name "live" If you are complaining that this doesn't sound like the studio album versions then you either A: have never been to a real concert before, or B: are an idiot. People that go to live concerts (or hear live concerts) and say things like "god they sounded nothing like they do on there albums, I really wished it was more like their albums, I was disappointed, I really wanted to hear the album" should have stayed home and just listened to the STUPID ALBUM, DUH! You people are something else, if a band plays live and is perfect, you say "it was too close to the album version, I would have liked to see them do something different live" then if they don't play the album perfect you say "god I wish they would have played it like the album" I should smack you people, are you on crack?!
Anyway, my review: This isn't really my genre of music, but they do an good job. I think it would be hard to do this type of music live, after all its not that heavy, and with her voice, and the notes she hits, she cant be dead on every time, but for you thick-skulls we could play a prerecorded track for you like Ashley Simpson if you like? ...well it's a good DVD, and I own a lot. The performance is good. For a live DVD the mix isn't too bad, although the guitars could come up a little. My beefs with it are the camera that jumps around too much, it can give you a headache! ..and last but not least is the: song selection. I would never try to bore an audience with sappy elevator music like the songs "Breathe No More" and "missing" I would have done 2 other covers before I went that route. Overall: good DVD
Interesting note: Most of the members of this band like death metal. Amy has also mentioned the possibility of doing a heavier album, If their next album is heavy, then I'm going to laugh in the face of all you mainstream listeners.
Evanescence has barely touched the surface of their success December 14, 2004
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Despite other reviews which ridiculed this performance, I loved it! It was very tastefully filmed and edited; it captured the rough-on-the-edges rawness to otherwise well-rounded and powerful music. The effects really brought everything to life. And the big A++++++.... it was filmed in Widescreen! An automatic 10 stars right there for that! Even moreso because they didn't make the mistake of releasing a "Fool Screen" version. In my opinion, any movies or concerts in Full Screen should be burned with utmost haste... it degrades us all.
The renditions were really well done, especially to some of my favorites, "Farther Away", "Bring Me To Life", and the hauntingly beautiful "Haunted". But then again, I have yet to find a song I dislike from Evanescence, which is really amazing and yet again tests their success. Amy Lee has proven herself yet again, this time holding her own in a live performance, and further outdoing herself. Amy has a lot of stage presence, is very interactive with the audience; the band was jamming like there's no tomorrow. The vibe was there...Evanescence was jamming, having a damn good time on stage, and loving every moment of it... a feeling I haven't gotten at all from an artist performing live. The Dolby 5.1 discrete was absolutely amazing!!
In regard to the comment that they need to expand their discography, maybe the reviewer didn't consider "Evanescence EP" (1999), "Sound Asleep EP" (1999), or even "Origin" (2000)? I mean, don't get me wrong, the discography is there. Now, why they don't choose to touch to much on older material, I'm not sure, but it's their choice... some of the older material is very nice, but I don't think it fits the style their trying to achieve, especically since Moody left. For example...listen to "Field Of Innocence" from Origin and the 1997/98 demo "October"...both great, infact awesome, songs, but not the style Evanescence wants.
Always amusing, although a little shocking at moments, yet undeniably hilarious, the Behind The Scenes featurettes were a great addition. We get to experience a little sliver of the personality of Amy Lee, John LeCompt, Rocky Gray, William Boyd, and Terry Balsamo and their experiences while on tour. It's one thing to see Evanescence on stage, and another thing to see them off stage punkin' around. I won't spoil anything for you, since it would very unjust... it's a must see.
A very good move was to incorporate all of the current music videos up to date...it really helps wrap up this DVD into a nice little menagerie of Evanescence's work. And since the only way most people could view these up til now was little , poorly-encoded WMV files on websites...now we get to see them in their full quality! W00t!
The audio CD version was a nice addition, taking away my need to rip the AC3 tracks right from the DVD, which can otherwise be a real pain... now I can jam in the car, rip to mp3, and load to my iPod. Although, it's not quite the same as watching the video feed.
All in all, a wonderful DVD, tastefully produced and executed, showing off the gem that Evanescence is and will be for years to come; escpecially as we await new surprises and directions of Evanescence with the loss of Ben Moody, the gain of independence (most noteably for Amy in the writing process), and the desire to rock even better than before on their upcoming album!
Rock on Evanescence!! We love you!
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