Surprise, surprise!

Review Score: (8/10)
I've never really cared for most Live-And-Unplugged albums by alternative/ heavy metal groups. I'm not too hip to hearing wussified, toned-down renditions of hard-hitting tunes that should be played full-bore hard & loud (the way they're meant to be played). So needless to say, I wasn't planning on enjoying Alice In Chains' Live-And-Unplugged CD all that much. Strangely enough, however, I found it to be not half bad! I was surprised by how well the acoustical renditions of Alice In Chains' most famous tunes managed to retain most of their original plugged-in bite and edge. Never in a million years would I have imagined that "Would?", "Down In A Hole", or "Rooster" could be re-done without the 110V outlet and sound as good as they did here. But somehow Jerry Cantrell & friends managed to pull it off quite well!

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