With the reunion studio disc failing to recapture the imagination and intensity of in America and even in many places in the band's European homeland, going to Brazil seemed like a smart move. It was one of the few places that a quarter of a million people would turn up to see the act in 2001, and judging from the audience response, the band's set list didn't bother them much either. At times, you had to be wondering what they were listening to. Sure, the band's energy is in abundance here (it's hard to mail in a performance in front of so many people who seem to scream at every single move the band makes), but an entire disc's worth of material of the two here is wasted. What is the point of doing not one, but two songs from the black hole that sucked the will to live from fans the world over (aka "the period")? When re-formed, they were smart enough to not play the crap that made everyone want them to re-form in the first place, and nobody wants to see get back with to sing ; whatever possessed and company to even approach and suggest he go along with it is almost as perplexing as agreeing to it, yet here it is -- and in all their boring anti-splendor. The inclusion of some of 's CMC solo stuff would have been ten times better if peripheral material they must. Not as unexpected, but only slightly less dismal, is the inclusion of six tracks off the aforementioned , which was neither brave nor new. There might be one good song between the sextet that was presented if you look real hard. The majesty of the classic material saves the day, and even though they had a sympathetic foreign crowd by the short and curlies, the band was smart enough to close the set with the classic material. Simply put, you can't go wrong with a closing volley of three tracks from and a couple more from the band's eponymous debut. The likes of sound even better next to anything the band recorded after , but that's faint praise. At the end of the day, won't make you wish you were there, the barometer of what a great concert recording should do, but it will make fans nostalgic for the time that was a creative force. Sadly, that time seems to have eclipsed years before the band took the stage in Brazil that evening. ~ Brian O'Neill