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Title: Old songs fantastic, new songs not
Review: This is a live album from the 1998 tour. Four of the "original" members are still in the band (those in the band at the peak of thier popularity in the mid seventies).On this album, PFM plays songs from their 30 year career. As others have noted, the songs from their early days are great and the band still plays them with a lot of energy and innovation. Starting in the eighties, PFM changed direction, and the later material is not very good.The first disc is the better of the two, since it consists mostly of the older material. There are a few very good tracks on the second CD.A much better album to get would be 10 ANNI LIVE. This is a 4 CD boxset taken from concert tours from the seventies. It is absolutely fantastic. There is also a 2 CD condensed version, called Celebration, which is almost as good (a number of the better jams were left off).Another band to check out is Mona Lisa, a French version of PFM.
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