Everything, Everything

Granted, Underworld doesn't blend each transition on Everything, Everything, and Karl Hyde's vocals aren't always as perfect as on the LP. Still, excellent track selection and a winning performance let the band get nearly everything right on their first live album.

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Though Everything, Everything is unquestionably a swan song for the Emerson years, it's far from a mopey affair. In fact, it tackles early tracks like "Rez" and "Cowgirl," and pumps them up with megawatt power.

As a document, it's hard to refute; a track like "Pearl's Girl" keeps unfolding into different layers of aural spotlessness, finally tapering into silence. Still, there's a problem with sitting down and hearing it.

Fans should find that without the surrounding enthusiasm of other bodies, or a chemical equivalent, these eight tracks, spread over 75 minutes, often just plod and the vocals soon grate.

Devoid of the chest-thumping drama of the real thing, this sprinkling of tracks, largely taken from Second Toughest In The Infants and its follow-up Beaucoup Fish sound curiously neutered.