Once upon a time, I was huge on live albums... primarily inspired by Metallica and Iron Maiden's live output (S&M and Live After Death are probably my two favorite live albums of all time... and I searched long and hard for the definitive live version of Hallowed Be Thy Name), but carried forward into whatever band I was obsessed with (I spent SO MUCH money on Incubus live albums). I have since moved away from live albums since they rarely are an upgrade over the studio recording, although I still like a good live video to work out to (LIVE BRUTALITY).

I bought Live on Earth because I thought it came with a video recording and would love to see Sir Russell Allen wail... but, alas, no DVD, just CDs. However, this recording turned out to be one of the best live recordings I have heard in many a year, so it turned out alright. All of the performers are just... incredible. And hearing many alternate versions of Ayreon songs was really cool.

3.5/5 - Very good live album. Can't really rate it much higher because there's only a few songs that I'll come back to, but man... Arjen knows how to pick talent for his projects!