This is the closest studio recording we have to the vocal chord injury he suffered and while he still sounds in excellent form, you can definitely hear it takes a little more effort from him to hit the highs and deliver the smoothness when compared to the isolated vocals from Images and Words. No doubt tho, fantastic singer
LaBrie sucked ass live between '95 and 2014. Lately, LaBrie has understood that he can't do highs with a nice timber anymore so he tries to avoid it. Listen to the recent Live at Budokan on As I Am, he avoids the highs in a very stylish way. Sings pretty good there.
But in the Scenes From New York, Score, first Live at Budokan and Breaking The Fourth Wall live performances he sings pretty damn good. Not mentioning some live concerts from the Falling Into Infinity tour.@@maruseron
@@MaggotSkulls I strongly disagree. LaBrie is an extremely accurate and a very technically profficient singer, but his timber/tone in the concerts you mentioned is horrible; specially in high notes, in which he sounds like a chicken. I'm not really bashing LaBrie. I am a huge fan of both DT and his solo project and I think he's one of the best singers that has ever stepped on earth. I enjoy the concerts a lot; it's just that his tone is not as good as in his early years.
I know what you mean by "chicken sound", I have heard it in several concerts, but is not that present in those mentioned above. I can't say that a live performance is vocally not good because of some moments that can be omitted, because most of the time he's doing a decent job (not extraordinary, but good enough)@@maruseron
@@MaggotSkulls yeah, that's why I said I enjoy their concerts. Normally, it's just a very high note (E5, F#5 or G5) that he decides to tackle with larynx instead of mixed voice. It'll just make me cringe a bit and listen to the rest of the concert. The problem with LaBrie is that he kept trying to prove he was this amazing singer he was on '93, when no one ever asked him to do it. If he had just avoided the notes, everyone would have understood.
