I have never understood why bands would want to put out a live album. After all the whole point is that live music has a certain quality that can never be replicated on tape or whatever. This record only really serves as a momento of the tour for Portishead fans such as myself. I saw them in Milan and it was a special evening for me and I love the CD. However I would not recommend the album to somebody new to the band as some of the flaws in their live performance are a little too obvious. The only highlight, in my opinion, is the version of Sour times which is a well executed heavy metal pastiche. I would stick to the studio albums and if you really want to hear the band experimenting buy the re-mix EP of Glory Box/Sour Times on import.