We gave up on the idea of trying to make the record a good representation of the live performance.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Before there were any sort of 'recordings' there was performance. If we are devolved back to the Stone Age tomorrow, there will be performance.
We didn't rehearse or play the songs to death before we recorded them, and that let us catch a freshness and energy level we've never really felt while making records.
If we were truly in the studio making a record, it would have been more time consuming, and certainly I would have been more involved in the writing process.
Record-breaking is not getting boring. I am definitely happy with that.
Then I loved the fact that we were actually recording live.
Our managers hadn't had that kind of success - the record company hadn't, we hadn't - and the feeling was that the next record had to be even bigger, and if it wasn't it would be some kind of failure.
When we think about big records, a lot of producers are thinking of how to make it as standard as possible. I think those days are gone. I think you have to surprise the audience in 2015.
I think we are coming to a new era where people will record much faster.
We certainly strive for trying to make a quality record throughout, and I think that's true of all of our records.
A recording of a performance is a recording of a performance. It's not the performance.