The Last Live is an X Japan

X Japan

is a Japanese heavy metal band founded in 1982 by Yoshiki and Toshi. Originally named X , the group achieved their breakthrough success in 1989 with the release of their second album Blue Blood...

 live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 released on May 5, 2001. It contains what was the band's last concert, recorded at the Tokyo Dome

Tokyo Dome

Tokyo Dome is a 55,000-seat baseball stadium located in Bunkyo Ward of Tokyo, Japan.The stadium opened for business on March 17, 1988. It was built on the site of the Velodrome which was next door to the site of the predecessor ballpark, Kōrakuen Stadium...

 on December 31, 1997. The band however has since reunited, though this was their last concert with now deceased guitarist Hideto "hide" Matsumoto

Hide (musician)

, better known by his stage name hide , was a popular Japanese musician. He was primarily known for his work as lead guitarist of the heavy metal band X Japan from 1987 to 1997...

. A DVD

DVD

A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

/VHS

VHS

The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....

 version was also released, titled The Last Live Video

The Last Live Video

The Last Live Video is a live DVD/VHS released by X Japan on March 29, 2002. It contains the band's last concert performance, before their reunion in 2007, recorded at the Tokyo Dome on December 31, 1997...

. The album reached number 7 on the Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

chart.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Amethyst" (S.E.)
2. "Rusty Nail"
3. "Week End"
4. "Scars"
5. "Dahlia"
6. "Drum Break"
7. "Drain"
8. "Piano Solo"

Disc two

1. "Crucify My Love"
2. "Longing ~Togireta Melody~"
3. "Kurenai"
4. "Orgasm"
5. "Drum Solo"
6. "Forever Love"

Disc three

1. "Prologue ~ World Anthem" (S.E.)
2. "X"
3. "Endless Rain"
4. "Curtain Call (Say Anything)" (S.E.)
5. "The Last Song"
6. "Epilogue ~ Tears" (S.E.)