I finally got the opportunity to listen properly to the whole album and am blown away. I think almost every song is the best performance I have heard. One exception would be To Live Forever in which James's voice sounds a little tired. This is probably the result of having one show to to record that performance. Other than that, any time on this album where James voice is less than perfect, it actually works as an advantage. In LTL, when he hits the legendary F#, he can't sustain the note as long as he used to but the emotion that pours out of him as he strains makes it sound fucking badass. Likewise, in UaGM I don't mind that the high note is screamed as opposed to sung although I think he holds it out a little long. I'm just glad I have a good live version to listen to without that stupid circus melody they added on Score.
CoT is amazing and while I absolutely hate the lyrics, I realized that I hated the ridiculous background vocals more than I imagined. Without that, the lyrics don't stand out as much.
Overall, its good to hear James switching things up and really commanding the role of the frontman.