Live From..
is holiday market product, straight up.
At only seven songs it's not even a full live set, and chances are good that Howie Day diehards don't need another live version of "Ghost," especially one as tepid as this.
Live From...'s remainder isn't much better.
Culled from various stops on his 2005 tour to support Stop All the World Now, it includes five songs from that album and a nice enough cover of the Crowded House hit "Don't Dream It's Over." His voice soars, and he delivers the nadir of songs like "Sunday Morning Song" or the hit "Collide" ("and I'm tangled up in you...") with appropriate grace.
But Day's band noodles around behind him, particularly during the muddled, directionless jam that slows "Brace Yourself" to a trudge, and his mild, pretty songs sound thin and terribly flat.
For an artist who originally made his name with his live show, on Live From..
Day sounds mostly like he's going through the motions.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GhostHowie Day | Howie Day | Play | 05:43 | 13 MB | 37 MB |
| 2 | Don't Dream It's Over | Howie Day | Play | 04:45 | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| 3 | Numbness for SoundHowie Day | Howie Day | Play | 03:55 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 4 | Sunday Morning SongHowie Day | Howie Day | Play | 04:04 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 5 | Brace YourselfHowie Day, S.T. Jones | Howie Day | Play | 07:32 | 17 MB | 50 MB |
| 6 | CollideHowie Day | Howie Day | Play | 05:31 | 12 MB | 39 MB |
| 7 | Trouble in HereHowie Day | Howie Day | Play | 06:00 | 13 MB | 42 MB |
| 37 mins | 86 MB | |||||
| 37 mins | 258 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Major Clifford | Guitar (Electric), Vocals (Background) |
| 2 | Bryan "Froggy" Cross | Engineer |
| 3 | Howie Day | Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 4 | Richard Furch | Engineer |
| 5 | Ben Goldman | A&R |
| 6 | Jonathan Gray | Guitar (Bass), Vocals (Background) |
| 7 | Michelle Holme | Art Direction |
| 8 | Herbie Jeffcoat | Guitar Technician |
| 9 | S.T. Jones | Composer |
| 10 | Sheri G. Lee | Art Direction |
| 11 | Brian Malouf | Mixing |
| 12 | Stephen Marcussen | Mastering |
| 13 | Tim Peffer | Monitor Engineer |
| 14 | Jamieson Shea | Assistant |
| 15 | Timothy Vine | Keyboards |
| 16 | Greg Waterman | Photography |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |