March 30, 2001

MACCA


Album Review: Harper, Ben

LIVE FROM MARS
By DARRYL STERDAN



LIVE FROM MARS
Ben Harper
(Virgin/EMI)

Here's something we didn't know about singer-songwriter Ben Harper: He plays sitting down. Now, while that might detract from the visual impact of seeing him in an arena, this two-CD live set demonstrates he has more than enough musical skill and personality to make up for it. Drawing on tracks from his four studio albums and augmenting them with some unexpected covers (Marvin Gaye's Sexual Healing, anyone? Whole Lotta Love? The Verve's The Drugs Don't Work?), Harper delivers a solid (if long-winded) set of folky blues-rock jams. Whether he's putting his crack band through its paces or holding court with just his guitar and smoky voice, it's more than enough to keep the audience on its feet, if not the singer. (More on Ben Harper)

Track Listing Disc 1:
1. Glory And Consequence
2. Excuse Me Mr.
3. Alone
4. Sexual Healing
5. Woman In You, The
6. Ground On Down
7. Steal My Kisses
8. Burn One Down
9. Mama's Got A Girlfriend
10. Welcome To The Cruel World
11. Forgiven
12. Faded / Whole Lotta Love
Disc 2:
1. Waiting On An Angel
2. Roses From My Friends
3. Power Of The Gospel
4. Pleasure And Pain
5. Please Bleed
6. Drugs Don't Work, The
7. In The Lord's Arms
8. Not Fire, Not Ice
9. Beloved One
10. #3
11. Walk Away
12. Another Lonely Day
13. Like A King / I'll Rise
 


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