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| Artist: Kenny Chesney
Label: Bna Entertainment
Category: Music
List Price: $18.97
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 8307
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 86578
UPC: 828768657829
EAN: 0828768657829
ASIN: B000HEWGFG
Release Date: September 19, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Live Those Songs - Kenny Chesney, Bain, Chris | | • | Young - Kenny Chesney, McEwan, Steve | | • | Never Gonna Feel Like That Again - Kenny Chesney, Coleman, Phillip | | • | Beer in Mexico - Kenny Chesney, Chesney, Kenny | | • | Keg in the Closet - Kenny Chesney, Chesney, Kenny | | • | What I Need to Do - Kenny Chesney, Damphier, Tom | | • | I Go Back - Kenny Chesney, Chesney, Kenny | | • | When the Sun Goes Down - Kenny Chesney, James, Brett | | • | On the Coast of Somewhere Beautiful - Kenny Chesney, Luther, Bill | | • | Anything But Mine - Kenny Chesney, Carusoe, Scooter | | • | Back Where I Come From - Kenny Chesney, McAnally, Mac | | • | Don't Happen Twice - Kenny Chesney, Lance, Curtis | | • | How Forever Feels - Kenny Chesney, Mobley, Wendell | | • | She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy - Kenny Chesney, Collins, Jim |
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Amazon.com
Live country albums are relatively scarce these days, and that's regrettable. Granted, the studio is a remarkable place, yet there's something about a quality concert recording--the immediacy and raw interaction with the audience--that no studio effort can match. While most concert albums are recorded at one location, Kenny Chesney created this collection from tapes of five years of shows at various locales. The material reflects the past eight years of his career, including "How Forever Feels" from 1998, "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" from 1999, and "What I Need to Do" from 2000. "When the Sun Goes Down" comes complete with Uncle Kracker, who appeared on the single. There's an edgy version of 2005's "Beer in Mexico" and a remarkable performance of "Anything But Mine" in which a surprised Chesney stands by as the audience takes over the chorus. What's amazing is the blazing-hot consistency of the band throughout. While their backing reflects Chesney's arena-rock influences (no number is shorter than four minutes), his charisma, energetic presence, and ability to connect is pure country. --Rich Kienzle
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 Chesney Live: Decent Songs Made Better By Live Band and High Energy September 19, 2006
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
From the opening bars of Live Those Songs we are reminded of why Kenny Chesney is the star that he his. While Chesney's material has always edged more bubble gum than his contemporaries like Tim McGraw and Keith Urban, the ability for his material to get a live crowd going and his road bands ability to convey more than the studio recordings is evident here.
The band is tight and Chesney's vocals are developed throughout. Somehow most of the tracks here, particularly Beer in Mexico, What I Need to Do and Anything But Mine seem a lot better than the studio recordings and I would have to attribute that to the road band (and one wonders if Chesney shouldn't pull a Tim McGraw and record with them).
The song selection is good...particularly the inclusion of On the Coast of Somewhere Beautiful which Chesney obviously realizes is one of his finest non-single tracks. As noted by many, the songs are primarily from No Shoes and When the Sun Goes Down, logical considering they are is better works, but one wonders why more (album tracks perhaps???) from The Road and the Radio were not included as I consider it to be Chesney's best overall album.
There are some simply cheesy aspects to this album that seem to plague all "live" albums. First, the crowd sounds like it's from some canned "crowd cheer" tape. They always sound the same (like they are 90% females between 15 and 25) and fade in and out in between the vocal parts in a very orderly fashion (which, for anyone who attends concerts on a regular basis knows, crowds don't do). I know, I know: the producers want the purchaser to be able to hear the performer but still, change it up a little. Second, there are weird stutters between a couple tracks where the editing is a little off. In general however, this does not take away from the many positives of the disc.
Overall the disc is a pleasure to listen to for its energy and the added depth that is brought to most of the tracks. I have always wondered why Kenny Chesney is such a star (considering he is a short, bald, semi-average looking guy with less than an great voice and suspect song selections on his CD's) and it is clear from how warm and humble he his on this disc (the way he says "I love you guys very, very much" when the crowd finishes singing Back Where I Come From is from the heart) that he knows that two or three songs and a strategic debut of a new physique before the release of No Shoes is probably the only reason he is still making music. Yet, that is enough. Chesney is a nice guy that made good and that comes across here to the benefit of the disc.
Live country albums are rare (see George Strait for the last one I can remember) and that is regrettable because it is a format that lends itself to great live shows. You have to give props to Chesney for taking a risk in doing this and one hopes that it will drive others to do so as well (wouldn't a Tim McGraw, Keith Urban or Rascal Flatts Live disc be awesome?). One also hopes that this is sign of maybe something different from Chesney in the future. He has refined the beach bum formula of No Shoes a couple times and its time for leap of faith, something different than the songs he has done before.....
But in the meantime the fun continues as we live those songs again.
 CountryInterviewsOnline.net Review November 12, 2006
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
There are many things to like about Kenny Chesney's new CD, "Live Those Songs Again" - and just as many to dislike. Chesney claims he put the CD together to help capture the fun of a live stadium concert, which it does to some degree. The question is whether we need it.
Every track on the new CD appears on a previous CD, for some this is the third time around. This time we get to hear the songs with the crowd cheering, Chesney yelling at the crowd to sing and gaps where Chesney lets the audience take up the lyrics and longer instrumental bridges. The quality of the songs is excellent considering the recording was done on the road and we get the benefit of Chesney's tour band (which are terrific musicians). It's also obvious, if one hadn't noticed this before, that Chesney doesn't need the confines of a sterile studio to sound great.
So does it remind you of the concerts? Well, I've seen Chesney eight times over the last 7 years. I've seen him in medium arenas and at Gillette Stadium (home of the Patriots). Each year, the concert gets bigger and bigger and I seem to be further and further from the music. On the CD he explains why he likes certain songs and introduces the band - things I've missed hearing because of the lousy acoustics in a football stadium. I've had "fan club" seats for the last two stadium shows but the echo along with 56,000 screaming fans wipes out or distorts the music. The concerts are outdoors under blazing hot sun (it reached over 100 degrees this year) and begin early - about 3:30 p.m. so by the time Chesney appears many are drunk and rowdy. Also, when you are short, anyone under 5'11" you are reduced to seeing the concert on the video screen because everyone else seems to tower over you!
The songs are all past hits - "Young," "Back Where I Come From," "I Go Back" with some newer ones like "Key in the Closet" and "Beer in Mexico." This is Chesney's idea - he believes that his fans want to hear the hits, but many of us would like to hear him due some of the newer songs live. This is playing it safe. He doesn't include anything from his best CD, "Be As You Are, Songs From the Old Blue Chair" - only one or two are included in the concert set.
Topping the charts the minute it was released, you have to wonder if the fans will just buy anything Chesney puts out. Don't get me wrong, I probably will continue to go to Chesney concerts whenever and wherever as long as I can afford the $85 plus for the ticket. Although it would be nice to see him up close for once (the first 100 rows seem reserved for radio give-aways and the Boston Red Sox). But the CD can't capture the pre-concert tailgating, the hundreds of Chesney wannabes in their cowboy hats, or the excitement of the music starting and Chesney suddenly coming up on a small stage in the middle of the sea of fans. You don't see the energy he brings to the huge stage - running, dancing and teasing the audience while keeping up the song and totally enjoying the moment. That's what you remember about his concerts - how can you really capture that?
By: Maxine MacPherson
CountryInterviewsOnline.net
Where is all the good stuff? September 21, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This CD is pretty good, but why didn't they include any of the other hits that he had like "There Goes My Life" or "You Had Me From Hello" or even "The Good Stuff"? When I first looked at the tracks on the back I expected those 3 to be on there, but they weren't. I bought the CD\DVD version & really, the only good thing about the DVD was the making of "Anything But Mine", the others were kinda misleading, it wouldv'e been awsome to have the music video of "Anything But Mine" included (Since it's unavailable on DVD) but still it's worth the $2 extra.
overall it's a pretty good CD ....
great performance.....recording quality low September 28, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Kenny's performance is as good as it gets, however the mixing of this album could have been alot better. The way they did the crowd noise is annoying and the guitars sound like they are background music. When I bought this cd I also bought ac/dc live, I know what your thinking... but it was a disapointment to listen to a good quality live recording then listening to Live those songs again. Overall it is still worth buying.
Kenny Chesney always puts out a winner! January 3, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love Kenny Chesney so of course I love this album. Great choice of live songs to put together on an album!
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