Live from Mars | ||||
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Released | March 27, 2001 | |||
Recorded | 2000 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 136:00 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Producer | Ben Harper, Jean-Pierre Plunier | |||
Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
Live from Mars is a two disc live concert(s) release from Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, which takes tracks from unnamed venues throughout his 2000 tour and places them on either an electric (disc 1) or acoustic (disc 2) disc. It was released in the year 2001.
The album features three covers, which Harper often performs in concert:
All songs written by Ben Harper, except as noted.
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [12] | 2× Platinum | 140,000^ |
France (SNEP) [13] | Gold | 100,000* |
United States (RIAA) [14] | Gold | 500,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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