Live from Mars

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Live from Mars
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Live album by
ReleasedMarch 27, 2001
Recorded2000
Genre Rock
Length136:00
Label Virgin
Producer Ben Harper, Jean-Pierre Plunier
Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals chronology
Burn to Shine
(1999)
Live from Mars
(2001)
Diamonds On the Inside
(2003)
Professional ratings
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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.

Contents

Cover Featuring

The album features three covers, which Harper often performs in concert:

Track listing

All songs written by Ben Harper, except as noted.

Disc 1

  1. "Glory & Consequence"
  2. "Excuse Me Mr." (Ben Harper, Jean-Pierre Plunier)
  3. "Alone"
  4. "Sexual Healing" (Marvin Gaye, Odell Brown, David Ritz)
  5. "Woman in You"
  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" (Ben Harper/Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Willie Dixon)

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. "The Drugs Don't Work" (Richard Ashcroft)
  7. "In the Lord's Arms"
  8. "Not Fire, Not Ice"
  9. "Beloved One"
  10. "Number Three"
  11. "Walk Away"
  12. "Another Lonely Day"
  13. "Like a King/I'll Rise" (Ben Harper/Maya Angelou, Ben Harper)

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Live from Mars
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [12] 2× Platinum140,000^
France (SNEP) [13] Gold100,000*
United States (RIAA) [14] Gold500,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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