Live Stages was the third album by Vertical Horizon

Vertical Horizon

Vertical Horizon is an American alternative rock band formed at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1991. The band is best known for a string of hits in 1999 and early 2000s, including "You're a God", "Everything You Want", and "Best I Ever Had ". Their most recent album, Burning the...

, released by Rhythmic Records in early 1997, and later re-released by RCA Records

RCA

RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was an American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. The RCA trademark is currently owned by the French conglomerate Technicolor SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Technicolor...

. This album was recorded live at Ziggy's

Ziggy's

Ziggy's is a live music venue and bar in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The Baity Street venue closed after Thanksgiving in 2007. Ziggy's reopened in Winston Salem, in a 14,000sq foot space on the corner of 8th and Trade St. in the Downtown Arts District on August 5, 2011.A former residence,...

 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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. It featured mostly songs from the band's second album, Running on Ice

Running on Ice

Running on Ice was the second album by Vertical Horizon, released independently in 1995, and later re-released by RCA. It was produced by John Alagia , Doug Derryberry and Matt Scannell...

, (and "On the Sea" from There and Back Again), as well as new material. This was the first Vertical Horizon album to feature Scannell more prominently on electric guitar

Electric guitar

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, and also the first to include drummer

Drummer

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 Ed Toth

Ed Toth

Ed Toth is currently one of the two drummers for The Doobie Brothers.Always interested in music, Ed says he's been drumming most of his life. He made good use of his father's record collection and was active in all music programs in East Lyme, Connecticut, playing in his high school band at East...

. Ryan Fisher played bass.

Track listing

1. "The Man Who Would Be Santa" (Scannell) - 5:44
2. "The Ride" (Kane) - 3:31
3. "Falling Down" (Moylan/Scannell) - 5:15
4. "On the Sea" (Scannell) - 6:24
5. "Japan" (Kane) - 4:52
6. "It's Only Me" (Scannell) - 5:20
7. "Candyman" (Kane) - 4:20
8. "Fragments" (Scannell) - 4:44
9. "The Unchosen One" (Kane) - 5:19
10. "Heart in Hand" (Scannell) - 7:12
11. "Wash Away" (Kane) - 12:23
12. "Great Divide" (Scannell) - 4:25