Take Us Alive is a live album

Live album

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 by the American rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band Extreme

Extreme (band)

Extreme is an American rock band, headed by frontmen Gary Cherone and Nuno Bettencourt, that reached the height of their popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s.Among some of Extreme's musical influences are Queen and Van Halen...

, first released in May 2010. The set features the final concert on the East Meets West Tour

East Meets West Tour

The East Meets West Tour '09 was a concert tour by hard rock band Extreme, taking place in the summer of 2009, in support of their 2008 album Saudades de Rock. It followed the Take Us Alive World Tour in 2008 which was in support of the same album. The tour started with a performance at the M3 Rock...

 recorded at House of Blues

House of Blues

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 in Boston

Boston

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 on 8 August 2009. It has 17 tracks and four bonus DVD

DVD

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 only tracks.

Guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

 Nuno Bettencourt

Nuno Bettencourt

Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt is a Portuguese guitarist and singer-songwriter best known for his role as the lead guitarist of the Boston rock band Extreme whose hits include the acoustic ballads "More Than Words" and "Hole Hearted"...

 said of the recording "We wanted to do something really special for our hometown fans that were there for us since the beginning... the club days. It was the last night of the tour and we couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than by bringing it back to where it all started... Boston."

Track listing

1. "Decadence Dance
   Decadence Dance
   Decadence Dance is the first single from Extreme's highly successful second studio album Pornograffitti.The single was not successful in the United States, although it had minor success in the UK, peaking at #36 - their first single to appear in the United Kingdom's Top 40.The song is recorded in...
   
   " – 8:12
2. "Comfortably Dumb" - 5:23
3. "Rest In Peace" – 5:21
4. "It's A Monster" – 5:29
5. "Star" – 5:42
6. "Tell me Something I Don't Know" – 7:59
7. "Medley: Kid Ego/Little Girls/Teacher's Pet" – 6:00
8. "Play with Me
   Play with Me
   "Play with Me" is Extreme's first single from their self-titled debut album. It is one of the band's best known songs. It includes a fast and complex guitar solo by guitarist Nuno Bettencourt, and takes its intro riffs from Mozart's Alla turca....
   
   " – 9:06
9. "Midnight Express" – 4:10
10. "More Than Words
    More Than Words
    "More Than Words" is a ballad written and originally performed by the rock band Extreme. It is built around acoustic guitar work by Nuno Bettencourt and the vocals of Gary Cherone . Released in 1990 on the album Extreme II: Pornograffiti, the song marked a departure from the funk metal that had...
    
    " – 7:26
11. "Ghost" – 4:51
12. "Cupid's Dead" – 6:58
13. "Take Us Alive" – 6:04
14. "Flight Of The Wounded Bumblebee" – 1:51
15. "Get the Funk Out
    Get the Funk Out
    Get the Funk Out is the second single from Extreme's second studio album Pornograffitti.As the title suggests, the song is recorded in a funk metal style, in contrast to the more glam metal style of most of the album...
    
    " – 7:37
16. "Am I Ever Gonna Change" – 6:57
17. "Hole Hearted
    Hole Hearted
    "Hole Hearted" is a folk rock song by American group Extreme. The song was released as the 4th single from their successful Pornograffitti album in 1991 and reached #4 on the Billboard Top 100...
    
    " – 4:13

Bonus DVD track listing

1. "King of the Ladies" (music video)
2. "Interface" (music video)
3. "Run" (music video)
4. "Ghost" (music video)

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