''Take Us Alive'' is a

live album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

by the American

rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...

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

House of Blues House of Blues is an American chain of live music concert halls and restaurants. It was founded by Isaac Tigrett, the co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe, and Dan Aykroyd, co-star of the 1980 film ''The Blues Brothers''. The first location opened at ...

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

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

DVD The DVD (common abbreviation for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kin ...

only tracks.

Guitarist A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselv ...

Nuno Bettencourt Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt (born September 20, 1966) is a Portuguese-American guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, and businessman. He became known as the lead guitarist of the Boston rock band Extreme. He has also recorded ...

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." Some audio parts were re-recorded in the studio for the cd/DVD release.

Track listing

Decadence Dance ''Extreme II: Pornograffitti'' (also known as simply ''Pornograffiti'') is the second studio album by the heavy metal band Extreme, released on August 7, 1990 through A&M Records. The album title is a portmanteau of pornography and graffiti. ...

" – 8:12 #" Comfortably Dumb" - 5:23 #"

Rest In Peace Rest in peace (RIP), a phrase from the Latin (), is sometimes used in traditional Christian services and prayers, such as in the Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, and Methodist denominations, to wish the soul of a decedent eternal rest and peace. ...

" – 5:21 #" It's A Monster" – 5:29 #"

Star A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma (physics), plasma held together by its gravity. The List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs, nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked ...

" – 5:42 #" Tell Me Something I Don't Know" – 7:59 #" Medley: Kid Ego/Little Girls/Teacher's Pet" – 6:00 #" Play with Me" – 9:06 #" Midnight Express" – 4:10 #"

More Than Words "More Than Words" is a song by American rock band Extreme, released as the fifth track and third single from their second album, ''Pornograffitti'' (1990), in March 1991. It is a ballad built around acoustic guitar work by Nuno Bettencourt and ...

" – 7:26 #"

Ghost A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to rea ...

" – 4:51 #" Cupid's Dead" – 6:58 #" Take Us Alive" – 6:04 #" Flight Of The Wounded Bumblebee" – 1:51 #"

Get the Funk Out "Get the Funk Out" is the fourth track and second single from Extreme's second studio album ''Pornograffitti''. It features rock artist Pat Travers. The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan Andrew Douglas Morahan ...

" – 7:37 #" Am I Ever Gonna Change" – 6:57 #"

Hole Hearted "Hole Hearted" is a song by American Rock music, rock group Extreme (band), Extreme. The song was released as the fourth and final single and closing track from their successful ''Pornograffitti'' album in 1991 and reached 4 on the US Billboard H ...

" – 4:13

Bonus DVD track listing

#"King of the Ladies" (music video) #"Interface" (music video) #"Run" (music video) #"Ghost" (music video)

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