Home: A Live Concert Recording with the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra

Performer: Collective Soul
Producer: Collective Soul; Dexter Green
Distributor: Alternative Dis. Alliance

Notes: This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Collective Soul: Ed Roland (vocals, guitar); Dean Roland (guitar, keyboards); Joel Kosche (guitar); Will Turpin (bass guitar, percussion); Ryan Hoyle (drums, percussion). Although the neo-grunge band Collective Soul disappeared for a few years after 2000's poorly received BLENDER, the Georgia-based act reemerged mid-decade with a flurry of releases, including the '04 studio album YOUTH. This two-disc live album continues Collective Soul's prolific streak and finds the group bolstered by the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra. Highlights of this 22-song set include the revved-up "Counting the Days," the wistful "December," and the majestic "Shine," with the latter track making particularly effective use of the orchestral backing. Fans that thought Collective Soul had gone the way of ripped flannels and Doc Martens will be pleasantly surprised by this strong 2006 concert release. DVD Features: Behind The Scenes Georgia Girl Home Making Of Better Now

Riding the crest of the grunge movement as it crashed on the shores of mainstream rock, Georgia's Collective Soul showed up in the mid 1990s with everything rock fans wanted, and now expect, from their radio stars: big, compressed, gut-wrenching guitars, sensitive lyrics and emotive wailing that presaged emo vocals, and hooks galore. Their debut album went double-platinum, largely due to the lovely power ballad "Shine." They continued to release solid, hit-spawning albums for Atlantic Records, but left after a greatest-hits package in 2001, and began self-releasing their recordings to a still-enthusiastic base of loyal fans.

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