1 	Livin' Lightly 	
2 	Good Love Is On The Way 	
3 	JoAnna 	
4 	Selfie In The Square 	
5 	He Died At Home 	
6 	She's Changed Her Mind 	
7 	Wave On The Ocean 	
8 	You + Me + Everything 	
9 	Manchester 	
10 	Lay Low 	
11 	Old Alabama 	
12 	If I Only Had A Day

Backing Vocals, Other [General Input] – Wil Morse
Backing Vocals, Programmed By – Gabe Klein
Bass – Neal Morse (tracks: 2), Richard Brinsfield
Drums – Scott Williamson
French Horn – Holly Smith
Guitar, Keyboards, Mandolin, Percussion, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Neal Morse
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Julie Harrison
Mixed By – Rich Mouser (tracks: 1-4, 6, 8-10, 12), Terry Christian (tracks: 5, 7, 11)
Pedal Steel Guitar, Dobro – Scotty Sanders
Strings – Chris Carmichael
Trumpet – Dominique Caster
Voice [Shouting] – Joey Pippin (tracks: 9) 

You wouldn’t guess from The Neal Morse Band’s most recent output that their leader was mellowing into soft middle age. 2016’s The Similitude Of A Dream and 2015’s The Grand Experiment may have featured his now customary eulogies to the almighty, but they were still multi-faceted prog records. But as anyone who’s seen Morse play solo live over the last few years knows, he can do the straightforward stuff well. This collection of easy-going soft rock numbers might prove too bland to connoisseurs of musical sophistication, but they are well-crafted. Livin’ Lightly and Good Love Is On The Way employ irresistible strokes of Eagles-y peaceful easy feelings, the latter a five-minute romance in which ‘She’s the beauty barista, he’s the corny cashier.’ But while most of these songs are blissed-out tales of the good life, as the slightly saccharine taste starts to cloy, the mood darkens with the tale of a traumatised veteran in He Died At Home. Later, the pedal steel-streaked, violin-laced flavourings of Old Alabama, and some sublime guest vocals from Julie Davidson, show Morse’s songs sound even better dressed in the battered denims of Americana. ---Johnny Sharp, loudersound.com

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CD 1:
01. Momentum
02. Weathering Sky
03. Author Of Confusion
04. The Distance To The Sun
05. Testimony Suite (Sleeping Jesus, Prince Of The Power Of The Air, The Promise, Wasted Life)

CD 2:
01. Thoughts Part 5
02. The Conflict (From Sola Scriptura)
03. Question Mark Suite (The Temple Of The Living God, Another World, Entrance, Inside His Presence)
04. Fly High

CD3:
01. World Without End
02. Crazy Horses
03. Sing It High
04. King Jesus

Line-up / Musicians:
- Neal Morse / keyboards, guitar, vocals
- Mike Portnoy / drums, vocals
- Randy George / bass, vocals
- Adson Sodra / guitar, vocals
- Eric Gillette / guitar, keyboards, percussion, vocals
- Bill Hubauer / keyboards, violin, sax, vocals

This is a real treat for fans of Neal Morse’s work and I am sure the inlay booklets/packaging will be suitably splendid as I only have promo copies of the two DVD discs.

The band consists of Neal Morse plus his long time musical companion’s bassist Randy George and former Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy. Joining them are the three lucky musicals chosen by Neal through YouTube auditions, namely Adson Sodre (guitar/vocals), Eric Gillette (keys/guitar/percussion/vocals) and Bill Haubauer (keys/sax/violin/vocals).

The set list covers most of his musical past and present, with an undoubted highlight being the band ripping through the Spock’s Beard classic ‘The Distance To The Sun’. The vocal harmonies on this and throughout the set are truly a delight to listen to.

A couple of albums get a ‘meagmix’ treatment with the ‘Testimony Suite’ including ‘Sleeping Jesus’ and ‘Wasted Life’, whilst the ‘Question mark Suite’ includes ‘Another World’ and ‘Inside His Presence’.

Personal highlights include ‘Weathering Sky’ which sounds even better live and ‘the aforementioned ‘Testimony Suite’. The show is all about the music and musicians as there is no big stage lighting show and that is how it shoudl be as the music does the talking. They even through in a fun cover of the Osmonds classic ‘Crazy Horses’ with Mike Portnoy taking the mic and Neal Morse on drums.

The second DVD has a one hour bonus in the shape of a tour documentary that includes fan shot footage of the live shows.

This is a great idea and although the sound and picture quality can vary it does break down the fan and artist barriers nicely. In between this are backstage shots of the band warming up before a show and the band captured very early one morning at the airport. Only Neal Morse comes across as fresh and ready for the day ahead!

Definitely a ‘must have’ for fans and a decent introduction to Neal Morse’s for those yet to hear any of his wonderful music. --- Jason Ritchie, getreadytorock.me.uk

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