Live From The Living Room

"Live From The Living Room", the new MR. BIG album already published only in Japan, will be released in Europe on February 24 / North America February 28. At the end of January 2011, during a week-long promotion trip to promote for its latest reunion album, 'What If', and tour, Mr. Big was invited to the WOWOW TV studios in Tokyo to perform a special show in an intimate setting. When the talk of a broadcast first came up, the band wanted to present something different from what they've ever done before. Thus the idea of an acoustic show came about and a string quintet was brought in to enhance the project even more, with arrangements provided by Takashi Miyazaki. Although Paul Gilbert and Billy Sheehan hooked up electric on a few songs, the show was still very much acoustic in nature throughout. Pat Torpey played various acoustic percussion instruments during the gig. The result from that magic night in Tokyo is now here: 10 MR. BIG classics in a completely new and fresh dress. On "Live From The Living Room" MR. BIG sounds inspired and vital, performing all these classic songs with new arrangements and nice atmosphere. In my opinion, this is far better than the acoustic show at the Hard Rock Café in Singapore recorded and published in 1996. A must have for the fans and a really pleasant listen to any rock audiophile.