Live on Earth is the first full-length live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 released by Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

 band The Cat Empire

The Cat Empire

The Cat Empire are an Australian ska and jazz band formed in 1999. Core members are Harry James Angus , Will Hull-Brown , Jamshid "Jumps" Khadiwhala , Ollie McGill , Ryan Monro and Felix Riebl...

. (The band had previously released an EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 disc titled Live @ Adelphia).

The album is a compilation of tracks recorded at shows between August 2006 and December 2008. It included songs recorded at venues in Australia, France, the UK, the USA and Canada. The album was originally scheduled to be released on 28 February 2009 in Australia, but was officially released a week earlier (though many retailers released the album days before the 21st.)

Live on Earth was available with a signed album cover via online pre-order.

The first single from the album, "How to Explain?", was released on the iTunes Store

ITunes Store

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 on 13 February 2009. The album also
features a French-language cover version

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 of the Eagles song "Hotel California

Hotel California (song)

"Hotel California" is the title song from the Eagles' album of the same name and was released as a single in February 1977. It is one of the best-known songs of the album-oriented rock era. Writing credits for the song are shared by Don Felder, Don Henley and Glenn Frey...

" recorded in Montreal, Canada.

Track listing

Disc 1:

1. "Fishies" - 5:01
   
2. "The Car Song
   The Car Song
   "The Car Song" is the fourth track and second single from Two Shoes, the second album from the Australian band The Cat Empire. The single peaked at #46 in the Australian singles chart....
   
   " - 9:21
   
3. "So Many Nights
   So Many Nights (song)
   "So Many Nights" is the title track from The Cat Empire's 2007 album of the same name. It was the second single released from the album and was released as an EP on the iTunes Store...
   
   " - 4:09
   
4. "Lonely Moon" - 4:33
   
5. "How to Explain?" - 5:51
   
6. "Days Like These
   Days Like These (song)
   "Days Like These" was the second single taken from The Cat Empire's 2003 debut album. It was their first CD single released in their native Australia, where it peaked at #37 in the singles chart.-Track listing:#"Days Like These " - 3:49...
   
   " - 4:21
   
7. "Dumb Things (P. Kelly
   Paul Kelly (musician)
   Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...
   
   )" - 3:51
   
8. "The Lost Song" - 7:45
   
9. "The Rhythm" - 5:17
   
10. "The Wine Song" - 10:40
    
11. "All That Talking" - 6:50
    

Disc 2:

1. "The Chariot
   The Chariot (song)
   "The Chariot" was the third single taken from The Cat Empire's 2003 debut album.. It peaked at #34 in the Australian singles chart.A promotional DVD featuring The Chariot music video was given to members of the official 'Street Team' in 2004.-Track listing:...
   
   " - 7:17
   
2. "'Til the Ocean Takes Us All" - 4:08
   
3. "Sly
   Sly (song)
   "Sly" is a song by The Cat Empire, and was the first single taken from their 2005 album, Two Shoes. It peaked at #23 in the Australian singles chart. The song appears on EA Games' FIFA 08....
   
   " - 5:33
   
4. "Hello
   Hello (Cat Empire song)
   "Hello" was the first single taken from The Cat Empire's 2003 debut album. It was only released as a CD single in New Zealand, where it peaked at #12 in the singles chart. It is considered by many to have been the break-through single for the band, although the song never saw commercial release in...
   
   " - 3:55
   
5. "Hotel California
   Hotel California (song)
   "Hotel California" is the title song from the Eagles' album of the same name and was released as a single in February 1977. It is one of the best-known songs of the album-oriented rock era. Writing credits for the song are shared by Don Felder, Don Henley and Glenn Frey...
   
   " - 3:55 (Felder
   Don Felder
   Donald William "Don" Felder is an American musician and songwriter, best known for his work as lead guitarist for the Eagles from 1974 to 1980 and again from 1994 to 2001.-Early life and influences:...
   
   /Frey
   Glenn Frey
   Glenn Lewis Frey is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as a founding member of the Eagles. Frey formed the Eagles after he met drummer Don Henley in 1970 and the two eventually joined Linda Ronstadt's backup band for her summer tour. The Eagles formed in 1971 and...
   
   /Henley
   Don Henley
   Donald Hugh "Don" Henley is an American singer, songwriter and drummer, best known as a founding member of the Eagles before launching a successful solo career. Henley was the drummer and lead vocalist for the Eagles from 1971–1980, when the band broke up...
   
   )
   
6. "Rhyme and Reason" - 6:34
   
7. "Two Shoes
   Two Shoes (song)
   "Two Shoes" was the third and final single taken from The Cat Empire's 2005 hit album of the same name, Two Shoes. It peaked at #49 in the Australian singles chart.-Music video:The video was shot in the city of Melbourne over a period of three days...
   
   " - 5:29
   
8. "In My Pocket" - 12:06
   
9. "No Longer There
   No Longer There
   "No Longer There" is the first single to be taken from The Cat Empire's fourth album, So Many Nights. The single peaked at #12 in the Australian singles chart...
   
   " - 3:51
   
10. "The Darkness" - 9:24
    
11. "Sunny Moon" - 6:26
    
12. "Sol y Sombra" - 7:52 - (iTunes
    ITunes
    iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
    
    exclusive track)
    

Live at the Bowl

A 2-disc DVD was also released the same time as Live on Earth entitled Live at the Bowl. The first disc contains footage of their entire concert at Sydney Myer Music Bowl. The second disc contains a 'backstage pass' with moments from their recent overseas tour captured on Ryan's camera. It also contains videos from their first concert as a six piece in 2001, 3 tracks from Triple J's AWOL in 2007 at Burnie, Tasmania, and 2 tracks from their performance with the Australian Youth Orchestra in 2008.

Tracklist

1. Sunny Moon
2. So Many Nights
3. Til the Ocean Takes Us All
4. The Rhythm
5. In My Pocket
6. Sly
7. No Longer There
8. Two Shoes
9. The Wine Song
10. Fishies
11. The Darkness
12. The Chariot