AMG Review of Rarities Edition: The Better Life

Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All Music Guide

The Rarities Edition of 3 Doors Down’s 2000 debut spins off the bonus disc from Universal’s 2007 Deluxe Edition, which means that this Rarities Edition winds up as merely a live album capturing a performance the band gave at Houston’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. This concert was given not on the Better Life tour but the Away from the Sun supporting jaunt, so it combines highlights from 3 Doors Down's first two albums, a tactic that does make it a more interesting listen than if it just contained cuts from the first album.