AMG Review of Live: The Beautiful Soul Tour

Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All Music Guide

Released at the end of 2005, Live: The Beautiful Soul Tour is the second release following in the wake of Jesse McCartney's 2004 debut, Beautiful Soul, arriving just a few months after the DVD =Up Close, which contained a mix of music videos and live-in-the-studio performances, but no live concert material. Live draws very heavily from his debut -- ten of Beautiful Soul's 12 songs are here, with the other two songs being versions of "Good Life," which originally appeared on the soundtrack to the Disney Channel movie #Stuck in the Suburbs, and "Best Day of My Life," which appeared on the soundtrack to the 2004 Hilary Duff film #A Cinderella Story. The results are professional and practiced, and will tide some tweeners over until the next proper album.