The Innocent Criminals

Ben Harper, The Innocent Criminals – Live From Mars (2001/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 02:17:44 minutes | 1,53 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Virgin

Seeing Ben live is an amazing experience, which for the first time has been captured in this double album set. This collection includes all of Ben’s greatest songs, along with his versions of such classics as Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love,” Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing,” plus many more.

Throughout the ’90s, Ben Harper’s blend of blues, funk, soul and folk quietly earned him a hardcore following of diehard fans over the span of four studio albums. For Live From Mars, Harper and his tight three-piece band the Innocent Criminals cull performances from a variety of concerts, featuring interesting arrangements and odd nuances applied to his best-known songs, along with an eclectic array of covers.
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Ben Harper, The Innocent Criminals – Lifeline (2007/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 41:18 minutes | 1,63 GB | Genre: Blues, Folk, Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Virgin Records

Recorded direct to analogue tape in one week at the end of a long world tour, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals’s top 10 release Lifeline was an effort to recreate the energy of their acclaimed live show. Many of these songs were written on the road and worked out in sound checks before being committed to tape in a Paris studio. The instrumental track Paris Sunrise #7 garnered a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
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Ben Harper, The Innocent Criminals – Call It What It Is (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 40:56 minutes | 451 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Stax

Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals will follow up their triumphant 2015 reunion tour with Call It What It Is, their first new studio album in nine years. The band also announced the initial leg of their forthcoming Call It What It Is World Tour, which kicks off April 2nd in New York, and will take the band around the world throughout much of 2016.
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Ben Harper, The Innocent Criminals – Burn To Shine (1999/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 55:09 minutes | 2,19 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Virgin Catalog (V81)

Burn to Shine is the fourth studio album by Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, released in 1999 on Virgin Records. This album shows Harper working within various genres, including blues, rock, soul, and folk.
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