Where the Other Wild Things Are: Live in Minneapolis

Personnel: Steve Vai (vocals, guitar); Dave Weiner (guitar, sitar); Ann Marie Calhoun, Alex DePue (violin, keyboards); Jeremy Colson (drums).
Audio Mixers: Greg Wurth; Steve Vai.
Recording information: State Theatre, Minneapolis, MN.
Editor: Greg Wurth.
Photographer: Michael Mesker.
As the title makes plain, Where the Other Wild Things Are rounds up the performances from the 2009 Where the Wild Things Are DVD that didn't make the accompanying CD of the same name -- a whopping 12 tracks, all also recorded with a stellar lineup of Bryan Beller, Jeremy Colson, Dave Weiner, Ann Marie Calhoun, and Alex DePue at the State Theatre in Minneapolis. It is quite shamelessly more of the same, but that's not a bad thing since this is all of a very high quality, capturing Vai at something of a dense, thoughtful peak. Sure, it might have been nice to have this all initially come out as a double-disc set, but failing that, it's good to have all this material available on CD. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine