Somewhere in the Stratosphere is a 2CD/2DVD package released by the American rock band Shinedown . It contains two full recordings of the "Live from Washington State" performance from the "Carnival of Madness" tour, and the Kansas City performance from the "Anything and Everything" Acoustic tour. The 2 DVDs contain the same tracks as the CDs. The album debuted at #83 on the U.S. Billboard 200 .[ 1] The album title is derived from a lyric in the song "Second Chance ".
Somewhere in the Stratosphere Released May 3, 2011 Recorded 2010, Washington State, Kansas City Genre Length 2 :35 :23 Label Atlantic
Disc 1: Live from Washington State (Electric Show)
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Title Writer(s) 1. "Intro (Scary Fairy)" Tom Jemmott, Brent Smith, Dave Bassett 1:02 2. "Sound of Madness " Brent Smith, Dave Bassett 3:56 3. "Devour " Brent Smith, Dave Bassett 3:56 4. "I Dare You " Brent Smith, Tony Battaglia, Brad Stewart 3:43 5. "Cyanide Sweet Tooth Suicide" Brent Smith, Dave Bassett 3:37 6. "If You Only Knew " Brent Smith, Dave Bassett 3:48 7. "Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom) " Brent Smith, Eric Bass, Zach Myers 5:41 8. "45 " Brent Smith, Tony Battaglia 5:17 9. "Burning Bright " Brent Smith, Tony Battaglia 3:53 10. "Heroes " Brent Smith, Tony Battaglia, Jasin Todd 3:30 11. "The Crow & the Butterfly " Brent Smith, Dave Bassett 4:16 12. "Her Name Is Alice" Brent Smith, Dave Bassett, Eric Bass 5:05 13. "Save Me " Brent Smith, Tony Battaglia 3:31 14. "Left Out" Brent Smith, Brad Stewart, Jasin Todd 5:54 15. "Simple Man " (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover) Gary Rossington , Ronnie Van Zant 7:35 16. "Fly from the Inside " Brent Smith, Bob Marlette 5:39 17. "Second Chance " Brent Smith, Dave Bassett 5:38 Total length: 1:16:04
Disc 2: Live from Kansas City (Acoustic Show)
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Title Writer(s) 1. "Heroes" Brent Smith, Tony Battaglia, Jasin Todd 8:08 2. "Save Me" Brent Smith, Tony Battaglia 3:40 3. "If You Only Knew" Brent Smith, Dave Bassett 3:55 4. "Sound of Madness" Brent Smith, Dave Bassett 4:35 5. "Shed Some Light" Brent Smith 4:41 6. "45" Brent Smith, Tony Battaglia 6:12 7. "I Dare You" Brent Smith, Tony Battaglia, Brad Stewart 4:30 8. "Times Like These " (Foo Fighters cover) Dave Grohl 4:07 9. "The Crow & the Butterfly" Brent Smith, Dave Bassett 4:36 10. "Burning Bright" Brent Smith, Tony Battaglia 3:56 11. "Devour" Brent Smith, Dave Bassett 3:53 12. "Call Me " Brent Smith, Dave Bassett 4:41 13. "Fly from the Inside" Brent Smith, Bob Marlette 5:36 14. "With a Little Help from My Friends " (The Beatles cover) Paul McCartney , John Lennon 5:29 15. "Simple Man " (Lynyrd Skynyrd Cover) Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant 6:14 16. "Second Chance" Brent Smith, Dave Bassett 5:06 Total length: 1:19:20
Brent Smith - lead vocals
Zach Myers - guitar, backing vocals
Eric Bass - bass guitar, piano, additional guitar, backing vocals
Barry Kerch - drums
Brandon "The Bear" Alanis - (drum tech) xylophone, vibes, percussion, shakers, lap steel guitar, backing vocals
Ryan (Zilla) Ashurst - (bass tech) bass guitar
Alan Price - second guitar, backing vocals
Also Will Hoge joins the band for the song "With a Little Help from My Friends", with a horn section. The horn section is not noted in the credits.