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List Price: $21.94 | | Label: Shout Factory
Salesrank: 37362
Released: November 6, 2007 |
| Our Price: $4.72 |
| Used Price: $3.99 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Editorial Review:
Barenaked Ladies cross the border to for their first-ever live DVD, Talk to the Hand: Live in Michigan. This special edition contains the full concert on both CD and DVD, and features classics such as "One Week," "Pinch Me" and "If I Had $1000000," as well as hits from the recent releases Barenaked Ladies Are Me and Barenaked Ladies Are Men. DVD is formatted to 16:9 and featurs a DTS 5.1 audio mix, and is loaded with interviews and other special features, including a sound check performance of "Angry People."
In keeping with the band's values, the packaging is 100% recyclable and made from 80% postconsumer content.
Talk to the Hand: Live in Michigan Reviews:
Next best thing to going to a BNL concert 
2009-12-14 - Seeing as this includes both the CD and DVD version of a full Barenaked Ladies concert (minus the encore), this is the closest one can get to a concert without going there. I think it's great having the CD for listening to in the car and while at work, plus the DVD to watch the concert. For those who haven't been to a BNL concert, they put on a pretty good show full of energy. Recently I played the DVD for someone who's never been to one of their concerts and he enjoyed it very much.
Yes, since BNL started releasing live CDs and official bootlegs from most of their shows there is no lack of live CDs; however, I'm unaware of many DVDs. Especially with the departure of Steven Page from the group, I'm happy to have this concert footage to watch. It captures the experience, including Steven and Ed running and jumping around the stage, some funny improv, and the group's antics and freeze-frame pose after "Angry People". If you look closely, you can even see some macaroni thrown onto the stage during "If I Had $1000000", just like fans used to do more often before the band tried putting a stop to the tradition (I imagine it would get annoying). The set list includes a decent mix of classics such as "Old Apartment", "One Week", and "Brian Wilson" along with some of the better recent tracks such as "Adrift" and "Bank Job". The group goes acoustic to perform "For You" and "Be My Yoko Ono", coming out center stage for the latter.
All in all, I'm rather satisfied with the package. I have a few minor gripes... It would've been nice to see and hear the encore(s) as well; BNL have often done multiple encores but none are included here. It's also likely the band had more banter in-between songs than what's included here; one of the most entertaining things about their concerts is the little improvs they do. I like the set list for the most part, with the exception of "Powder Blue" - personally I think it's a weak song and can see why it was relegated to being a b-side. It could've been better replaced by a similarly styled song like "Break Your Heart", "Call and Answer" or "War on Drugs". Lastly, while most of the editing was spot-on, getting good close-ups of each band member as well as wide shots, for some reason they cut away during "Brian Wilson" right when Steven and Ed do their little simultaneous jump.
These criticisms are admittedly minor, so I would definitely recommend this CD/DVD package to anyone looking to experience BNL live. For those who already have enough of their live material on CD this might not present anything new for music, but the DVD included is great to have. And for roughly just $5 more than the price of the DVD packaged by itself, you get the CD of the same concert to enjoy when you feel like just listening.
Bought for the CD not te DVD 
2008-10-01 - I bought Talk to the Hand for the cd, the DVD was just an added surprise that I really did not want or need. I really like Bare Naked Ladies and have bought all of their previous albums. They are a fun band that lately seem to be taking themselves more serious and their music reflects this. I was disappointed in this cd and felt that it paled in comparison to Rock Spectacle which is the first album by BNL that I had ever heard. It seems that a spark has been lost and just to make sure I listened to Rock Spectacle back to back with Talk to the Hand. I feel that Rock Spectacle was hands down the better of the two.
As far as track listings go Talk to the Hand does have several of the major hits and alot of new songs. I just wish maybe they added a few of the older better known fan favorite songs and a few less of the newer stuff. All in all for a BNL fan this is a must have. However I would suggest to a casual fan that they should first buy Rock Spectacle.
Barenaked Ladies Talk to the Hand
2008-09-30 - I was really excited since it was recorded in Michigan, but overall that was kind of irrelevant. Still displays all of their classic songs.
Disappointing 
2008-01-13 - This concert is very disappointing -- I have never heard BNL's concerts, never been to one, but it is sad to hear Ed Robertson singing flat through half of the songs...kinds of ruins their great songs! I'll stick with the CD studio recordings!!
BNL Live
2008-01-07 - I am a huge fan of the BNL, but I was a little disappointed with the live version of this CD. I havent' watched the DVD yet, but I'm sure it will be great.
