"Not for its slightly gauche show band, or even for its concentrated song selection and bonus covers. Robert Christgau deemed the record Blige's "de facto best-of" in The Village Voice he explained in 2003 why it remained his favorite album of hers: Entertainment Weekly critic Matt Diehl said while the arrangements were occasionally overwrought, Blige compensated with passionate vocals and impressive covers of classic soul songs, "blending motifs into each other like an expert DJ". In a contemporary review for Rolling Stone, Jancee Dunn wrote that The Tour "deftly captures the energy and exuberance" of Blige's live shows while calling the singer "a commanding, self-assured performer" who "plays her audience like a damn fiddle".
The album was recorded from two shows in Los Angeles at the Universal Amphitheater during her Share My World Tour in 1997-1998 in the U.S. The Tour is a live recording album by American R&B singer Mary J.
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