So first I must admit that I have this album purchased separately, but have downloaded from Amazon. It is their best known songs (like Skater boy, My Happy Ending, Nobody's Home, etc.) that are presented as a live acoustic versions. The live versions I find very nice and cool times their songs heard in a different version. It was really good for my MP3 player to listen not always the same songs. The remix of Hot is very good, the rest you can not really call the remix, so I find the name of Essential Mixes not necessarily fit. The name Avril Lavigne Live Acoustic would probably fit. Is a pity that no longer live songs are on it, but overall quite nice a couple of acoustic songs to have at least live by it. Overall, I think it is ok, hope they would all their albums again put out a live CD, a pity that some fans do not know as live recordings appreciate.