Acoustic (Everything but the Girl album)

Acoustic is the seventh album by Everything but the Girl, released on 2 June 1992. The albums Worldwide (1991) and Acoustic were reissued together by Edsel Records as a 2-disc set in 2012.

Acoustic
Studio album by
Everything but the Girl
Released2 June 1992
GenrePop
Length40:55
LabelBlanco y Negro
ProducerEverything but the Girl
Everything but the Girl chronology
Worldwide
(1991)		 Acoustic
(1992)		 Essence & Rare 82–92
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

Track listing
  1. "Love Is Strange" (Ethel Smith, Sylvia Robinson, Mickey Baker)
  2. "Tougher Than the Rest" (Bruce Springsteen)
  3. "Time After Time" (Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman)
  4. "Alison" (Elvis Costello)
  5. "Downtown Train" (Tom Waits)
  6. "Driving" (Ben Watt)
  7. "One Place" (Tracey Thorn)
  8. "Apron Strings" (Live) (Thorn, Watt)
  9. "Me and Bobby D" (Thorn, Watt)
  10. "Come on Home" (Thorn, Watt)
  11. "Fascination" (Live) (Thorn)

Some digital downloads of the album – including those sold by Amazon and iTunes – have the fully orchestrated version of "Come on Home" (3:22) from Baby, the Stars Shine Bright rather than the pared back version from Acoustic. The error appears to be the recording company's.

Worldwide/Acoustic 2012 Edsel Records track listing

Disc: 1

  1. "Old Friends"
  2. "Understanding"
  3. "You Lift Me Up"
  4. "Talk To Me Like The Sea"
  5. "British Summertime"
  6. "Twin Cities"
  7. "Frozen River"
  8. "One Place"
  9. "Politics Aside"
  10. "Boxing And Pop Music"
  11. "Feel Alright"
  12. "Twin Cities" [Wildwood Remix]
  13. "Twin Cities" [The Green Plains A Cappella Mix]
  14. "Politics Aside" [instrumental]
  15. "British Summertime" [home demo]
  16. "Frozen River" [home demo]
  17. "Understanding" [home demo]

Disc: 2

  1. "Love Is Strange"
  2. "Tougher Than The Rest"
  3. "Time After Time"
  4. "Alison"
  5. "The Only Living Boy In New York"
  6. "Gabriel"
  7. "Birds"
  8. "Horses In The Room"
  9. "Didn’t Know I Was Looking For Love"
  10. "My Head Is My Only House"
  11. "Unless It Rains"
  12. "Political Science"
  13. "A Piece Of My Mind"
  14. "I Didn’t Know I Was Looking For Love" [home demo]
  15. "Thirteen" [home demo]
  16. "Kotton Krown" [Toronto, Bathurst Street Theater, 1994]
  17. "Talk To Me Like The Sea" [Toronto, Bathurst Street Theatre, 1994]
  18. "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" [Queen's Theatre, London, 1992]
  19. "Let It Be Me" [Hammersmith Odeon, 1990]
  20. "Apron Strings" [Minneapolis & St Paul World Theatre, 1990]
  21. "Back To The Old House" [Hammersmith Odeon, 1990]
  22. "Fascination" [live in Manchester]

Personnel
Everything but the Girl

with:

  • Damon Butcher – keyboards
  • Dick Oatts – soprano saxophone
  • Martin Ditcham – percussion
  • Steve Pearce – bass
Technical
  • Jerry Boys, Tony Harris – engineer
  • Richard Haughton – photography

References
  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r53492


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