Road Tested

Road Tested is a live album and first live album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 1995.

This article is about the album by Bonnie Raitt. For the album by Hank Crawford and Jimmy McGriff, see Road Tested (Hank Crawford and Jimmy McGriff album).
Road Tested
Live album by
Bonnie Raitt
ReleasedNovember 7, 1995
RecordedJuly 11–19, 1995
Paramount Theatre (Oakland, California)
GenreRock
Length100:19
LabelCapitol
ProducerBonnie Raitt, Ed Cherney, Don Was
Bonnie Raitt chronology
Longing in Their Hearts
(1994)		 Road Tested
(1995)		 Fundamental
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Entertainment WeeklyB [2]
Q [3]
Robert ChristgauA− [4]
Rolling Stone [5]

Track listing
CD One
  1. "Thing Called Love" (John Hiatt) – 4:48
  2. "Three Time Loser" (Don Covay, Ronald Dean Miller) – 3:39
  3. "Love Letter" (Bonnie Hayes) – 4:37
  4. "Never Make Your Move Too Soon" (Stix Hooper, Will Jennings) – 3:32
  5. "Something to Talk About" (Shirley Eikhard) – 3:43
  6. "Matters of the Heart" (Michael McDonald) – 4:58
  7. "Shake a Little" (Michael Ruff) – 4:38
  8. "Have a Heart" (Bonnie Hayes) – 5:45
  9. "Love Me Like a Man" (Chris Smither) – 5:11
  10. "The Kokomo Medley" (Mississippi Fred McDowell) – 4:59
  11. "Louise" (Paul Siebel) – 3:46
  12. "Dimming of the Day" (Richard Thompson) – 4:19
CD Two
  1. "Longing in Their Hearts" (Jackson Browne, Michael O'Keefe) – 5:02
  2. "Come to Me" (Raitt) – 5:02
  3. "Love Sneakin' Up On You" (Jimmy Scott, Tom Snow) – 3:52
  4. "Burning Down the House" (David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth) – 4:21
  5. "I Can't Make You Love Me" (Mike Reid, James Allen Shamblin) – 6:00
  6. "Feeling of Falling" (Raitt) – 6:45
  7. "I Believe I'm in Love with You" (Kim Wilson) (with Kim Wilson)– 5:24
  8. "Rock Steady" (Bryan Adams, Gretchen Peters) – 4:12
  9. "My Opening Farewell" (Jackson Browne) – 4:57
  10. "Angel from Montgomery" (John Prine) – 5:37

Personnel
Band
Guests

Production
  • Producers: Bonnie Raitt, Ed Cherney, Don Was
  • Executive producer: Bill Neighbors
  • Engineers: Brant Biles, Ed Cherney
  • Recorded by: Remote Recording Services' Silver Truck, David Hewitt Chief Engineer
  • Assistant engineers: Tom Banghart, Steve Beatty, Phil Gitomer, Sean McClintock, Ronnie Rivera
  • Mixing: Brant Biles, Ed Cherney, Bob Clearmountain
  • Monitor engineer: Doug Gherna
  • Stage manager: Dan Cook
  • Drum technician: John Cregar
  • Guitar technician: John Gonzales
  • Keyboard technician: Terry Lawless
  • Technician: Roger Cabot
  • House sound: Paul Middleton
  • Lighting technician: Tom Thompson
  • Lighting technician: Mike Wheeler
  • Art direction: Norman Moore, Tommy Steele
  • Design: Jennifer George, Norman Moore
  • Cover photo: Lorraine Day
  • Artwork: Norman Moore
  • Photography: Lorraine Day, Ken Friedman

Charts

Album

Chart (1995–96) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[6] 62
Swiss Albums (Swiss Hitparade)[6] 40
US Billboard 200 44

Album (Year-end)

Chart (1996) Position
US Billboard 200[7] 199

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1995 "Rock Steady" Adult Contemporary 30
1995 "Rock Steady" The Billboard Hot 100 73
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References
  1. Ruhlmann, William. Road Tested at AllMusic
  2. Entertainment Weekly review
  3. Album reviews at CD Universe
  4. Robert Christgau review
  5. Rolling Stone review
  6. "Bonnie Raitt – Road Tested" (in German). Swiss Charts Portal. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  7. "Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
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