Acoustic (Everything but the Girl album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Acoustic

| type = album

| artist = Everything but the Girl

| cover = Acoustic (Everything but the Girl album).jpg

| alt =

| released = 2 June 1992

| recorded = November 1991 – March 1992

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Sophisti pop

| length = 40:55

| label = Blanco y Negro

| producer = Everything but the Girl

| prev_title = Worldwide

| prev_year = 1991

| next_title = Essence & Rare 82–92

| next_year = 1992

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/acoustic-mw0000076059 |title=Acoustic – Everything But the Girl |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=27 January 2023 |last=Ruhlmann |first=William}}

| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book |chapter=Everything but the Girl |last=Sarig |first=Roni |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/288 288–289]}}

| rev3 = Spin Alternative Record Guide

| rev3score = 8/10{{cite book |chapter=Everything but the Girl |last=Crist |first=Renée |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide |editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor1-link=Eric Weisbard |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |publisher=Vintage Books |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-75574-8 |pages=136–137}}

}}

Acoustic is an album by Everything but the Girl, released in North America on 2 June 1992. It consists of Everything but the Girl's covers of six songs by other artists as well as two live recordings and four re-recordings of songs from the duo's repertoire. In the United Kingdom, the duo had released the Covers EP for Blanco y Negro, which had peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles chart dated 7 March 1992,{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19920301/7501/|title=Official Singles Chart Top 75 | Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://ebtg.com/about/|title=About|website=Everything But The Girl}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000sy6r|title = BBC Radio 2 - Pick of the Pops, 1992}} with this release expanded into a full album for its release abroad.

The albums Worldwide (1991) and Acoustic were reissued together by Edsel Records as a 2-disc set in 2012. This release also included the 1992 EP "The Only Living Boy in New York" and 1993's "I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love".

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Covers EP (UK 1992)

| total_length = 16:07

| title1 = Love Is Strange

| length1 = 3:20

| writer1 = Ethel Smith, Sylvia Robinson, Mickey Baker

| title2 = Tougher Than the Rest

| length2 = 4:14

| writer2 = Bruce Springsteen

| title3 = Time After Time

| length3 = 4:29

| writer3 = Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman

| title4 = Alison

| length4 = 3:04

| writer4 = Elvis Costello

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Acoustic (US 1992)

| total_length = 41:20

| title1 = Love Is Strange

| length1 = 3:20

| writer1 = Ethel Smith, Sylvia Robinson, Mickey Baker

| title2 = Tougher Than the Rest

| length2 = 4:14

| writer2 = Bruce Springsteen

| title3 = Time After Time

| length3 = 4:29

| writer3 = Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman

| title4 = Alison

| length4 = 3:04

| writer4 = Elvis Costello

| title5 = Downtown Train

| length5 = 3:08

| writer5 = Tom Waits

| title6 = Driving

| note6 = Acoustic

| length6 = 2:25

| writer6 = Ben Watt

| title7 = One Place

| note7 = Acoustic

| length7 = 4:50

| writer7 = Tracey Thorn

| title8 = Apron Strings

| note8 = Live

| length8 = 2:54

| writer8 = Thorn, Watt

| title9 = Me and Bobby D

| note9 = Acoustic

| length9 = 4:23

| writer9 = Thorn, Watt

| title10 = Come on Home

| note10 = Acoustic

| length10 = 4:12

| writer10 = Thorn, Watt

| title11 = Fascination

| note11 = Live

| length11 = 4:17

| writer11 = 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.

{{tracklist

| headline = Worldwide and the Acoustic EPs (2012 reissue CD2)

| total_length = 1:09:50

| title1 = Love Is Strange

| length1 = 3:23

| writer1 = Ethel Smith, Sylvia Robinson, Mickey Baker

| title2 = Tougher Than The Rest

| length2 = 4:13

| writer2 = Bruce Springsteen

| title3 = Time After Time

| length3 = 4:27

| writer3 = Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman

| title4 = Allison

| length4 = 3:06

| writer4 = Elvis Costello

| title5 = The Only Living Boy in New York

| length5 = 4:13

| writer5 = Paul Simon

| title6 = Gabriel

| length6 = 2:32

| writer6 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}

| title7 = Birds

| length7 = 2:23

| writer7 = Neil Young

| title8 = Horses in the Room

| length8 = 2:59

| writer8 = Watt

| title9 = I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love

| length9 = 4:19

| writer9 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}

| title10 = My Head is My Only House Unless It Rains

| length10 = 2:58

| writer10 = Don Van Vliet

| title11 = Political Science

| length11 = 2:15

| writer11 = Randy Newman

| title12 = A Piece of my Mind

| length12 = 3:30

| writer12 = Thorn

| title13 = I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love

| note13 = Home demo

| length13 = 3:43

| writer13 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}

| title14 = Thirteen

| note14 = Unreleased studio demo

| length14 = 2:41

| writer14 = {{hlist|Alex Chilton|Chris Bell}}

| title15 = Kotton Krown

| note15 = Live in Toronto, Bathurst Street Theater, 1994

| length15 = 2:33

| writer15 = {{hlist|Kim Gordon|Lee Ranaldo|Steve Shelley|Thurston Moore}}

| title16 = Talk to Me Like the Sea

| note16 = Live in Toronto, Bathurst Street Theater, 1994

| length16 = 4:09

| writer16 = Watt

| title17 = Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?

| note17 = Live in Queen's Theatre, London, 1992

| length17 = 3:49

| writer17 = {{hlist|Gerry Goffin|Carole King}}

| title18 = Let It Be Me

| note18 = Live in Hammersmith Odeon, 1990

| length18 = 2:42

| writer18 = {{hlist|Gilbert Bécaud, Manny Curtis, Pierre Delanoë}}

| title19 = Apron Strings

| note19 = Live in Minneapolis & St Paul World Theatre, 1990

| length19 = 2:49

| writer19 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}

| title20 = Back to the Old House

| note20 = Live in Hammersmith Odeon, 1990

| length20 = 3:49

| writer20 = {{hlist|Johnny Marr|Morrissey}}

| title21 = Fascination

| note21 = Live in Manchester

| length21 = 4:10

| writer21 = Thorn

}}

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

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Category:Everything but the Girl albums

Category:1992 albums

Category:Blanco y Negro Records albums

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