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
- Tracey Thorn – vocals
- Ben Watt – guitar, piano, vocals
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
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