Acoustic (Nouvelle Vague album)
{{Infobox album|
| name = Acoustic
| type = Live album
| artist = Nouvelle Vague
| cover = Acoustic (Nouvelle Vague album).jpg|border=yes
| alt =
| released = 2009
| recorded = Auditório Municipal Augusto Cabrita, Barreiro, Portugal, 5 February 2009
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
Bossa nova
Lounge
| length =
| label = New Sound Dimension under license from Peacefrog
| producer = Luis Carlos for New Sound Dimension
| prev_title = Bande à Part
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = 3
| next_year = 2009
}}
Acoustic is a live album by the French covers band Nouvelle Vague, recorded at a concert at the Auditório Municipal Augusto Cabrita in Barreiro, Portugal. All songs are acoustic versions of songs from the band's studio albums Nouvelle Vague, Bande à Part and 3, except for "Sweet Dreams" and "Relax" which do not appear on any of those albums.
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = PopMatters
| rev1Score = {{Rating|7|10}}{{cite news|last1=Fenwick|first1=Tom|title=Album review|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/162547-nouvelle-vague-acoustic/|accessdate=23 March 2016|work=PopMatters|date=4 September 2012}}
}}
PopMatters wrote that the album "succeeds where so many [live albums] have failed, by creating a loose and free-wheeling sound which should please listeners today, as much as it appears to have pleased the assembled crowd back in 2009."
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| extra_column = Original Artist
| title1 = The Killing Moon
| note1 = from Bande à Part
| extra1 = Echo & the Bunnymen
| length1 = 3:42
| title2 = A Forest
| note2 = from Nouvelle Vague
| extra2 = The Cure
| length2 = 2:35
| title3 = Ever Fallen In Love
| note3 = from Bande à Part
| extra3 = Buzzcocks
| length3 = 3:12
| title4 = Don't Go
| note4 = from Bande à Part
| extra4 = Yazoo
| length4 = 4:29
| title5 = Blue Monday
| note5 = from Bande à Part
| extra5 = New Order
| length5 = 2:10
| title6 = Human Fly
| note6 = from Bande à Part
| extra6 = The Cramps
| length6 = 4:07
| title7 = Guns of Brixton
| note7 = from Nouvelle Vague
| extra7 = The Clash
| length7 = 3:36
| title8 = Too Drunk to Fuck
| note8 = from Nouvelle Vague
| extra8 = Dead Kennedys
| length8 = 5:39
| title9 = God Save the Queen
| note9 = from 3
| extra9 = Sex Pistols
| length9 = 3:28
| title10 = Heart of Glass
| note10 = from Bande à Part
| extra10 = Blondie
| length10 = 5:27
| title11 = Sweet Dreams
| note11 =
| extra11 = Eurythmics
| length11 = 5:23
| title12 = Dance with Me
| note12 = from Bande à Part
| extra12 = The Lords of the New Church
| length12 = 3:38
| title13 = In a Manner of Speaking
| note13 = from Nouvelle Vague
| extra13 = Tuxedomoon
| length13 = 4:05
| title14 = Love Will Tear Us Apart
| note14 = from Nouvelle Vague
| extra14 = Joy Division
| length14 = 4:26
| title15 = Blister in the Sun
| note15 = from 3
| extra15 = Violent Femmes
| length15 = 4:16
| title16 = This Is Not a Love Song
| note16 = from Nouvelle Vague
| extra16 = Public Image Ltd.
| length16 = 3:14
| title17 = Just Can't Get Enough
| note17 = from Nouvelle Vague
| extra17 = Depeche Mode
| length17 = 3:30
| title18 = Relax
| note18 =
| extra18 = Frankie Goes to Hollywood
| length18 = 5:53
}}
References
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