Acoustic
Studio album by
Everything but the Girl
Released2 June 1992
RecordedNovember 1991-March 1992
GenreSophisti pop
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]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[3]

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,[4][5][6] 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

Covers EP (UK 1992)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love Is Strange"Ethel Smith, Sylvia Robinson, Mickey Baker3:20
2."Tougher Than the Rest"Bruce Springsteen4:14
3."Time After Time"Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman4:29
4."Alison"Elvis Costello3:04
Total length:16:07
Acoustic (US 1992)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love Is Strange"Ethel Smith, Sylvia Robinson, Mickey Baker3:20
2."Tougher Than the Rest"Bruce Springsteen4:14
3."Time After Time"Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman4:29
4."Alison"Elvis Costello3:04
5."Downtown Train"Tom Waits3:08
6."Driving" (Acoustic)Ben Watt2:25
7."One Place" (Acoustic)Tracey Thorn4:50
8."Apron Strings" (Live)Thorn, Watt2:54
9."Me and Bobby D" (Acoustic)Thorn, Watt4:23
10."Come on Home" (Acoustic)Thorn, Watt4:12
11."Fascination" (Live)Thorn4:17
Total length:41:20

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 and the Acoustic EPs (2012 reissue CD2)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love Is Strange"Ethel Smith, Sylvia Robinson, Mickey Baker3:23
2."Tougher Than The Rest"Bruce Springsteen4:13
3."Time After Time"Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman4:27
4."Allison"Elvis Costello3:06
5."The Only Living Boy in New York"Paul Simon4:13
6."Gabriel"
  • Thorn
  • Watt
2:32
7."Birds"Neil Young2:23
8."Horses in the Room"Watt2:59
9."I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love"
  • Thorn
  • Watt
4:19
10."My Head is My Only House Unless It Rains"Don Van Vliet2:58
11."Political Science"Randy Newman2:15
12."A Piece of my Mind"Thorn3:30
13."I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love" (Home demo)
  • Thorn
  • Watt
3:43
14."Thirteen" (Unreleased studio demo)
2:41
15."Kotton Krown" (Live in Toronto, Bathurst Street Theater, 1994)
2:33
16."Talk to Me Like the Sea" (Live in Toronto, Bathurst Street Theater, 1994)Watt4:09
17."Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" (Live in Queen's Theatre, London, 1992)
3:49
18."Let It Be Me" (Live in Hammersmith Odeon, 1990)
2:42
19."Apron Strings" (Live in Minneapolis & St Paul World Theatre, 1990)
  • Thorn
  • Watt
2:49
20."Back to the Old House" (Live in Hammersmith Odeon, 1990)
3:49
21."Fascination" (Live in Manchester)Thorn4:10
Total length:1:09:50

Personnel

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References

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Acoustic – Everything But the Girl". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  2. ^ Sarig, Roni (2004). "Everything but the Girl". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 288–289. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  3. ^ Crist, Renée (1995). "Everything but the Girl". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 136–137. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  4. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 75 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  5. ^ "About". Everything But The Girl.
  6. ^ "BBC Radio 2 - Pick of the Pops, 1992".


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