Live Acoustic America

Live Acoustic America
Live album by
Released1996
RecordedApril 28, 1992; Mixed in September 1994
Venue
  • Variety Arts Theater (Los Angeles, California, USA)
Genre
Length71:18
LabelPlump Records
ProducerHoward Jones
Howard Jones chronology
Working in the Backroom
(1994)
Live Acoustic America
(1996)
Angels & Lovers
(1997)

Live Acoustic America is an acoustic live album by Howard Jones, released in 1996. It was recorded in 1992 in Los Angeles to a sell-out crowd as part of his acoustic tour which travelled the world, with Jones playing venues in Europe, the USA and Jamaica. The tour accompanied the release of the piano-based album In the Running and featured pared-back versions of his hits, album tracks, and the Beatles cover "Come Together". It features Carol Steele on percussion.

Track listing

  1. "Intro/Pearl in the Shell" - 3:44
  2. "Don't Always Look At The Rain" - 2:56
  3. "Fallin' Away" - 4:25
  4. "Exodus/Come Together" - 5:29
  5. "You Know I Love You... Don't You?" - 2:59
  6. "Out Of Thin Air" - 3:00
  7. "One Last Try" - 3:55
  8. "Like to Get to Know You Well" - 4:42
  9. "City Song" - 5:02
  10. "Lift Me Up" - 3:35
  11. "Tape To Tape Rag" - 1:19
  12. "Everlasting Love" - 5:56
  13. "Life in One Day" - 6:18
  14. "Things Can Only Get Better" - 5:01
  15. "What Is Love?" - 4:17
  16. "New Song" - 3:24
  17. "No One Is to Blame" - 5:07

Credits

  • Howard Jones – vocals, grand piano
  • Carol Steele – percussion, backing vocals (5, 9)
  • Harry Andronis – recording
  • Steve Venezia – recording, sound engineer
  • Stephen W. Tayler – mixing at The Shed (Maidenhead, UK)
  • Paul Ridout – art direction, design
  • Simon Fowler – black & white photography
  • Berny Gilson – color photography
  • D.J. Howie – tour manager
  • David Stopps – management
  • Jeanette Humphreys – management

References

  • "Howard Jones: Live Acoustic America (review and tracklist)". allmusic. Retrieved 17 October 2010.