Acoustic (Everything but the Girl album)

1992 studio album by Everything but the Girl

Acoustic

Studio album by Everything but the Girl

Released

2 June 1992

Recorded

November 1991–March 1992

Genre

Sophisti pop

Length

40:55

Label

Blanco y Negro

Producer

Everything but the Girl

Everything but the Girl chronology

Worldwide
(1991)

Acoustic
(1992)

Essence & Rare 82–92
(1992)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Spin Alternative Record Guide	8/10

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, 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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Is Strange"	Ethel Smith, Sylvia Robinson, Mickey Baker	3:20
2.	"Tougher Than the Rest"	Bruce Springsteen	4:14
3.	"Time After Time"	Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman	4:29
4.	"Alison"	Elvis Costello	3:04
Total length:			16:07

*Acoustic* (US 1992)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Is Strange"	Ethel Smith, Sylvia Robinson, Mickey Baker	3:20
2.	"Tougher Than the Rest"	Bruce Springsteen	4:14
3.	"Time After Time"	Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman	4:29
4.	"Alison"	Elvis Costello	3:04
5.	"Downtown Train"	Tom Waits	3:08
6.	"Driving" (Acoustic)	Ben Watt	2:25
7.	"One Place" (Acoustic)	Tracey Thorn	4:50
8.	"Apron Strings" (Live)	Thorn, Watt	2:54
9.	"Me and Bobby D" (Acoustic)	Thorn, Watt	4:23
10.	"Come on Home" (Acoustic)	Thorn, Watt	4:12
11.	"Fascination" (Live)	Thorn	4:17
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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Is Strange"	Ethel Smith, Sylvia Robinson, Mickey Baker	3:23
2.	"Tougher Than The Rest"	Bruce Springsteen	4:13
3.	"Time After Time"	Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman	4:27
4.	"Allison"	Elvis Costello	3:06
5.	"The Only Living Boy in New York"	Paul Simon	4:13
6.	"Gabriel"	Thorn Watt	2:32
7.	"Birds"	Neil Young	2:23
8.	"Horses in the Room"	Watt	2:59
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 Vliet	2:58
11.	"Political Science"	Randy Newman	2:15
12.	"A Piece of my Mind"	Thorn	3:30
13.	"I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love" (Home demo)	Thorn Watt	3:43
14.	"Thirteen" (Unreleased studio demo)	Alex Chilton Chris Bell	2:41
15.	"Kotton Krown" (Live in Toronto, Bathurst Street Theater, 1994)	Kim Gordon Lee Ranaldo Steve Shelley Thurston Moore	2:33
16.	"Talk to Me Like the Sea" (Live in Toronto, Bathurst Street Theater, 1994)	Watt	4:09
17.	"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" (Live in Queen's Theatre, London, 1992)	Gerry Goffin Carole King	3:49
18.	"Let It Be Me" (Live in Hammersmith Odeon, 1990)	Gilbert Bécaud, Manny Curtis, Pierre Delanoë	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)	Johnny Marr Morrissey	3:49
21.	"Fascination" (Live in Manchester)	Thorn	4:10
Total length:			1:09:50

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

Ruhlmann, William. "Acoustic – Everything But the Girl". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
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.
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.
"Official Singles Chart Top 75 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
"About". Everything But The Girl.
"BBC Radio 2 - Pick of the Pops, 1992".

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Studio albums	Eden Everything but the Girl Love Not Money Baby, the Stars Shine Bright Idlewild The Language of Life Worldwide Acoustic Amplified Heart Walking Wounded Temperamental Fuse
Compilation albums	Essence & Rare 82–92 Home Movies The Best of Everything but the Girl Like the Deserts Miss the Rain Adapt or Die: Ten Years of Remixes
Singles	"Night and Day" "Each and Every One" "I Don't Want to Talk About It" "Missing" "Walking Wounded" "Wrong" "Tracey in My Room" "Corcovado"
Other songs	"I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love"
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