Solo Concerts

Release date

August 22 2014

Highest chart position

#47 Billboard US Indie

Bruce Hornsby Solo Concerts CD cover
Bruce Hornsby Solo Concerts, 2014

Track listing

  1. Entrance
  2. Song E (Hymn in E)
  3. Preacher in the Ring Part One > Variation II > Catenaires
  4. Life in the Psychotropics
  5. Schoenberg Piano Concerto
  6. Might As Well Be Me
  7. Continents Drift
  8. The Valley Road
  9. Catenaires
  10. Where No One’s Mad
  11. Where’s the Bat
  12. Sticks and Stones
  13. Invisible
  14. Gavotte and Variations
  15. Paperboy
  16. 20/20 Vision > Night on the Town
  17. Arc de Terre
  18. La Grive Musicienne > Camp Meeting
  19. Mandolin Rain
  20. Etude #5
  21. Here We Are Again

Personnel

Bruce Hornsby (piano, vocals)

Audio clips

Before we get to those scores a reminder of how each track sounds, with a brief clip of each:

Fan reaction

I don’t think we’re going to top 98.6% for “musicality” on this release!

Bruce Hornsby Solo Concerts - the breakdown

Song E (Hymn in Eb) - 84.6%
Preacher in the Ring 1 > Variation II - 74.6%
Piano Concerto (Schoenberg) - 74.6%
Valley Road - 82.6%
Catenaires - 74.6%
Where No-One's Mad - 80%
Invisible - 81.3%
Gavotte (Schoenberg) - 75.3%
Paperboy - 70%
20/20 Vision > Night on the Town - 85.3%
Arc de Terre - 77.5%
La Grive Musicienne (Messiaen) - 78.5%
Mandolin Rain > Black Muddy River - 85.3%
Etude 5 (Ligeti) - 74.6%
SHELF LIFE/LONGEVITY - 86%
LYRICS - 91.9%
ARTWORK/LINER NOTES - 71.3%
MUSICALITY - 98.6%
PRODUCTION - 91.9%

80%

First solo release

Bruce Hornsby Solo Concerts reviews

All Music – “This, almost more than his live records with the Noise Makers, illustrates his full range and idiosyncratic appeal”:

Something Else! – “endlessly intriguing individual journeys”

Blinded by Sound – Pick of the week

Daily Press – “not only accessible, but downright fun”

See also our closer look at Bruce Hornsby Solo Concerts.

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