Release date
August 22 2014
Highest chart position
#47 Billboard US Indie
Track listing
- Entrance
- Song E (Hymn in E)
- Preacher in the Ring Part One > Variation II > Catenaires
- Life in the Psychotropics
- Schoenberg Piano Concerto
- Might As Well Be Me
- Continents Drift
- The Valley Road
- Catenaires
- Where No One’s Mad
- Where’s the Bat
- Sticks and Stones
- Invisible
- Gavotte and Variations
- Paperboy
- 20/20 Vision > Night on the Town
- Arc de Terre
- La Grive Musicienne > Camp Meeting
- Mandolin Rain
- Etude #5
- Here We Are Again
Personnel
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%
Might As Well Be Me - 74%
Continents Drift - 86.6%
Valley Road - 82.6%
Catenaires - 74.6%
Where No-One's Mad - 80%
Where's the Bat - 74%
Sticks and Stones - 78.6%
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%
Here We Are Again - 80.6%
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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