American Tune (album)

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American Tune
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Live album by
ReleasedAugust 12, 2003
Genre Adult Alternative
Length40:04
Label Blix Street
Producer Chris Biondo
Eva Cassidy chronology
Imagine
(2002)
American Tune
(2003)
Wonderful World
(2004)
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American Tune is an album of rehearsal tapes and live recordings by American singer Eva Cassidy, released in 2003, seven years after her death in 1996. It was her second album of mainly live material and her third posthumous album. American Tune spent five weeks on the U.S. Billboard Top 200, and was a UK number one album. [2] [3]

Contents

Reception

Writing for Sing Out! magazine, Jamie Anderson calls every song on the album "a gem...either remaining true to the original song or presenting the piece in a new way without syrupy trappings". [4]

Track listing

  1. "Drowning in the Sea of Love" [live] (Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff) – 4:19
  2. "True Colors" [live] (Thomas Kelly, Billy Steinberg) – 4:50
  3. "The Water Is Wide" [live] (Traditional) – 4:20
  4. "Hallelujah I Love Him So" (Ray Charles) – 2:33
  5. "God Bless the Child" [live] (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) – 5:17
  6. "Dark Eyed Molly" [live] (Archie Fisher) – 3:28
  7. "American Tune" [live] (Paul Simon) – 4:06
  8. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" [live] (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 2:23
  9. "Yesterday" (Lennon–McCartney) – 3:09
  10. "You Take My Breath Away" [live] (Claire Hamill) – 5:39

Personnel

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [18] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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