Leave the Light On (Beth Hart album)

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Leave the Light On
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 21, 2003
Genre Rock
Length42:25
Label Warner Bros., Koch
Producer Beth Hart
Beth Hart chronology
Screamin' for My Supper
(1999)
Leave the Light On
(2003)
Live at Paradiso
(2005)
Singles from Leave the Light On
  1. ""Leave the Light On""
    Released: March 1, 2004
  2. ""World Without You""
    Released: March 14, 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
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PopMatters (not rated) [2]

Leave the Light On is an album by Beth Hart. Several versions of this album exist, ranging from the very original release in New Zealand in the spring of 2003 (on Warner Music NZ), the standard international version released worldwide later in the fall of 2003 (on Koch Records), then several specialized reissues in various European markets over the following few years. The German release (on Universal Music GmbH) contains entirely new recordings of three previously released songs, as well as three newer songs that would later be re-recorded for her next studio album 37 Days .

Contents

Track listings

Standard International Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lifts You Up"Beth Hart, Greg Sutton, Bob Thiele 3:37
2."Leave the Light On"Beth Hart, Oliver Leiber4:02
3."Bottle of Jesus"Beth Hart, Glen Burtnick 3:13
4."Wild Horses" (The Rolling Stones' cover) Mick Jagger, Keith Richards 4:11
5."World Without You"Oliver Leiber, John Shanks 4:07
6."Lay Your Hands on Me"Beth Hart, Jon Nichols4:11
7."Monkey Back"Beth Hart, Jon Nichols3:17
8."Broken and Ugly"Beth Hart3:22
9."If God Only Knew"Beth Hart, Greg Sutton, Kevin Savigar 3:43
10."Lifetime"Beth Hart4:07
11."Sky Full of Clover"Beth Hart4:02
12."I'll Stay With You"Beth Hart3:20
New Zealand Version
No.TitleLength
1."Lifts You Up"3:37
2."Is That Too Much to Ask"3:16
3."Leave the Light On"4:02
4."Bottle of Jesus"3:13
5."Lifetime"4:10
6."If God Only Knew"4:45
7."Sky Full of Clover"4:02
8."And So We Are"4:02
9."Broken and Ugly"3:22
10."I'll Stay With You"3:20
11."L.A. Song" (New Recording)4:06
Danish Special Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Learning to Live"Beth Hart, Rune Westberg 4:14
2."Lifts You Up" 3:38
3."World Without You" 4:08
4."Leave the Light On" 4:03
5."Bottle of Jesus" 3:18
6."Say Something"Hart, Westberg3:13
7."Lay Your Hands on Me" 4:12
8."Monkey Back" 3:19
9."If God Only Knew" 3:45
10."Crazy Kind of Day"Hart, Westberg4:08
11."Hiding Under Water"Hart, Westberg4:15
12."Wild Horses" 4:02
13."Broken and Ugly" 3:23
14."Lifetime" 4:08
15."Sky Full of Clover" 4:02
Dutch Special Edition Disc 1
No.TitleLength
1."Hiding Under Water"4:27
2."Say Something"3:12
3."Crazy Kind of Day"4:08
4."I Don't Want to Be" (Featuring Barry Hay)3:57
5."Learning to Live"4:13
6."Lifts You Up"3:38
7."Leave the Light On"4:02
8."Bottle of Jesus"3:18
9."World Without You"4:11
10."Lay Your Hands on Me"4:12
11."Broken and Ugly"3:23
12."Lifetime"4:10
13."If God Only Knew"3:45
14."Monkey Back"3:20
15."Sky Full Of Clover"4:02
16."I'll Stay With You"4:24
Dutch Special Edition Disc 2
No.TitleLength
1."Hiding Under Water" (Live Recording Paradiso)4:37
2."Broken & Ugly" (Live Recording Paradiso)4:39
3."Leave the Light On" (Live Recording Paradiso)4:32
4."Get Your Shit Together" (Live Recording Paradiso)5:42
5."L.A. Song" (Home Recording)3:55
German Edition
No.TitleLength
1."Lifts You Up"3:38
2."Leave the Light On" (New Version)4:43
3."Bottle of Jesus"3:16
4."World Without You" (New Version)4:24
5."Learning to Live" (New Version)3:49
6."Easy"5:11
7."Over You"4:23
8."Missing You"4:48
9."Lay Your Hands on Me"4:11
10."Broken & Ugly"3:22
11."Lifetime"4:07
12."Monkey Back"3:17
13."Sky Full of Clover"4:02

Personnel

Musicians
Production

Charts

Chart (2003) [3] Peak
position
Denmark Albums Chart5
Netherlands Albums Top 100 17
New Zealand Album Charts21
Norwegian Album Charts23

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [4] 2× Platinum80,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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