Road Tested

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Road Tested
Bonnie Raitt - Road Tested.jpg
Live album by
ReleasedNovember 7, 1995
Venue Paramount Theatre (Oakland, California); Schnitzer Auditorium (Portland, Oregon)
Genre Rock
Length100:19
Label Capitol
Producer Bonnie Raitt, Don Was
Bonnie Raitt chronology
Longing in Their Hearts
(1994)
Road Tested
(1995)
Fundamental
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly B [2]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Robert Christgau A− [4]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Road Tested is a live album and first live album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 1995.

Contents

Track listing

CD One
  1. "Thing Called Love" (John Hiatt) – 4:48
  2. "Three Time Loser" (Don Covay, Ronald Dean Miller) – 3:39
  3. "Love Letter" (Bonnie Hayes) – 4:37
  4. "Never Make Your Move Too Soon" (Stix Hooper, Will Jennings) – 3:32
  5. "Something to Talk About" (Shirley Eikhard) – 3:43
  6. "Matters of the Heart" (Michael McDonald) – 4:58
  7. "Shake a Little" (Michael Ruff) – 4:38
  8. "Have a Heart" (Bonnie Hayes) – 5:45
  9. "Love Me Like a Man" (Chris Smither) – 5:11
  10. "The Kokomo Medley" (Mississippi Fred McDowell) – 4:59
  11. "Louise" (Paul Siebel) – 3:46
  12. "Dimming of the Day" (Richard Thompson) – 4:19
CD Two
  1. "Longing in Their Hearts" (Bonnie Raitt, Michael O'Keefe) – 5:02
  2. "Come to Me" (Raitt) – 5:02
  3. "Love Sneakin' Up On You" (Jimmy Scott, Tom Snow) – 3:52
  4. "Burning Down the House" (David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth) – 4:21
  5. "I Can't Make You Love Me" (Mike Reid, James Allen Shamblin) – 6:00
  6. "Feeling of Falling" (Raitt) – 6:45
  7. "I Believe I'm in Love with You" (Kim Wilson) (with Kim Wilson)– 5:24
  8. "Rock Steady" (Bryan Adams, Gretchen Peters) – 4:12
  9. "My Opening Farewell" (Jackson Browne) – 4:57
  10. "Angel from Montgomery" (John Prine) – 5:37

Personnel

Band

Guests

Production

Stage and Tour Crew

Charts

Album

Chart (1995–96)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 142
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts) [7] 62
Swiss Albums (Swiss Hitparade) [7] 40
US Billboard 200 44

Album (Year-end)

Chart (1996)Position
US Billboard 200 [8] 199

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [9] Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA) [10] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. Ruhlmann, William. Road Tested at AllMusic
  2. Entertainment Weekly review
  3. Album reviews at CD Universe
  4. Robert Christgau review
  5. Rolling Stone review
  6. "ARIA chart history 1988 to 2022, received from ARIA in 2022". ARIA. Retrieved 2 December 2023 via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
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  8. "Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
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  10. "American album certifications – Bonnie Raitt – Road Tested". Recording Industry Association of America. February 12, 1996.