Sublime Acoustic: Bradley Nowell & Friends

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Sublime Acoustic: Bradley Nowell & Friends
Sublime Acoustic CD.jpg
Original 1998 album "cover" with no front insert in the jewel case and the CD made to mimic a contemporary homemade CD-R bootleg or copy [1]
Live album by
ReleasedNovember 17, 1998
Recorded1991 – 1996
Genre Acoustic rock, Folk
Length38:32
Label Gasoline Alley
Producer Michael "Miguel" Happoldt, Paul Leary
Sublime chronology
Stand by Your Van
(1998)
Sublime Acoustic: Bradley Nowell & Friends
(1998)
Greatest Hits
(1999)
Alternative cover
Sublime Acoustic Vinyl.jpg
Cover of the 2016 vinyl re-release [2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Sublime Acoustic: Bradley Nowell & Friends is an album of mostly acoustic performances by the band Sublime, primarily solo recordings by singer and guitarist Bradley Nowell. It is noted for the fact that it does not include a front insert and that the compact disc is made to look like a recordable CD. [5] Only the 2016 vinyl release has an album cover. [6]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Wrong Way" – 0:50
  2. "Saw Red" – 2:47
  3. "Foolish Fool" – 2:18 (originally performed by Dee Dee Warwick)
  4. "Don't Push" – 2:58
  5. "Mary/Big Salty Tears" – 4:57 ("Big Salty Tears" originally performed by The Ziggens)
  6. "Boss D.J." – 3:05
  7. "Garden Grove" – 1:58
  8. "Rivers of Babylon" – 2:39 (originally performed by The Melodians)
  9. "Little District" – 1:57 (originally performed by Eric "Monty" Morris)
  10. "KRS-One" – 3:38
  11. "Marley Medley" [lower-alpha 1] – 3:00 (originally performed by Bob Marley)
  12. "What Happened/Eye of Fatima" – 1:58 ("Eye of Fatima" originally performed by Camper Van Beethoven)
  13. "Freeway Time in L.A. County Jail" – 4:23
  14. "Pool Shark" – 1:26
  15. "It's Who You Know" – 0:44 (originally performed by X)

Chart positions

Album

YearAlbumChartPosition
1999Sublime Acoustic: Bradley Nowell & FriendsBillboard 200107

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