| Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2 | ||||
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| Released | March 4, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2007–2008 while on tour | |||
| Genre | Folk rock, folk, singer-songwriter | |||
| Label | Inside | |||
| Producer | Jackson Browne, Paul Dieter | |||
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Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2 is a live album by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, released in 2008 (see 2008 in music). It reached number 4 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums and Top Internet Albums charts.
This album serves as a follow-up to Browne's 2005 release, Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1 , which was his first live release since 1977's landmark Running on Empty . These performances were recorded at various locations in the United States and Europe during Browne's solo acoustic tour.
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
Music critic Thom Jurek, writing for Allmusic, criticized the between-songs commentary, but wrote that Browne's songs "communicate so directly that, presented in this manner, with only an acoustic guitar or a piano as accompaniment, we can find ourselves wandering around in reverie, or re-glimpsing the traces of emotion and time's passage as signposts to the way we live now... these 12 songs are quietly powerful, full of a particular craft and enigmatic gifts — no matter when they were written or recorded. Browne has never lost it as a songwriter; this is the proof. [1]
All songs written by Jackson Browne, except where otherwise noted
Album – Billboard (United States)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2008 | Top Independent Albums | 4 |
| 2008 | Top Internet Albums | 4 |
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