Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2 is a live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 by American

United States

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 singer/songwriter Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne

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, released in 2008 (see 2008 in music

2008 in music

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). It reached number 4 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums and Top Internet Albums charts.

History

This album serves as a follow-up to Browne's 2005 release, Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1

Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1

Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1 is a live album by American singer/songwriter Jackson Browne, released in 2005 . It reached number 4 on the Top Independent Albums chart and number 8 on the Top Internet Albums chart.-History:...

, which was his first live release since 1977's landmark Running on Empty

Running on Empty (album)

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. These performances were recorded at various locations in the United States and Europe during Browne's solo acoustic tour.

Reception

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.

Track listing

All songs written by Jackson Browne, except where otherwise noted

1. "Never Stop" (Jackson Browne, Mark Goldenberg, Mauricio-Fritz Lewak, Kevin McCormick, Jeff Young)
2. "The Night Inside Me" (Browne, Goldenberg, Lewak, McCormick, Young)
3. "Enough of the Night"
4. "Something Fine"
5. "Sky Blue and Black"
6. "In the Shape of a Heart"
7. "Alive in the World"
8. "Casino Nation" (Browne, Goldenberg, Lewak, McCormick, Young)
9. "All Good Things"
10. "Somebody's Baby
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    " (Browne, Danny Kortchmar
    Danny Kortchmar
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11. "Redneck Friend"
12. "My Stunning Mystery Companion"

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2008	Top Independent Albums	4
2008	Top Internet Albums	4