''Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2'' is a live album by American singer-songwriter

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, released in 2008 (see

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). It reached number 4 on

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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'', 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.

Reception

Music critic Thom Jurek, writing for

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, 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

, except where otherwise noted #"Never Stop" (Jackson Browne,

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, Mauricio Lewak, Kevin McCormick, Jeff Young) – 5:35 #"Intro" – 2:19 #"The Night Inside Me" (Browne, Goldenberg, Lewak, McCormick, Young) – 4:50 #"Intro" – 1:28 #"Enough of the Night" – 5:03 #"Intro" – 1:51 #"Something Fine" – 5:16 #" Sky Blue and Black" – 5:37 #" In the Shape of a Heart" – 6:45 #"Alive in the World" – 4:24 #"Intro" – 1:21 #"Casino Nation" (Browne, Goldenberg, Lewak, McCormick, Young) – 3:52 #"All Good Things" – 4:33 #"Intro" – 0:58 #"

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" (Browne,

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) – 4:38 #"Intro" – 1:16 #"

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" – 4:31 #"Intro" – 1:42 #"My Stunning Mystery Companion" – 4:08 #"Walking Slow" (available as a digital download with the purchase of the album from

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in the United States)

Personnel

*Jackson Browne – vocal,

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, piano

Charts

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(United States)

References

{{Authority control Jackson Browne albums 2008 live albums Albums recorded at Groove Masters Studios