Acoustic (Nouvelle Vague album)

2009 live album by Nouvelle Vague

Acoustic

Live album by

Nouvelle Vague

Released| 2009
Recorded| Auditório Municipal Augusto Cabrita, Barreiro, Portugal, 5 February 2009
Genre| Jazz
Bossa nova
Lounge
Label| New Sound Dimension under license from Peacefrog
Producer| Luis Carlos for New Sound Dimension
Nouvelle Vague chronology
| Bande à Part
(2006)  | Acoustic
(2009)  | 3
(2009)

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Acoustic is a live album by the French covers band Nouvelle Vague, recorded at a concert at the Auditório Municipal Augusto Cabrita in Barreiro, Portugal. All songs are acoustic versions of songs from the band's studio albums Nouvelle Vague, Bande à Part and 3, except for "Sweet Dreams" and "Relax" which do not appear on any of those albums.

## Critical reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
PopMatters| [1]

PopMatters wrote that the album "succeeds where so many [live albums] have failed, by creating a loose and free-wheeling sound which should please listeners today, as much as it appears to have pleased the assembled crowd back in 2009."[1]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Original Artist| Length

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1.| "The Killing Moon" (from Bande à Part)| Echo & the Bunnymen| 3:42
2.| "A Forest" (from Nouvelle Vague)| The Cure| 2:35
3.| "Ever Fallen In Love" (from Bande à Part)| Buzzcocks| 3:12
4.| "Don't Go" (from Bande à Part)| Yazoo| 4:29
5.| "Blue Monday" (from Bande à Part)| New Order| 2:10
6.| "Human Fly" (from Bande à Part)| The Cramps| 4:07
7.| "Guns of Brixton" (from Nouvelle Vague)| The Clash| 3:36
8.| "Too Drunk to Fuck" (from Nouvelle Vague)| Dead Kennedys| 5:39
9.| "God Save the Queen" (from 3)| Sex Pistols| 3:28
10.| "Heart of Glass" (from Bande à Part)| Blondie| 5:27
11.| "Sweet Dreams"| Eurythmics| 5:23
12.| "Dance with Me" (from Bande à Part)| The Lords of the New Church| 3:38
13.| "In a Manner of Speaking" (from Nouvelle Vague)| Tuxedomoon| 4:05
14.| "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (from Nouvelle Vague)| Joy Division| 4:26
15.| "Blister in the Sun" (from 3)| Violent Femmes| 4:16
16.| "This Is Not a Love Song" (from Nouvelle Vague)| Public Image Ltd.| 3:14
17.| "Just Can't Get Enough" (from Nouvelle Vague)| Depeche Mode| 3:30
18.| "Relax"| Frankie Goes to Hollywood| 5:53

## References

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1. ^ a b Fenwick, Tom (4 September 2012). "Album review". PopMatters. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

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* Bande à Part
* 3
* Couleurs sur Paris

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* Late Night Tales: Nouvelle Vague

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