Live & Acoustic (Vika and Linda album)

Live & Acoustic is the first live album by Australian vocal duo Vika & Linda Bull. The album was recorded at The Continental Hotel in Melbourne [1] and released in November 2000 on Mushroom Records. It was the duos final release on this label.[2]

Live & Acoustic
Live album by
Vika and Linda
ReleasedNovember 2000 (2000-11)
RecordedThe Continental Hotel, (Melbourne)
Genre
LabelMushroom Records
Producer
Vika and Linda chronology
Two Wings
(1999)		 Live & Acoustic
(2000)		 Love is Mighty Close
(2002)

Critical reception

Molly Wishart from The Green Left said the album is "superb" and to buy this "then you'll want all the others."[3] Australian musician journalist Ed Nimmervoll named the album his "album of the week", complementing the two voices, saying; "Vika [is] strong and soulful [and] Linda [is] soft and gentle." adding "When Vika and Linda left the Black Sorrows they took out their little black book and called up all the great songwriters that are part of their circle, and armed with their songs they released what was essentially an extension of their Black Sorrows work, creating a vacuum Joe Camilleri found hard to fill. This live album brings us back to the start, pure Vika and Linda, just singing together, as they always have and always will, applying all the experience and confidence they've accumulated, more gospel than you might expect. The entire performance starts and ends with two songs Paul Kelly would probably never have written if he didn't know he intended Vika and Linda to record them, such fine songs that Paul performs them himself, but it's probably Vika and Linda who stamp those songs as two of the best moments in Paul's songwriting career. This album is worth having just for "Be Careful What You Pray For" and "If I Could Start Today Again"."[4]

Track listing
CD/Cassette (MUSH332862)
  1. "Be Careful What You Pray For" (Paul Kelly) - 4:22
  2. "Two Wings" (Linda and Vika Bull) - 3:21
  3. "I'm On My Way" (Linda and Vika Bull, Renée Geyer) - 4:34
  4. "We've Started a Fire" (Paul Kelly) - 6:03
  5. "When Will You Fall For Me" (Mark Seymour) - 5:55
  6. "God's Little Birds" (O.M. Terrell) - 4:17
  7. "Grandpa's Songs" (Michael Barker, Vika and Linda Bull) - 6:18
  8. "Princess Tabu" (Michael Barker, Tim Finn, Vika and Linda Bull) - 4:12
  9. "Hard Love" (Paul Kelly) - 5:05
  10. "Reach For You" (Archie Roach) - 3:21
  11. "Feeling Good" (Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse) - 4:08
  12. "Feel The Spirit" (Linda and Vika Bull, Paul Kelly, Renée Geyer) - 5:02
  13. "If I Could Start Today Again" (Paul Kelly) - 3:47

Charts
Chart (2000) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) Albums Chart 138[5]

Credits
  • Bass – Bill McDonald
  • Guitar – Jeff Burstin
  • Violin, Mandolin, Steel Guitar [Lap], Backing Vocals – Gerry Hale

References
  1. "Vika and Linda Discography". Vika and Linda. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. "Vika Linda Live Acoustic". Discogs. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. "Love is mighty ... lovely". The Green Left. 28 August 2002. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  4. Nimmervoll, Ed (15 December 2000). "Album of the Week: Vika and Linda – Live and Acoustic". Howlspace. White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 29 September 2001. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  5. "Response from ARIA re: Vika & Linda chart history, received 9 February 2018". Imgur.com. Retrieved 7 August 2018. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column displays the release's peak on the national chart
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