American Tune (album)

American Tune

Live album by Eva Cassidy

Released

August 12, 2003

Genre

Adult Alternative

Length

40:04

Label

Blix Street

Producer

Chris Biondo

Eva Cassidy chronology

Imagine
(2002)

American Tune
(2003)

Wonderful World
(2004)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

American Tune is an album by American singer Eva Cassidy, released in 2003, seven years after her death in 1996. (see 2003 in music). It was her third posthumous UK number one album.^[2]

Reception

Writing for Sing Out! magazine, Jamie Anderson calls every song on the album "a gem...either remaining true to the original song or presenting the piece in a new way without syrupy trappings". ^[3]

Track listing

"Drowning in the Sea of Love" [live] (Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff) – 4:19
"True Colors" [live] (Thomas Kelly, Billy Steinberg) – 4:50
"The Water Is Wide" [live] (Traditional) – 4:20
"Hallelujah I Love Him So" (Ray Charles) – 2:33
"God Bless the Child" [live] (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) – 5:17
"Dark Eyed Molly" [live] (Archie Fisher) – 3:28
"American Tune" [live] (Paul Simon) – 4:06
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" [live] (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 2:23
"Yesterday" (Lennon–McCartney) – 3:09
"You Take My Breath Away" [live] (Claire Hamill) – 5:39

Personnel

Eva Cassidy - guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals
Chris Biondo - bass
Jimmy Campbell - drums
Dan Cassidy - violin
Keith Grimes - electric guitar
Marcy Marxer - bouzouki, guitar, tin whistle
Raice McLeod - drums
Bruno Nasta - violin
Lenny Williams - organ, piano

Production

Producer: Chris Biondo
Engineers: Chris Biondo, Cathy Fink, Bryan McCulley
Mastering: Robert Vosgien
Technical assistance: Brian Grant
Arranger: Eva Cassidy
Overdubs: Marcy Marxer, Geoff Gillette
Sequencing: Bill Straw
Design: Eileen White
Photography: Chris Biondo
Drawing: Eva Cassidy
Liner notes: Martin Jennings
Compilation: Bill Straw

Charts

American Tune" ^[4]

Chart (2003)	Position
Australian Albums Chart	16
Danish Albums Chart	39
German Albums Chart	85
Dutch Albums Chart	90
New Zealand Albums Chart	16
Norwegian Albums Chart	17
Swedish Albums Chart	7
Swiss Albums Chart	75
UK Albums Chart^[5]	1
US Billboard 200	112

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ No. 1 albums The Official UK Charts CompanyJamie
↑ Anderson, Jamie. "Eva Cassidy American Tune." Sing Out! Spring 2004: 140.
↑ "EVA CASSIDY - AMERICAN TUNE (ALBUM)". www.australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
↑ "Official Charts – Search: albums Eva Cassidy". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 23 October 2015.

Preceded by Escapology by Robbie Williams	UK number one album August 23, 2003 – September 5, 2003	Succeeded by Permission to Land by The Darkness

Eva Cassidy
Studio albums	The Other Side (1992) Eva by Heart (1997) Time After Time (2000) Imagine (2002) American Tune (2003) Somewhere (2008) Simply Eva (2011)
Live albums	Live at Blues Alley (1996) Nightbird (2015)
Compilations	Songbird (1998) No Boundaries (2000) Wonderful World (2004) The Best of Eva Cassidy (2012)
Singles	"People Get Ready" "Over the Rainbow" "Fields of Gold" "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" "Imagine" "Take My Breath Away" "Songbird" "What a Wonderful World" (with Katie Melua)
Accompaniment	Eva Cassidy (guitar) Chris Biondo (bass) Keith Grimes (guitar) Raice McLeod (drums) Lenny Williams (keyboard)
Related	Discography

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