Road Tested is a live album and first live album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 1995.

Road Tested
Live album by
ReleasedNovember 7, 1995
VenueParamount Theatre (Oakland, California); Schnitzer Auditorium (Portland, Oregon)
GenreRock
Length100:19
LabelCapitol
ProducerBonnie Raitt, Don Was
Bonnie Raitt chronology
Longing in Their Hearts
(1994)
Road Tested
(1995)
Fundamental
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Entertainment WeeklyB [5]
Q [4]
Robert ChristgauA− [3]
Rolling Stone [2]

Track listing

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CD One
  1. "Thing Called Love" (John Hiatt) – 4:48
  2. "Three Time Loser" (Don Covay, Ronald Dean Miller) – 3:39
  3. "Love Letter" (Bonnie Hayes) – 4:37
  4. "Never Make Your Move Too Soon" (Stix Hooper, Will Jennings) – 3:32
  5. "Something to Talk About" (Shirley Eikhard) – 3:43
  6. "Matters of the Heart" (Michael McDonald) – 4:58
  7. "Shake a Little" (Michael Ruff) – 4:38
  8. "Have a Heart" (Bonnie Hayes) – 5:45
  9. "Love Me Like a Man" (Chris Smither) – 5:11
  10. "The Kokomo Medley" (Mississippi Fred McDowell) – 4:59
  11. "Louise" (Paul Siebel) – 3:46
  12. "Dimming of the Day" (Richard Thompson) – 4:19
CD Two
  1. "Longing in Their Hearts" (Bonnie Raitt, Michael O'Keefe) – 5:02
  2. "Come to Me" (Raitt) – 5:02
  3. "Love Sneakin' Up On You" (Jimmy Scott, Tom Snow) – 3:52
  4. "Burning Down the House" (David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth) – 4:21
  5. "I Can't Make You Love Me" (Mike Reid, James Allen Shamblin) – 6:00
  6. "Feeling of Falling" (Raitt) – 6:45
  7. "I Believe I'm in Love with You" (Kim Wilson) (with Kim Wilson)– 5:24
  8. "Rock Steady" (Bryan Adams, Gretchen Peters) – 4:12
  9. "My Opening Farewell" (Jackson Browne) – 4:57
  10. "Angel from Montgomery" (John Prine) – 5:37

Personnel

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Band

Guests

Production

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  • Bonnie Raitt – producer
  • Don Was – producer
  • Ed Cherney – recording, mixing (1-19, 21, 22)
  • Bob Clearmountain – mixing (20)
  • Dan Bosworth – additional engineer
  • Steve Beatty – recording assistant
  • Phil Gitomer – recording assistant
  • David Hewitt – recording assistant
  • Sean McClintock – recording assistant
  • Tom Banghart – mix assistant (1-19, 21, 22)
  • Recorded live using Remote Recording Services' Silver Truck
  • Chomsky Ranch (Los Angeles, California) – engineering location
  • Brooklyn Recording Studio (Los Angeles, California) – mixing location
  • Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
  • Norman Moore – art direction, design, artwork
  • Tommy Steele – art direction
  • Jennifer George – design
  • Lorraine Day – cover photography, additional photography
  • Ken Friedman – additional photography
  • Jeffrey Hersh – management
  • Ron Stone – management

Stage and Tour Crew

  • Robert Bennett – tour manager
  • Lisa Van Valkenburgh – assistant tour manager
  • Dan Cook – stage manager
  • Doug Gherna – monitor engineer
  • Paul Middleton – house sound engineer
  • Peter Kudas – audio systems engineer
  • John Tanasi – audio systems engineer
  • Terry Lawless – keyboard technician
  • John Gonzales – guitar technician
  • John Cregar – drum technician
  • John Cormier – lighting director
  • Tom Thompson – lighting technician
  • Mike Wheeler – lighting technician

Charts

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Album

Chart (1995–96) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 142
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[7] 62
Swiss Albums (Swiss Hitparade)[7] 40
US Billboard 200 44

Album (Year-end)

Chart (1996) Position
US Billboard 200[8] 199

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[9] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[10] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. Road Tested at AllMusic
  2. ^ Rolling Stone review
  3. ^ Robert Christgau review
  4. ^ Album reviews at CD Universe
  5. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  6. ^ "ARIA chart history 1988 to 2022, received from ARIA in 2022". ARIA. Retrieved 2 December 2023 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  7. ^ a b "Bonnie Raitt – Road Tested" (in German). Swiss Charts Portal. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  8. ^ "Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  9. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Bonnie Raitt – Road Tested". Music Canada. 15 December 1995.
  10. ^ "American album certifications – Bonnie Raitt – Road Tested". Recording Industry Association of America. February 12, 1996.
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