Alone & Acoustic

The album was produced by Didier Tricard.^[7] Guy played acoustic Guild guitars and Wells played harmonica; they both sang.^[8][9][3] Guy wrote three of the songs, including the opening "Give Me My Coat and Shoes".^[10] Ten tracks were originally released via an import album.^[2]

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[11]
Calgary Herald	A[5]
Chicago Tribune	[12]
Robert Christgau	[13]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[14]
MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide	[7]
Orlando Sentinel	[15]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[16]
Syracuse Herald American	[6]

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Rolling Stone called Alone & Acoustic "reflective and subdued," writing that "a warm spontaneity runs through the album."^[17] Robert Christgau praised ""High Heel Sneakers" and "Give Me My Coat and Shoes".^[13]

The Orlando Sentinel determined that Guy's playing "on 12-and six-string acoustics is uncomplicated but as awesome as any daredevil run he has played on his Stratocaster."^[15] The Chicago Tribune thought that "the extroverted Guy now sounds like a soft, lyrical Mississippi bluesman virtually singing to himself … Wells remains a strong, dramatic, post-Muddy Waters singer, but the intimacy of the setting leads to his widening his already impressive dynamic range."^[12]

AllMusic wrote that "this is acoustic street-corner blues at its best, performed with incredible expressiveness, ease, and joy."^[11]

1. "Give Me My Coat and Shoes" - 3:49
2. "Big Boat (Buddy and Junior's Thing)" - 5:13
3. "Sweet Black Girl" (Wells) - 3:32
4. "Diggin' My Potatoes" - 4:28
5. "Don't Leave Me" (Wells) - 3:43
6. "Rollin' and Tumblin'" - 4:33
7. "I'm in the Mood" - 3:22
8. "High Heel Sneakers" - 4:56
9. "Wrong Doing Woman" - 3:00
10. "Cut You Loose" - 4:03
11. "Sally Mae" - 2:30
12. "Catfish Blues" - 3:33
13. "My Home's in the Delta" - 3:05
14. "Boogie Chillen" - 4:00
15. "Medley: Baby What You Want Me to Do/That's Allright" - 5:44