''Solo'' is a 1999
album
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by
Hugh Cornwell
Hugh Alan Cornwell (born 28 August 1949) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and writer, best known for being the lead vocalist and lead guitarist for the punk rock and new wave band the Stranglers from 1974 to 1990. Since leaving the ...
, a live "plugged and unplugged" solo gig recorded at The Bergen Blues & Roots Festival in
Bergen
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,
Norway
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, on April 29, 1999. The album has songs from Cornwell's solo work as well as titles which he wrote and performed whilst in
The Stranglers
The Stranglers are an English rock band who emerged via the punk rock scene. Scoring 23 UK top 40 singles and 19 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are one of the longest-surviving bands to have origina ...
. The album was released on Cornwell's label HIS Records (HIS CD 003).
Recorded by Ole-Petter Dronen. This gig was also filmed, and some footage can be found on the album "In the dock" as an enhanced video.
Track listing
#"Long Dead Train"
#"Nerves of Steel"
#"Snapper"
#"Torture Garden"
#"Hanging Around"
#"Tramp"
#"Gingerbread Girl"
#"The Big Sleep"
#"Dead Loss Angeles"
#"Mothra"
#"Midnight Summer Dream"
#"Never Say Goodbye"
#"House of Sorrow"
#"Goodbye Toulouse"
References
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Hugh Cornwell albums
1999 live albums
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