Imelda May - Acoustic Versions, Volume 1 (2009-2014)

I've been collecting acoustic performances by the great Irish singer-songwriter Imelda May for some time now. But I found enough that seemed too long for one album, but not quite enough for two albums, so I waited until more came along. She finally did another acoustic session a few weeks ago (as I write this in April 2023), so I have enough for two short albums. Here's the first one.

May doesn't have a strong acoustic focus to her music. But sometimes when she's promoted her music, she's appeared at radio stations and performed by herself or just with one guitarist. (In this time period, she was married to guitarist Darrel Higham, and he usually played the guitar while she just sang.) These acoustic versions are very nice, in my opinion, and make a fine collection when put together. Everything here is unreleased, from those radio station in-person performances. It's all taken from YouTube videos, but the sound quality is very good.

The first volume roughly corresponds to her rockabilly phase. As a result, a lot of these songs are lively even in acoustic format, but they work well this way. Most of them are written or co-written by May, but there are a few covers, like "Kentish Town Waltz" and "Tainted Love."

This album is 39 minutes long.

01 Feel Me (Imelda May)
02 Kentish Town Waltz (Imelda May)
03 Johnny Got a Boom Boom [Acoustic Band Version] (Imelda May)
04 Mayhem (Imelda May)
05 Tainted Love (Imelda May)
06 Sneaky Freak (Imelda May)
07 Inside Out (Imelda May)
08 Big Bad Handsome Man (Imelda May)
09 Psycho [Solo Electric Version] (Imelda May)
10 Love Tattoo (Imelda May)
11 Proud and Humble (Imelda May)
12 All for You (Imelda May)
13 Falling in Love with You Again (Imelda May)
14 It's Good to Be Alive (Imelda May)
15 Right Amount of Wrong [Solo Electric Version] (Imelda May)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15133257/ImeldaM_2009-2014_AcoustcVersionsVolume1_atse.zip.html

I'm not sure when or where the cover photo is from. But it must be from her rockabilly phase (which means prior to 2017), due to her distinctive hair style.