Front and Center – Live from New York

2018 live album by Beth Hart

Live album by

Beth Hart

Released

April 13, 2018

Venue

Iridium Jazz Club

Genre

Jazz, soul blues, piano blues, electric blues^[1]

Length

1:12:12 (CD)^[2]

Label

Provogue / Mascot Label

Producer

Don Maggi (executive producer), Denis Gallagher (executive producer), Ken Sturm (executive producer), Ron Sturm (executive producer), Christine Davies Reagan (supervising producer), Grace Blake

Beth Hart chronology

Black Coffee
(2018)

Front and Center – Live from New York
(2018)

Live at the Royal Albert Hall
(2018)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Renowned for Sound	^[3]

Front and Center – Live from New York is the third live album by American singer-songwriter Beth Hart, 13 years since her first solo concert album,^[4] released on April 13, 2018 by Provogue.^[2] It was recorded at a live performance at the music venue Iridium Jazz Club^[5] in New York City, United States. A DVD was released with the CD. The performance also was featured on the Season 8 premiere episode of public television's concert series, Front and Center.^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Let's Get Together"	Beth Hart, Rune Westberg	4:09
2.	"Baddest Blues"	Hart	5:09
3.	"Jazz Man"	Hart	4:07
4.	"Delicious Surprise"	Hart, Glen Burtnik	6:02
5.	"Broken and Ugly"	Hart	3:40
6.	"St. Teresa"	Hart	6:34
7.	"Isolation"	Hart, James Khoury, Tal Herzberg	4:25
8.	"Tell Her You Belong to Me"	Hart	6:36
9.	"Fat Man"	Hart, Burtnik	4:04
10.	"Love Gangster"	Hart	4:06
11.	"Leave the Light On"	Hart, Oliver Leiber	5:35
12.	"As Long As I Have a Song"	Hart	3:32
13.	"Can't Let Go"	Randy Weeks	4:35
14.	"For My Friends"	Bill Withers	5:12
15.	"No Place Like Home"	Hart	4:26
Total length:			1:12:12

Record Store Day 2019 Vinyl Bonus Track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
16.	"My California"	Hart, Westberg	5:02

DVD

Front and Center Show

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Let's Get Together"	Hart, Westberg	4:29
2.	"Baddest Blues"	Hart	5:17
3.	"Jazz Man"	Hart	4:33
4.	"Delicious Surprise"	Hart, Burtnik	6:44
5.	"St. Teresa"	Hart	6:40
6.	"Tell Her You Belong to Me"	Hart	6:32
7.	"Fat Man"	Hart, Burtnik	4:12
8.	"Leave the Light On"	Hart, Oliver Leiber	5:36
9.	"Can't Let Go"	Weeks	4:56
10.	"As Long As I Have a Song"	Hart	4:27
11.	"Credits"		1:22
Total length:			54:28

Full Band Bonus Content

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Gangster"	Hart	5:35
2.	"Broken and Ugly"	Hart	3:32
3.	"For My Friends"	Withers	4:35
Total length:			12:37

Acoustic Bonus Content

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Isolation"	Hart, Khoury, Herzberg	5:12
2.	"My California"	Hart, Westberg	4:26
3.	"No Place Like Home"	Hart	4:35
Total length:			13:19

Additional Bonus Content

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Beth Hart Interview"	17:51

Personnel

Musicians^[7]

Beth Hart – vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, bass
Jon Nichols – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Bill Ransom – drums
Bob Marinelli – bass
Sonny Landreth (special guest) – guitar

Production^[7]

Don Maggi – executive producer
Denis Gallagher – executive producer
Ken Sturm – executive producer
Ron Sturm – executive producer
Christine Davies Reagan – supervising producer
Grace Blake – producer
Lance McVickar – director, recording engineer, mix engineer, camera operator, editor
William E. Gastfield III – backup audio recording
Erik Kohlhoff – assistant audio engineer
Chris Gilroy Editor – assistant audio engineer
Alex Petrai – lighting
Miles Adgate – camera
Nick Vega – camera
Patrick Heaphy – camera
Megan Dovico – production assistant
Jim Belmont – photographer
Roy Koch – graphic design
Willem Heijnen – graphic design

References

^ Wetnight, Rainey (June 22, 2018). "Beth Hart – Front and Center: Live from New York | Album Review". Blues Blast Magazine. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Front and Center: Live from New York – Beth Hart". AllMusic. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
^ Benfield, Haydon (April 16, 2018). "Album Review: Beth Hart – Live From New York – Front and Center". Renowned for Sound. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
^ Kennedy, Adam (April 11, 2018). "Live From New York: Front & Center by Beth Hart". National Rock Review. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
^ O'Connor, Tom (April 9, 2018). "Album Review: Front and Center by Beth Hart". Rock and Blues Muse. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
^ "Beth Hart announces first live release in 13 years". Blues Rock Review. February 13, 2018. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Front and Center – Live from New York (CD/DVD liner). Beth Hart. European Union: Provogue Records. 2018. PRD75542.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)