# Road Tested

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{{About|the album by Bonnie Raitt|the album by Hank Crawford and Jimmy McGriff|Road Tested (Hank Crawford and Jimmy McGriff album)}}
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{{Infobox album
| name       = Road Tested
| type       = Live album
| artist     = [Bonnie Raitt](/source/Bonnie_Raitt)
| cover      = Bonnie Raitt - Road Tested.jpg
| alt        = stretched blue duotone photo of hand playing electric guitar with smaller photos on left side
| released   = November 7, 1995
| venue      = [Paramount Theatre (Oakland, California)](/source/Paramount_Theatre_(Oakland%2C_California)); [Schnitzer Auditorium](/source/Arlene_Schnitzer_Concert_Hall) ([Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon))
| genre      = [Rock](/source/Rock_music)
| length     = 100:19
| label      = [Capitol](/source/Capitol_Records)
| producer   = [Bonnie Raitt](/source/Bonnie_Raitt),  [Don Was](/source/Don_Was)
| prev_title = [Longing in Their Hearts](/source/Longing_in_Their_Hearts)
| prev_year  = 1994
| next_title = [Fundamental](/source/Fundamental_(Bonnie_Raitt_album))
| next_year  = 1998
}}

{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r228862/review|first=William|last=Ruhlmann}}</ref>
| rev5      = ''[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)'' 
| rev5Score = {{Rating|3|5}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/road-tested-189886/|title=Road Tested|first=Greg|last=Kot|date=Dec 14, 1995|access-date=June 2, 2025}}</ref>
| rev4      = [Robert Christgau](/source/Robert_Christgau)
| rev4Score = A− <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=bonnie+raitt|title=Robert Christgau: CG: bonnie raitt|website=Robertchristgau.com|access-date=June 2, 2025}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[Q](/source/Q_(magazine))''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1108245&style=music|title=Album reviews at CD Universe|website=Cduniverse.com|access-date=June 2, 2025}}</ref>
| rev2      = ''[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)''
| rev2Score = B <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,299503,00.html|title=Road Tested &#124; Music Review &#124; Entertainment Weekly|website=Ew.com|access-date=June 2, 2025|archive-date=April 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425191642/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,299503,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

'''''Road Tested''''' is a [live album](/source/live_album) and first live album by [Bonnie Raitt](/source/Bonnie_Raitt), released in 1995.

==Track listing==
;CD One
#"Thing Called Love" ([John Hiatt](/source/John_Hiatt)) – 4:48
#"Three Time Loser" ([Don Covay](/source/Don_Covay), [Ronald Dean Miller](/source/Ron_Miller_(songwriter))) – 3:39
#"Love Letter" ([Bonnie Hayes](/source/Bonnie_Hayes)) – 4:37
#"Never Make Your Move Too Soon" ([Stix Hooper](/source/Stix_Hooper), [Will Jennings](/source/Will_Jennings)) – 3:32
#"[Something to Talk About](/source/Something_to_Talk_About_(Bonnie_Raitt_song))" ([Shirley Eikhard](/source/Shirley_Eikhard)) – 3:43
#"Matters of the Heart" ([Michael McDonald](/source/Michael_McDonald_(singer))) – 4:58
#"Shake a Little" (Michael Ruff) – 4:38
#"Have a Heart" (Bonnie Hayes) – 5:45
#"Love Me Like a Man" ([Chris Smither](/source/Chris_Smither)) – 5:11
#"The Kokomo Medley" ([Mississippi Fred McDowell](/source/Mississippi_Fred_McDowell)) – 4:59
#"Louise" ([Paul Siebel](/source/Paul_Siebel)) – 3:46
#"[Dimming of the Day](/source/Dimming_of_the_Day)" ([Richard Thompson](/source/Richard_Thompson_(musician)))  – 4:19
;CD Two
#"Longing in Their Hearts" ([Bonnie Raitt](/source/Bonnie_Raitt), [Michael O'Keefe](/source/Michael_O'Keefe))  – 5:02
#"Come to Me" (Raitt) – 5:02
#"[Love Sneakin' Up On You](/source/Love_Sneakin'_Up_On_You)" (Jimmy Scott, [Tom Snow](/source/Tom_Snow)) – 3:52
#"[Burning Down the House](/source/Burning_Down_the_House)" ([David Byrne](/source/David_Byrne_(musician)), [Chris Frantz](/source/Chris_Frantz), [Jerry Harrison](/source/Jerry_Harrison), [Tina Weymouth](/source/Tina_Weymouth)) – 4:21
#"[I Can't Make You Love Me](/source/I_Can't_Make_You_Love_Me)" ([Mike Reid](/source/Mike_Reid_(singer)), [James Allen Shamblin](/source/Allen_Shamblin))   – 6:00
#"Feeling of Falling" (Raitt) – 6:45
#"I Believe I'm in Love with You" ([Kim Wilson](/source/Kim_Wilson)) (with Kim Wilson)– 5:24
#"[Rock Steady](/source/Rock_Steady_(Bonnie_Raitt_and_Bryan_Adams_song))" ([Bryan Adams](/source/Bryan_Adams), [Gretchen Peters](/source/Gretchen_Peters))  – 4:12
#"My Opening Farewell" ([Jackson Browne](/source/Jackson_Browne))  – 4:57
#"[Angel from Montgomery](/source/Angel_from_Montgomery)" ([John Prine](/source/John_Prine))  – 5:37

== Personnel ==
* [Bonnie Raitt](/source/Bonnie_Raitt) – vocals, [slide guitar](/source/slide_guitar), acoustic guitar, keyboards (18)

'''Band'''
* Glen Clark – keyboards, [harmonica](/source/harmonica), vocals, harmony vocals (13)
* Mark T. Jordan – keyboards, vocals, [mandolin](/source/mandolin) (5), harmony vocals (12)
* [Benmont Tench](/source/Benmont_Tench) – [Hammond B3 organ](/source/Hammond_B3_organ)
* [Jamie Muhoberac](/source/Jamie_Muhoberac) – additional keyboards (15)
* [Marty Grebb](/source/Marty_Grebb) – acoustic piano (19)
* George Marinelli – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals, mandolin (11)
* [Keith Scott](/source/Keith_Scott_(musician)) – [tremolo guitar](/source/Tremolo) (20)
* [James "Hutch" Hutchinson](/source/James_Hutchinson_(musician)) – bass guitar, vocals
* [Ricky Fataar](/source/Ricky_Fataar) – drums
* [Debra Dobkin](/source/Debra_Dobkin) – percussion, vocals

'''Guests'''
* [Bruce Hornsby](/source/Bruce_Hornsby) – [accordion](/source/accordion) (1, 22), vocals (1, 22), acoustic piano (17)
* [Charles Brown](/source/Charles_Brown_(musician)) – acoustic piano (4), vocals (4)
* [Ruth Brown](/source/Ruth_Brown) – vocals (4)
* [Kim Wilson](/source/Kim_Wilson) – harmonica (4, 19), vocals (19, 22)
* [Bryan Adams](/source/Bryan_Adams) – guitar (20), vocals (20, 22)
* [Jackson Browne](/source/Jackson_Browne) – guitar (21), vocals (21, 22)

== Production ==
* Bonnie Raitt – producer
* Don Was – producer 
* [Ed Cherney](/source/Ed_Cherney) – recording, mixing (1–19, 21, 22)
* [Bob Clearmountain](/source/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](/source/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==
'''Album''' 
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1995–96)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Albums ([ARIA](/source/ARIA_Charts))<ref name="aus2">{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/T9yhdvs |title=ARIA chart history 1988 to 2022, received from ARIA in 2022|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=2 December 2023}}  N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|142
|-
!scope="row"|Dutch Albums ([MegaCharts](/source/MegaCharts))<ref name = "HungMedien">[https://hitparade.ch/album/Bonnie-Raitt/Road-Tested-2224 "Bonnie Raitt – Road Tested"] (in German). Swiss Charts Portal. Retrieved August 9, 2018.</ref>
|62
|-
!scope="row"|Swiss Albums ([Swiss Hitparade](/source/Swiss_Hitparade))<ref name = "HungMedien"/>
|40
|-
!scope="row"|US ''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' [200](/source/Billboard_200)
|44
|}
'''Album (Year-end)'''
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1996)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>[https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1996/top-billboard-200-albums "Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1996"]. ''Billboard''. Retrieved August 9, 2018.</ref>
|199
|}

== Certifications ==
{{certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|award=Gold|title=Road Tested|artist=Bonnie Raitt|relyear=1995|certyear=1996|date=15 December 1995}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Bonnie Raitt|title=Road Tested|award=Gold|date=February 12, 1996}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.bonnieraitt.com/album/road-tested-cd bonnieraitt.com: CD Info]
* [http://www.bonnieraitt.com/album/road-tested-dvd bonnieraitt.com: DVD Info]

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Category:Bonnie Raitt live albums
Category:Albums produced by Don Was
Category:1995 live albums
Category:Capitol Records live albums

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