Stories to Tell

Stories To Tell
Studio album by
Released2010
RecordedRenegade Studio, The Tin Ear Studios, Sound Stage, Iron Works
GenreAcoustic rock
Length47:28
LabelZanzibar Productions, Wrasse Records, TourDForce Productions LLC
ProducerRichard Marx
Richard Marx chronology
The Music of Richard Marx: 1987–2009
(2009)
Stories To Tell
(2010)
Hits & Ballads
(2010)
Alternative cover
European cover
Alternative cover
Wal-Mart release cover

Stories To Tell is an acoustic album released by Richard Marx featuring several songs from his previous albums in newly recorded acoustic versions. It is his second album of acoustic reworkings of his previous hits, with the Richard Marx/Matt Scannell album Duo being the first. The 11 track collection was first released in March 2010 and available for purchase exclusively at his solo acoustic concerts. The album was later repackaged and released November 11, 2010 in Europe with an additional 7 bonus tracks featuring songs Marx had written or co-written for other artists such as Keith Urban, NSYNC, and Daughtry, all performed here by Marx. May 3, 2011, the album was again repackaged into a three disc set for an exclusive Wal-Mart stores release. The first disc featured the original 11 songs from the first release of Stories To Tell – along with an acoustic version of Marx's new song "When You Loved Me". The second disc features re-imagined recordings of 11 of Marx's hits plus the studio version of "When You Loved Me." The third disc is a DVD of Marx's concert at Shepherd's Bush in London, England.

Track listing

All songs written by Richard Marx, except where noted.

Standard U.S. Edition
  1. Endless Summer Nights – 4:35
  2. One Thing Left – 3:57
  3. Hazard – 4:17
  4. Over My Head – 3:39
  5. Angelia – 4:39
  6. Now And Forever – 3:59
  7. Keep Coming Back – 5:47
  8. This I Promise You – 4:07
  9. Loved – 4:21
  10. Should've Known Better – 3:18
  11. Right Here Waiting – 4:49
European edition bonus tracks
  1. This I Promise You – 4:40
  2. Had Enough (Marx, Daughtry, Wade) – 3:48
  3. To Where You Are (Marx, Linda Thompson) – 3:34
  4. On The Inside (Marx, Daughtry, Kroeger) – 3:16
  5. Never Take Me Dancing – 5:15
  6. The Best Of Me (Marx, Foster, Lubbock) – 4:30
  7. Everybody (Marx, Urban) – 5:15
Wal-Mart Exclusive

Disc 1: Stories To Tell

  1. Endless Summer Nights
  2. One Thing Left
  3. Hazard
  4. Over My Head
  5. Angelia
  6. Now And Forever
  7. Keep Coming Back
  8. This I Promise You
  9. Loved
  10. Should've Known Better
  11. Right Here Waiting
  12. When You Loved Me

Disc 2: The Best Of Richard Marx

  1. Don't Mean Nothing
  2. Should've Known Better
  3. Endless Summer Nights
  4. Keep Coming Back
  5. Take This Heart
  6. Hold On To The Nights
  7. Angelia
  8. Hazard
  9. Too Late To Say Goodbye
  10. Satisfied
  11. Right Here Waiting
  12. When You Loved Me

Disc 3 (DVD): Live At Shepherd's Bush

  1. Endless Summer Nights
  2. Take This Heart
  3. One Thing Left
  4. When You're Gone
  5. Hazard
  6. Through My Veins
  7. Always On Your Mind
  8. Angelia
  9. Everybody
  10. Should've Known Better
  11. Don't Mean Nothing
  12. Right Here Waiting

Chart performance

Year Chart Position
2011 Billboard Top Independent Albums 34

Album Credits

Personnel

  • Jo Allen – strings
  • Steve Brewster – drums
  • Paul Bushnell – bass guitar
  • Joanne Davies – background vocals
  • Jim Gailloreto – saxophone
  • Bruce Gaitsch – writer, guitars, nylon guitar
  • Mark Hill – bass guitar
  • Steve Hornbeak – piano, harmony vocals
  • John Howard – bass guitar
  • Michael Landau – guitars
  • Herman Matthews – drums
  • Jerry McPherson – guitars
  • Kevin Marks – guitars
  • Jesse Marx – harmony vocals
  • Lucas Marx – harmony vocals
  • Richard Marx – producer, writer, arrangements, lead & background vocals, acoustic guitar, guitars, keyboards
  • Emma Owens – strings
  • Rhian Porter – strings
  • Matt Scannell – writer, guitars
  • Chuck Tilley – drums
  • Keith Urban – writer
  • Fee Waybill – writer
  • Jason Webb – piano, keyboards

Engineers

  • Chip Matthews
  • Joel Numa
  • Bill Philput
  • Matthew Prock
  • Jamie Sickora

Guest Credits

  • Matt Scannell

Miscellaneous

  • This is Marx's first solo acoustic album.
  • The track "Loved" features new lyrics not present on the Sundown album version of the same track.
  • This is Marx's first album to have three separate releases, each at different times, each with a different album cover.
  • The new song, "When You Loved Me", became Marx's first Top 20 hit on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in over 13 years.