Stories to Tell

Stories To Tell
Stories To Tell
Studio album by Richard Marx
Released	November 9, 2010 (CD)
Recorded	2010
Studios	Renegade Studio; The Tin Ear Studios; Sound Stage; Iron Works;
Genre	Acoustic rock
Length	50:06 (Digital); 76:59 (CD)
Labels	Zanzibar Productions; Wrasse Records; TourDForce Productions LLC;
Producer	Richard Marx
Richard Marx chronology
Alternative cover
	European cover
Alternative cover
	Walmart release cover

Stories To Tell is an acoustic album by singer-songwriter and producer Richard Marx, released by Zanzibar Records on November 9, 2010. The album features acoustic renditions of Marx's hit singles. 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 tracks are written by Richard Marx, except where noted.

Digital release/Walmart release disc 1/European release disc 1
No.	Title	Original release	Length
1.	"Endless Summer Nights"	Richard Marx, 1987	4:35
2.	"One Thing Left"	My Own Best Enemy, 2004	3:57
3.	"Hazard"	Rush Street, 1991	4:17
4.	"Over My Head"	Emotional Remains, 2008	3:39
5.	"Angelia"	Repeat Offender, 1989	4:39
6.	"Now and Forever"	Paid Vacation, 1994	3:59
7.	"Keep Coming Back"	Rush Street	5:47
8.	"This I Promise You"	Days in Avalon (Japanese release), 2000	4:07
9.	"Loved"	Sundown, 2008	4:21
10.	"Should've Known Better"	Richard Marx	3:18
11.	"Right Here Waiting"	Repeat Offender	4:49
12.	"When You Loved Me"	New recording	3:29
Total length:			50:06

US CD release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
12.	"This I Promise You"		Days in Avalon (Japanese release)	4:38
13.	"To Where You Are"	Marx Linda Thompson	New recording	3:34
14.	"Had Enough"	Marx Chris Daughtry Jason Wade	New recording	3:48
15.	"On the Inside"	Marx Daughtry Chad Kroeger	New recording	3:16
16.	"Never Take Me Dancing"		Flesh and Bone, 1997	5:13
17.	"Everybody"	Marx Keith Urban	New recording	5:15
18.	"The Best of Me"	Marx David Foster Jeremy Lubbock	New recording	4:30
Total length:				76:59

Walmart release disc 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
1.	"Don't Mean Nothing"	Marx Bruce Gaitsch	Richard Marx	4:43
2.	"Should've Known Better"		Richard Marx	4:28
3.	"Endless Summer Nights"		Richard Marx	4:28
4.	"Keep Coming Back"		Rush Street	5:25
5.	"Take This Heart"		Rush Street	4:04
6.	"Hold On to the Nights"		Richard Marx	5:14
7.	"Angelia"		Repeat Offender	4:54
8.	"Hazard"		Rush Street	4:59
9.	"Too Late to Say Goodbye"	Marx Fee Waybill	Repeat Offender	4:47
10.	"Satisfied"		Repeat Offender	3:21
11.	"Right Here Waiting"		Repeat Offender	4:27
12.	"When You Loved Me"		New recording	3:24

European release disc 2 bonus tracks
No.	Title	Original release	Length
13.	"Now and Forever"	Paid Vacation	3:59
14.	"This I Promise You" (live)	New recording	4:12
15.	"Always on Your Mind"	New recording	3:57

Walmart exclusive DVD: Live at Shepherd's Bush
No.	Title	Writer(s)
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"	Marx Urban
10.	"Should've Known Better"
11.	"Don't Mean Nothing"	Marx Gaitsch
12.	"Right Here Waiting"

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
2011	Billboard Top Independent Albums	34
2011

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.

References

↑ Dukes, Howard (January 29, 2012). "Performance still means something to Marx". The South Bend Tribune. Retrieved August 15, 2025.

[1] Dukes, Howard (January 29, 2012). "Performance still means something to Marx". The South Bend Tribune. Retrieved August 15, 2025.

v t e Richard Marx
Studio albums	Richard Marx Repeat Offender Rush Street Paid Vacation Flesh and Bone Days in Avalon My Own Best Enemy Emotional Remains Sundown Christmas Spirit Beautiful Goodbye Limitless Songwriter After Hours
Compilations	Ballads Greatest Hits (1997) The Best of Richard Marx The Essential Richard Marx Timeline Duo Stories to Tell Hits & Ballads Inside My Head The Ultimate Collection Stories to Tell: Greatest Hits and More
Promo compilations	Greatest Hits (1993) The Music of Richard Marx: 1987–2009
Live albums	Duo Live A Night Out with Friends
Singles	"Don't Mean Nothing" "Should've Known Better" "Endless Summer Nights" "Hold On to the Nights" "Satisfied" "Right Here Waiting" "Nothin' You Can Do About It" "Angelia" "Too Late to Say Goodbye" "Children of the Night" "Keep Coming Back" "Hazard" "Take This Heart" "Chains Around My Heart" "Now and Forever" "At the Beginning" "Everybody" "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" "Little Drummer Boy" "O Holy Night" "Dance With My Father" "Another One Down"
Songs written	"What About Me" "Crazy" "The Best of Me" "Edge of a Broken Heart" "Surrender to Me" "If You Ever Leave Me" "One More Time" "This I Promise You" "To Where You Are" "Dance with My Father" "Better Life" "Everybody"
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