Siren (Heather Nova album)
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Track listing
All songs written by Heather Nova.- "London Rain (Nothing Heals Me Like You Do)" – 3:49
- "Blood of Me" – 3:59
- "Heart and Shoulder" – 3:58
- "What a Feeling" – 4:46
- "Valley of Sound" – 4:20
- "I'm the Girl" – 5:23
- "Winterblue" – 4:56
- "I'm Alive" – 3:40
- "Widescreen" – 4:19
- "Paper Cup" – 3:29
- "Avalanche" – 4:07
- "Make You Mine" – 4:56
- "Ruby Red" – 4:05
- "Not Only Human" – 5:06
Australian Bonus Disc
- "Grow Young"
- "Water From Wine"
- "London Rain" (acoustic)
- "Blind"
- "Walk This World" (acoustic)
Japan bonus tracks
- "Grow Young"
- "Water From Wine"
- "London Rain" (acoustic)
B Sides
- "London Rain" (acoustic)
- "Days & Nights"
- "Ships"
- "Nothing"
- "Many Rivers To Cross"
- "Grow Young"
- "Water To Wine"
Personnel
- Heather Nova – acoustic guitar, violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - David Ayers – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Marcus Cliffe – bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Danny CummingsDanny Cummings-Musical biography:The first Latin percussion instrument that Danny Cummings ever acquired was a second-hand conga he persuaded his parents to buy him for his 21st birthday. "I remember thinking that black fiberglass drum marked the beginning of a new era for me," says Cummings...
– percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... - Geoff Dougmore – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Guy FletcherGuy FletcherGuy Wilson Fletcher is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known for his position as the keyboardist in the British rock band Dire Straits from 1984 until the group's dissolution, and his involvement in nearly every part of Mark Knopfler's solo work to date.-Biography:Fletcher was born into a...
– pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, Hammond organHammond organThe Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...
, tamboura, mellotronMellotronThe Mellotron is an electro-mechanical, polyphonic tape replay keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. It superseded the Chamberlin Music Master, which was the world's first sample-playback keyboard intended for music...
, Hawaiian guitar, WurlitzerWurlitzerThe Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, was an American company that produced stringed instruments, woodwinds, brass instruments, theatre organs, band organs, orchestrions, electronic organs, electric pianos and jukeboxes.... - Nikolaj Juel – guitar, Moog synthesizerMoog synthesizerMoog synthesizer may refer to any number of analog synthesizers designed by Dr. Robert Moog or manufactured by Moog Music, and is commonly used as a generic term for older-generation analog music synthesizers. The Moog company pioneered the commercial manufacture of modular voltage-controlled...
, Fender Rhodes - Nadia Lanman – celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
- John Moore – saw
- Paul Sandrone – bass
- Satin Singh – percussion
- Neil TaylorNeil Taylor (guitarist)Neil Taylor is a guitarist best known for his long-time affiliation with Robbie Williams and for formerly being a member of the backing band of Tears for Fears.-Career:...
– guitar - Youth – guitar
Production
- Jon Kelly, Felix Tod, Youth – producers
- Lorraine Francis, Hugo Nicholson, Andrew Scarth – engineers
- Anne Dudley, Andy Green, Jon Kelly, Will Malone, Hugo Nicholson, Andy Wallace – mixing
- Steve Sisco – mixing assistant
- Roger Lian, Howie Weinberg – mastering
- Jason Mayo, Felix Tod – programming
- Mike Diver, Heather Nova – photography
Album
Year | Chart | Position |
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1998 | Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Heatseekers |
12 |
1998 | The Billboard 200 | 176 |
1998 | New Zealand RIANZ Top 40 | 18 |
Singles
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1998 | "London Rain (Nothing Heals Me Like You Do)" | Billboard Adult Top 40 | 31 |