Blurring the Edges

Blurring the Edges
Studio album by Meredith Brooks
Released	May 5, 1997 August 11, 1997 (UK)
Recorded	1996
Genre	Rock
Length	50:55
Label	Capitol
Producer	Geza X, David Ricketts
Meredith Brooks chronology
Blurring the Edges (1997) See It Through My Eyes (1997)

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Blurring the Edges is the first album by the American singer-songwriter Meredith Brooks, released in 1997.

Track listing

1. I Need (Brooks, Peiken) – 4:10
2. Bitch (Brooks, Peiken) – 4:12
3. Somedays (Brooks, Dvoskin) – 3:45
4. Watched You Fall (Brooks, Ward) – 4:50
5. Pollyanne (Brooks, Peiken) – 3:14
6. Shatter (Brooks, Peiken) – 3:59
7. My Little Town (Brooks, Corey, Lynch) – 3:59
8. What Would Happen (Brooks) – 5:16
9. It Don't Get Better (Brooks, Dukes) – 4:12
10. Birthday (Brooks, Peiken) – 3:14
11. Stop (Brooks, Dvoskin) – 5:00
12. Wash My Hands (Brooks, Dvoskin, Peiken) – 5:04
13. Down by the River - 4:15 Japan bonus track
14. Bitch (Transistor Mix) - 4:08 Japan bonus track

Personnel

• Meredith Brooks - guitar, lead vocals
• Paul Bushnell - bass guitar
• Jim Ebert - synthesizer, bass guitar
• Josh Freese - drums
• Victoria Levy - background vocals
• David Ricketts - bass guitar, keyboards
• Jimmy Woods -- harmonica
• Nick Drapela - rhythm guitar

Production

• Producers: Geza X, David Ricketts
• Engineers: Jim Ebert, Geza X
• Assistant engineers: S. "Husky" Hoskulds, Mauricio Iragorri, Cappy Japngie, Charles Nasser
• Mixing: Jim Ebert
• Mastering: Bob Ludwig
• Programming: Jim Ebert, Geza X, David Ricketts
• Design: David Lair
• Art direction: Tommy Steele
• Photography: John Dunne, Shelly Peiken, Robert Zuckerman

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1997	The Billboard 200	22
	Top Canadian Albums	11
August 17, 1997	UK Albums Chart	5

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1997	"Bitch"	Adult Top 40	14
		Hot Dance Music/Club Play	34
		Modern Rock Tracks	4
		The Billboard Hot 100	2
		Top 40 Adult Recurrents	10
		Top 40 Mainstream	1
	"What Would Happen"	Adult Top 40	21
		Top 40 Mainstream	15
1998		The Billboard Hot 100	46
	"Stop"	Top 40 Mainstream	40