Bound by the Beauty
| Bound By the Beauty | ||||
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| Released | September 12, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Art Pop, Folk Pop, Soft Rock | |||
| Length | 42:39 | |||
| Label | Duke Street Records/Reprise Records | |||
| Producer | Jane Siberry and John Switzer | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Bound By the Beauty is a 1989 album by Jane Siberry. It received better reviews than her previous album, The Walking,[citation needed] and the title track received more extensive radio airplay than Siberry had seen since "One More Colour" in 1985.[citation needed]
The track "Half Angel Half Eagle" was controversial.[citation needed] Siberry used the images of an angel and an eagle soaring over a city to depict a view of both the beauty and the ugliness of city life; the ugliness was apparent in the lyric "fucking honky nigger Jew/WASP Jap dago fag/fucking homeless preacher dyke/cabbie fucking union scab". Siberry was commenting on the prevalence of this type of offensive language on the streets of a big city.
"Something About Trains" also appeared (as "This Old Earth") on The Top of His Head, the soundtrack to Peter Mettler's film The Top of His Head; the song was a Genie Award nominee for Best Original Song at the 11th Genie Awards in 1990.
Mettler also took the album's cover photograph.
Track listing
All tracks written by Jane Siberry.
- "Bound by the Beauty" – 4:41
- "Something About Trains" – 3:44
- "Hockey" – 3:58
- "Everything Reminds Me of My Dog" – 4:17
- "The Valley" – 6:04
- "The Life Is the Red Wagon" – 4:12
- "Half Angel Half Eagle" – 3:55
- "La Jalouse" – 3:59
- "Miss Punta Blanca" – 1:38
- "Are We Dancing Now? (Map III)" – 6:11
Personnel
- Jane Siberry – guitars, piano, vocals
- Teddy Borowiecki – piano, accordion
- Ken Myhr – guitars
- John Switzer – bass, vocals
- Stich Wynston – drums
Additional personnel
- Wendell Ferguson – pedal steel guitar on 5
- David Piltch – acoustic bass on 8
- David Ramsden – vocals on 6, 7
- Rebecca Jenkins – vocals on 6, 7
- Anne Bourne – vocals on 6
- Gina Stepaniuk – vocals on 6
- Cherie Camp – vocals on 6
- Don Freed – vocals on 4
Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Peak position | Weeks on the chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | RPM Top 100 Albums | 80[2] | 6 |
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 50, No. 25, October 16 1989". Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
