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2000 studio album by Tracy Chapman
Telling Stories is the fifth album by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman , released in 2000 (see 2000 in music ). It was her first album in over four years, and her first since Crossroads to be produced or co-produced by David Kershenbaum. A special 2 CD tour edition of this album was also released in May 2000, supporting the tour going on at the time. The album is composed of contemporary rock songs in the first half, and folk songs in the second half. The song "Unsung Psalm" was originally written for her previous album, New Beginning , but it didn't make it onto the album.
The record marked a return to shorter songs for Tracy; on New Beginning they had been somewhat longer.
Track listing
All songs written by Tracy Chapman.
Title 1. "Telling Stories" 3:57 2. "Less Than Strangers" 3:19 3. "Speak the Word" 4:12 4. "It's OK" 4:00 5. "Wedding Song" 4:36 6. "Unsung Psalm" 4:19 7. "Nothing Yet" 3:21 8. "Paper and Ink" 4:52 9. "Devotion" 2:48 10. "The Only One" 3:08 11. "First Try" 3:31
Personnel
Additional musicians
Alex Acuña – percussion
Rock Deadrick – vocals, background vocals
Tommy Eyre – organ, keyboard
Mike Finnigan – organ
Denny Fongheiser – percussion, snare drums
Emmylou Harris – vocals
Howard Hersh – bass guitar
Steve Hunter – dulcimer , lap steel guitar , baritone guitar
Larry Klein – bass guitar
JayDee Mannes – pedal steel guitar
John Pierce – bass guitar
Tim Pierce – acoustic guitar, dobro , mandolin , sitar , baritone guitar
Eric Rigler – Uillean pipes , low whistle
Scarlet Rivera – violin
Glenys Rogers – percussion, vocals, background vocals
Andy Stoller – bass guitar
Patrick Warren – keyboard, Chamberlin
Technical personnel
Duane Baron – engineering , mixing
Tim Hailand – artwork
Jeri Heiden – design
John Heiden – design
Renata Kanclerz – production coordination
David Kershenbaum – mixing, production
Martie Kolbl – production coordination
Curt Kroeger – assistant engineering
Iki Levy – drum programming
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Herb Ritts – portraits
Roger Sommers – assistant engineering
Charts
Certifications
Singles
References
^ "Tracy Chapman – Telling Stories (Album)" . swedishcharts.com. Retrieved December 14, 2012 .
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Telling Stories at AllMusic
^ "Robert Christgau review" . Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved February 3, 2012 .
^ Rolling Stone review Archived July 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ Rolling Stone Album Guide review
^ "French album certifications – Tracy Chapman – Telling Stories" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . Retrieved October 15, 2012 .
^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Tracy Chapman; ' Telling Stories' )" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved October 15, 2012 .
^ "New Zealand album certifications – Tracy Chapman – Telling Stories" . Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved November 22, 2015 .
^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (' Telling Stories' )" . IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2012 .
^ "American album certifications – Tracy Chapman – Telling Stories" . Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved October 15, 2012 .
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