Tall Tall Shadow
| Tall Tall Shadow | ||||
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| Studio album by Basia Bulat | ||||
| Released | September 30, 2013 | |||
| Genre |
Folk Americana | |||
| Length | 34:15 | |||
| Label | Secret City Records | |||
| Producer | Tim Kingsbury, Mark Lawson | |||
| Basia Bulat chronology | ||||
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Tall Tall Shadow is the third full-length album by Canadian singer-songwriter Basia Bulat, released September 30, 2013 on Secret City Records.[1] Some early copies were sold with a limited-edition bonus disc, titled Live in London, which featured live performances of five songs from the original album.
The album was produced by Tim Kingsbury and Mark Lawson.[2]
The album was inspired in part by the death of someone in Bulat's personal life, although she has not provided extensive detail about it to the media.[3] At the time of the death, Bulat had an entirely different album ready to record, but felt that she could no longer connect to the material.[3] Instead, she decided to make an album which acknowledged the pain she was going through while ultimately being hopeful and uplifting.[4]
Some of the album's tracks were recorded in a Royal Canadian Legion hall in Toronto, Ontario's Beaches neighbourhood.[5]
The album was a shortlisted nominee for the Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2014, and for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize.[6]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Basia Bulat.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tall Tall Shadow" | 4:03 |
| 2. | "Five, Four" | 3:59 |
| 3. | "Promise Not to Think About Love" | 2:23 |
| 4. | "It Can't Be You" | 3:58 |
| 5. | "Wires" | 3:31 |
| 6. | "The City With No Rivers" | 3:23 |
| 7. | "Someone" | 3:15 |
| 8. | "Paris or Amsterdam" | 3:05 |
| 9. | "Never Let Me Go" | 4:14 |
| 10. | "From Now On" | 2:24 |
Live in London
- "The City With No Rivers"
- "Tall Tall Shadow"
- "Five, Four"
- "Someone"
- "It Can't Be You"
References
- ↑ "Juno-nominated Basia Bulat’s third album ‘Tall Tall Shadow’ informed by loss". Canadian Press, October 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Basia Bulat Casts 'Tall Tall Shadow' With Some Arcade Fire Light". Huffington Post, October 11, 2013.
- 1 2 "Basia Bulat steps into the Shadow". Toronto Sun, October 10, 2013.
- ↑ "Basia Bulat walks on the dark side". The Georgia Straight, December 4, 2013.
- ↑ "Ontario folk singer Basia Bulat steps out of her comfort zone". The Globe and Mail, October 11, 2013.
- ↑ "Arcade Fire, Drake, Shad make Polaris Music Prize short list". CTV News, July 15, 2014.