Telling Stories
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 2CD 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, seeing as on New Beginning all of them had been very long.
Track listing
All songs written by Tracy Chapman.
| 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
- Alejandro "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
- 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
| Chart (2000) |
Peak
position |
| The Billboard 200 |
33 |
| Billboard Top Internet Albums |
5 |
| Swedish Albums Chart |
16 |
Certifications
- Singles
| Year |
Single |
Chart |
Position |
| 2000 |
"Telling Stories" |
Billboard Adult Top 40 |
8 |
| Billboard Bubbling Under The Hot 100 |
8 |
References
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