Track Listing
1. Change - (featuring Flea)
2. Talk to You
3. 3,000 Miles
4. Going Back
5. Don't Dwell
6. Never Yours
7. America
8. Love's Proof
9. Before Easter
10. Taken
11. Be and Be Not Afraid
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Flea | | Producer: | Tchad Blake, Tracy Chapman | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Tracy Chapman (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmonica, keyboards, bass guitar, percussion); Joe Gore (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, dobro, keyboards); Quinn (piano, glockenspiel, drums, percussion); Mitchell Froom (celesta, harpsichord, organ); Michael Webster (keyboards, background vocals); David Pilch (upright bass); Flea, Paul Bushnell (bass guitar); Jared Miller (background vocals).
Recording information: Fuzzbox, San Francisco, CA; Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California.
The follow-up to 2002's LET IT RAIN, Tracy Chapman's WHERE YOU LIVE continues in that album's understated vein. As usual, the focus is on Chapman's warm, plaintive vocals, which are always at the fore of her thoughtful folk-rock tunes. The cast of supporting musicians is impressive---renowned session multi-instrumentalist Joe Gore and keyboardist Mitchell Froom are present on most songs here, and Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea turns up on a few tracks. But it's clearly Chapman's show, with most instruments placed in the back of the mix. While the album's overall mood is spare and melancholy, Chapman reveals a more energized approach on the percussive, politically minded "America," a song that takes the government to task and proves to be one of WHERE YOU LIVE's standout tracks.
Editorial Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - [The] album drips with heartfelt sincerity, her plaintive voice set against an elegant folk-rock backing on a set of stately, even sombre, songs...
Uncut
3 stars out of 5 - [S]he's blessed with a unique voice, which suggests a hidden strength behind her vulnerable quaver.
Mojo
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