Approximate CD value: $13.00
Highest U.S. chart position: #13
Released: June 20, 1995
Recorded: December, 1994 - March, 1995
Produced by: Natalie Merchant
Engineered and Mixed by: John Holbrook
Cover Portrait by: Dan Borris
Label: Elektra 61745-2
- San Andreas Fault {Merchant} (3:59)
- Wonder {Merchant} (4:27)
- Beloved Wife {Merchant} (5:03)
- River {Merchant} (5:32)
- Carnival {Merchant} (5:59)
- I May Know The Word {Merchant} (8:09)
- The Letter {Merchant} (2:12)
- Cowboy Romance {Merchant} (4:39)
- Jealousy {Merchant} (2:41)
- Where I Go {Merchant} (4:01)
- Seven Years {Merchant} (5:31)
- Total playing time 52:15
Performers
Natalie Merchant - lead vocals, piano, organ, vibraphone
Jennifer Turner - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals
Barrie Maguire - bass guitar, 12-string electric guitar
Peter Yanowitz - drums, percussion
John Holbrook - electric guitar on "San Andreas Fault" and "Jealousy",
organ on "Beloved Wife" and "Jealousy"
Adrian Lopez Guevarra - percussion on "Carnival" and "Where I Go"
Matt Henderson - electric guitar and bass guitar on "San Andreas Fault"
Jay Unger - violin on "Cowboy Romance"
Michelle Kinney - cello on "Seven Years"
Katell Keineg - background vocals on "Carnival"
Eric Schenkman - electric guitar on "Jealousy"
Randy Grant - percussion on "San Andreas Fault"
Approximate CD value: $16.00
Highest U.S. chart position: #8
Released: May 19, 1998
Produced by: Natalie Merchant
Cover Photo by: Mark Seliger
Label: Elektra 62196-2
- Ophelia {Merchant} (5:10)
- Engineered by: Todd Vos
- Natalie Merchant: vocals
- Graham Maby, Todd Vos: electric guitar
- Peter Yanowitz: drums
- George Laks: organ, piano
- Michelle Kinney: cello
- Ken Appollo: barrel organ
- Voices Of Ophelia: Susanna Schmitz (German), Rocio Paez (Spanish), Carmen Consoli (Italian), Camille Labro (French), Bella Urina (Russian)
- Life Is Sweet {Merchant} (5:13)
- Engineered by: Todd Vos
- Natalie Merchant: vocals
- Graham Maby: bass
- Peter Yanowitz: drums
- George Laks: piano
- Craig Ross: acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Tom Varner: French horn
- Karl Berger: string arrangement & conductor
- Krystof Witek, Hector Falcon: violins
- Conroy Kuo, Ralph Farris: violas
- Garo Yellin: cello
- Kind & Generous {Merchant} (4:07)
- Engineered by: Todd Vos
- Natalie Merchant: vocals
- Graham Maby: bass
- Peter Yanowitz: drums
- Lokua Kanza: acoustic guitar
- Craig Ross: electric guitar
- George Laks: Hammond, Wurlitzer
- Joakim Lartey: percussion
- Frozen Charlotte {Merchant} (5:23)
- Engineered by: Todd Vos
- Natalie Merchant: vocals, Wurlitzer
- Graham Maby: bass
- Peter Yanowitz: drums
- Karen Peris: vocals
- Don Peris: electric guitar
- My Skin {Merchant} (5:33)
- Engineered by: Todd Vos
- Natalie Merchant: vocals, piano
- Jay Brunga: acoustic bass
- Michelle Kinney: cello
- Peter Yanowitz: drums
- Craig Ross: acoustic guitar
- Break Your Heart {Merchant} (4:48)
- Engineered by: Todd Vos
- Natalie Merchant: vocals
- N'dea Davenport: vocals
- Chris Botti: trumpet
- Graham Maby: bass
- Peter Yanowitz: drums
- Lokua Kanza: acoustic guitar
- Donnie Ward, Craig Ross: electric guitar
- Krystof Witek, Hector Falcon: violins
- Conroy Kuo, Ralph Farris: violas
- Garo Yellin: cello
- King Of May {Merchant} (4:10)
- Engineered by: Todd Vos
- Natalie Merchant: vocals
- Graham Maby: bass
- Peter Yanowitz: drums
- George Laks: Rhodes, Hammond
- Craig Ross: acoustic guitar
- Karl Berger: string arrangement & conductor
- Krystof Witek, Hector Falcon: violins
- Conroy Kuo, Ralph Farris: violas
- Garo Yellin: cello
- Thick As Thieves {Merchant} (6:57)
- Engineered by: John Holbrook
- Natalie Merchant: vocals
- Graham Maby: bass
- Peter Yanowitz: drums
- Daniel Lanois: electric guitar
- Michelle Kinney: cello
- Effigy {Merchant} (2:30)
- Engineered by: John Holbrook
- Natalie Merchant: vocals, Wurlitzer, Hammond
- Yungchen Lhamo: vocals & Tibetan translation
- The Living {Merchant} (3:19)
- Engineered by: Todd Vos
- Natalie Merchant: vocals, piano
- Graham Maby: bass
- Peter Yanowitz: drums
- George Laks: Hammond
- When They Ring The Golden Bells
{Dion de Marbelle 1887/public domain} (9:33)- Engineered by: Todd Vos
- Natalie Merchant: vocals
- Graham Maby: bass
- Peter Yanowitz: drums
- Karen Peris: vocals, acoustic guitar
- Don Peris: electric guitar
/ Ophelia (reprise) {Merchant}
- Engineered by: Rupert Coulso and Ricky Graham
- Gavin Bryars: arrangement & conductor
Members of Fretwork: - Wendy Gillespie: treble viol
- Julia Hodgson, Richard Campbell: tenor viol
- Susanna Pell: bass viol
- William Hunt: great bass
With: - Pamela Thorby: renaissance tenor recorder
- Christopher Wilson: theorbo
- Total playing time 56:45
Ophelia is dedicated to the visionary poet
Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 - April 5, 1997)
Approximate CD value: $14.00
Highest U.S. chart position: #82
Released: November 9, 1999
Recorded Live: June 13, 1999 at
The Neil Simon Theater in New York City, NY
Produced by: Natalie Merchant
Engineered by: George Cowan and David Dewitt
Cover Photo by: Ken Schles
Label: Elektra 62444-2
- Wonder {Merchant} (5:36)
- San Andreas Fault {Merchant} (5:01)
- Beloved Wife {Merchant} (5:33)
- Space Oddity {David Bowie} (4:33)
- Carnival {Merchant} (7:03)
- Dust Bowl {Buck/Merchant} (5:12)
- After The Gold Rush {Neil Young} (3:46)
- Gun Shy {Merchant} (5:29)
- The Gulf Of Araby {Katell Keineg} (7:10)
- Ophelia {Merchant} (5:23)
- Seven Years {Merchant} (5:20)
- Total playing time 60:08
Musicians
Natalie Merchant - lead vocals, piano
Erik Della Penna - guitar
Gabriel Gordon - guitar, background vocals
Peter Yanowitz - drums
Graham Maby - bass
Elizabeth Steen - keyboards
Doug Stringer - percussion
Susan McKeown - guest vocals
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