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Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, widely known for her hit singles " Fast Car" (1988) and " Give Me One Reason" (1995). She was signed to Elektra Records by Bob Krasnow in 1987. The following year she released her debut album, '' Tracy Chapman'', which became a commercial success, boosted by her appearance at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert, and was certified 6× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album received six Grammy Award nominations, including one for Album of the Year, three of which she won: Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her single "Fast Car", and Best Contemporary Folk Album. In 1989, she released her second album, '' Crossroads'', which earned her an additional Grammy Award nomination for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Her third album, '' Matters of the Heart'', followed in 1992. Her fourth album, '' New Beginning'', was released in 1995 and became anothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania state border. Cleveland is the most populous city on Lake Erie, the second-most populous city in Ohio, and the 53rd-most populous city in the U.S. with a population of 372,624 in 2020. The city anchors the Cleveland metropolitan area, the 33rd-largest in the U.S. at 2.18 million residents, as well as the larger Cleveland– Akron– Canton combined statistical area with 3.63 million residents. Cleveland was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve in modern-day Northeast Ohio by General Moses Cleaveland, after whom the city was named. The city's location on the river and the lake shore allowed it to grow into a major commercial and industrial metropolis by the late 19th century, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grammy Award For Album Of The Year
The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is an award presented by the The Recording Academy, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales, chart position, or critical reception." Commonly known as "The Big Award", Album of the Year is the most prestigious category at the Grammy Awards and is one of the general field categories that have been presented annually since the 1st Annual Grammy Awards in 1959 alongside Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Best New Artist, Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Record of the Year, and Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Song of the Year. Credit rules Over the years, the rules on who was presented with an award have changed: *1959–1965: Artist only. *1966–1998: Artist and producer. *1999–2002: Artist, producer, and recording engineer or mixer. *2003–2017: Artist, featured artist, pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greatest Hits (Tracy Chapman Album)
''Greatest Hits'' is a greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released on November 20, 2015, by Elektra and Rhino. It is the second compilation of her career, following '' Collection'' from 2001, and the first available in the United States. All tracks were chosen by Chapman herself. The collection received positive reviews. Reception James Christopher Monger of AllMusic gave the album four out of five stars, calling it "a nice mix of hits and deep cuts". He also singled out Chapman's "emotionally pitch-perfect, spotlight-stealing rendition" of " Stand by Me": "Performed live on the ''Late Show with David Letterman'' in the waning days of the program's final season. With just her voice and an electric guitar, she managed to simultaneously bring the house down and build it back up again, which is no small feat, even for an artist who has proven herself time and again to be a powerful yet always benevolent force of nature." In ''American Songwriter'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Bright Future
''Our Bright Future'' is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released on November 11, 2008 via Elektra. The album was co-produced by Larry Klein, with the album's first single "Sing For You" being released digitally on October 31, 2008. In promotion for this album, Chapman appeared on radio stations across Europe with interviews and sessions. Chapman also performed "Sing for You" on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno''. A European tour in support of the disc took place through November and December 2008. A US tour was planned for January 2009 but was postponed. Chapman toured Europe again in the Summer of 2009. ''Our Bright Future'' was certified Platinum in France, selling more than 200,000 copies there. It also was certified Gold in Switzerland, for sales in excess of 15,000. The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. To date, it is Chapman's latest studio album. Track listing Personnel *Tracy Chapman – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where You Live
''Where You Live'' is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released on September 13, 2005, by Elektra Records. The album was co-produced by Tchad Blake. It produced two singles: "Change" and "America". Its name comes from the line 'home is where you live/home is where you die', from the fourth song in this album, ''Going Back''. Track listing All songs are written by Tracy Chapman. #"Change" – 5:06 #"Talk to You" – 4:27 #"3,000 Miles" – 5:58 #"Going Back" – 5:22 #"Don't Dwell" – 3:22 #"Never Yours" – 3:37 #"America" – 3:43 #"Love's Proof" – 3:44 #"Before Easter" – 3:03 #"Taken" – 3:42 #"Be and Be Not Afraid" – 4:44 #"Lose Your Love" – 6:27 (Bonus track on the Japanese version) Personnel *Tracy Chapman – acoustic & electric guitar, clarinet, harmonica, mandolin, percussion, glockenspiel, keyboard bass, hand drums *Paul Bushnell – bass *Flea – bass *Mitchell Froom Mitchell Froom (born June 29, 1953) is an Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let It Rain (Tracy Chapman Album)
''Let It Rain'' is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released on October 15, 2002, by Elektra Records. The album was co-produced by John Parish. It produced two singles: "You're the One" and "Another Sun". Track listing All songs written by Tracy Chapman. Cover version * "Get up, Stand up" (on this release written without the comma) is a The Wailers cover. The song was originally released on the album '' Burnin''' in 1973. Trivia * All songs of the bonus live CD were recorded at the Tränenpalast, Berlin on December 2nd, 2002. Personnel *Tracy Chapman – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, clarinet, electric guitar, lead vocals, handclapping, electric banjo *Bill Bennet – oboe * Matthew Brubeck – cello *Jeremy Cohen – violin *Linda Ghidossi de Luca – viola *Joe Gore – acoustic guitar, piano, electric guitar, keyboard, ukulele, bazouki, gourd, lap steel guitar * Steve Hunter – electric guitar *Carla Kihlstedt – violin * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telling Stories (album)
''Telling Stories'' is the fifth album by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released on February 14, 2000, by Elektra Records. A two-disc special edition was released in Europe in 2000. The album is composed of contemporary rock songs in the first half, and folk songs in the second half. The record marked a return to shorter songs for Tracy; on ''New Beginning'' they had been somewhat longer. Background and Writing In 1999, Chapman began working on her first new record in four years, her longest ever hiatus at the time. For the record, she reunited with producer David Kershenbaum, the producer of her first album, ''Tracy Chapman'' (1988), and co-producer of her second album, '' Crossroads'' (1989). The song "Unsung Psalm" was originally written for her previous album, '' New Beginning'' (1995), but it didn't make it onto the album. Track listing All songs written by Tracy Chapman. Cover versions * "Three Little Birds" is a Bob Marley cover. The song was origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grammy Award For Best Rock Song
The Grammy Award for Best Rock Song is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality songs in the rock music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position". The award, reserved for songwriters, was first presented to English musician Sting (musician), Sting in 1992. According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award honors new songs (containing both melody and lyrics) or songs "first achieving prominence" during the period of eligibility. Songs containing prominent Sampling (music), samples or Interpolation (popular music), interpolations are not eligible. The award goes to the songwrit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Beginning (Tracy Chapman Album)
''New Beginning'' is the fourth album by singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released in 1995. According to Nielsen Soundscan, it is her biggest-selling recording since 1991, with 3.8 million copies sold, and according to the RIAA, it has shipped five million copies in the United States. The album's sound consists of Chapman's trademark acoustic folk-rock sound and is mainly made up of slow low-key tunes and a few upbeat tracks. One notable exception is the hit " Give Me One Reason", which is a blues piece. Chapman earned the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song for the track, and it was also nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the Grammy Awards of 1997. Aside from the single “Give Me One Reason”, all of the songs are at least 4:56. The song "Unsung Psalm" was originally written and recorded for this album, but was cut. It was later included on her 2000 album '' Telling Stories''. According to ''Billboard'' magazine, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matters Of The Heart (Tracy Chapman Album)
''Matters of the Heart'' is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released on April 28, 1992, by Elektra Records. It was her first not to be produced or co-produced by David Kershenbaum. Track listing All songs written by Tracy Chapman. #"Bang Bang Bang" – 4:21 #"So" – 3:26 #"I Used to Be a Sailor" – 3:56 #"The Love That You Had" – 4:11 #"Woman's Work" – 2:01 #"If These Are the Things" – 4:40 #"Short Supply" (Jigten; For Richmond) – 4:23 #"Dreaming on a World" – 5:03 #"Open Arms" – 4:34 #"Matters of the Heart" – 6:59 Overview Critical reception ''Matters of the Heart'' received generally mixed reviews from music critics. Musical style The record marked a notable switch in sound from Chapman's earlier works. AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossroads (Tracy Chapman Album)
''Crossroads'' is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released in 1989. Chapman was also a producer on this album, the first time she had taken on such a role. The song "Freedom Now" is dedicated to Nelson Mandela. Track listing All songs written by Tracy Chapman. #" Crossroads" – 4:11 #"Bridges" – 5:24 #"Freedom Now" – 4:02 #"Material World" – 3:02 #"Be Careful of My Heart" – 4:39 #"Subcity" – 5:09 #"Born to Fight" – 2:46 #"A Hundred Years" – 4:20 #"This Time" – 3:43 #"All That You Have Is Your Soul" – 5:16 Personnel Musicians *Tracy Chapman – acoustic guitar, harmonica (tracks 6, 10), electric guitar (tracks 3, 8), vocals, background vocals (track 3), 12 string guitar (tracks 6, 9), stagecoach guitar (track 10) * Charlie Bisharat – viola (track 6), electric violin (track 6), violin pizzicato (track 1) * Peggie Blu – background vocals (track 3) * Marc Cohn – piano (track 2) * Paulinho da Costa – tambourine (tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
