''Amanda Marshall'' is the 1995 debut album by Canadian singer

Amanda Marshall Amanda Meta Marshall (born August 29, 1972) is a Canadian Juno award winning pop-rock singer and songwriter. She has released four studio albums; the first was certified diamond in Canada, with the second and third certified 3× platinum and p ...

. The album peaked at number four on the ''RPM'' Albums Chart and has also been certified Diamond by the

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with over 1,000,000 copies sold in Canada, making it Marshall's best-selling album of her career. In the United States, the album charted at number 156 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and sold over 350,000 copies. It was particularly successful in Norway, where it reached number one and received a Platinum certification. The album sold 2 million copies worldwide. Seven songs from the album were released as singles: " Let It Rain", "

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", "Beautiful Goodbye", "

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", "Sitting on Top of the World", and "Trust Me (This Is Love)". "Birmingham" is Marshall's highest-charting song in Canada, peaking at number three. "Fall from Grace", "Dark Horse", and "Sitting on Top of the World" all reached the top five. "Let It Rain" is her most successful international hit, reaching number three in Norway and the top 30 in Australia and New Zealand; it was certified Gold in Norway.

Track listing

# " Let It Rain" (

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David Tyson David Michael Tyson is a Canadian rock music producer and songwriter. He is best known for co-writing Alannah Myles' 1990 number one hit single " Black Velvet" (with Christopher Ward) and producing her debut album. He also co-wrote three hit ...

, Gerald O'Brien) – 5:21 # "

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Marc Jordan Marc Wallace Jordan (born March 6, 1948) is an American-born Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, session musician, and actor. Covering a wide variety of genres, he has written songs for a number of well-known artists, including Diana Ro ...

Kim Bullard Kim Bullard (born May 6, 1955) is an American keyboardist, songwriter, record producer, and film composer. He has been making music since the 1970s and has performed extensively as a keyboard player with musical acts such as Elton John and Crosb ...

) – 4:20 # "

" (Amanda Marshall, David Tyson, Dean McTaggart) – 5:37 # "Beautiful Goodbye" (David Tyson, Christopher Ward) – 5:17 # "Sitting on Top of the World" (Amanda Marshall) – 4:19 # "Last Exit to Eden" (Dean McTaggart, David Tyson) – 5:24 # "Trust Me (This is Love)" (Dean McTaggart, David Tyson) – 4:59 # "Let's Get Lost" (Amanda Marshall, Christopher Ward) – 4:14 # "Promises" (John Capek, Marc Jordan) – 5:22

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"This Could Take All Night" (

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"Birmingham (Live Acoustic)" (Dean McTaggart, David Tyson, Gerald O'Brien) – 4:33

Personnel

* Amanda Marshall – vocals, background vocals *

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– drums, percussion *

Leland Sklar Leland Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American bassist and session musician. He rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coalesced into a group in its own right, The Section, which supported so many of Asylu ...

– bass guitar * Tommy Byrnes – electric guitars * David Wipper – acoustic guitars, mandolin *

Tim Pierce Tim Pierce (born 1958 in Albuquerque) is an American session guitarist. He has worked for artists such as Joe Cocker, Crowded House, Goo Goo Dolls, Michael Jackson, Beth Hart, Roger Waters, Alice Cooper, Johnny Hallyday, Phil Collins, and th ...

– additional acoustic guitar & electric guitars * Bob Mann – acoustic guitar * Diana DeWitt – background vocals * David Tyson – background vocals, keyboards, programming *

Tom "T-Bone" Wolk Tom "T-Bone" Wolk (December 24, 1951 – February 28, 2010) was an American musician and bassist for the music duo Daryl Hall & John Oates and a member of the ''Saturday Night Live'' house band. Early life Wolk was born and raised in Yonkers ...

– accordion * Peter Kent – violin * Erica Duke-Kirkpatrick – cello * Louis Taylor – soprano saxophone

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

Amanda Marshall albums 1995 debut albums Sony Music Canada albums {{1990s-pop-album-stub