''Pages'' is the second studio album from the
country music
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band
Bering Strait
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. It was released June 28, 2005 via
Universal South Records
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(now
Show Dog-Universal Music). The album was produced by
Carl Jackson, except for "From Ankara to Izmir", which was produced by
Jerry Douglas
Gerald Calvin Douglas (born May 28, 1956) is an American Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer. He is widely regarded as "perhaps the finest Dobro player in contemporary acoustic music, and certainly the most celebrated and prol ...
.
Critical reception
Ken Devine of ''Glide'' magazine wrote that "With all their talent, Bering Strait is bound to attract the kind of following of an influence like
Nickel Creek
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. ''Pages'' may be a little hard to turn at times, but for Bering Strait, it’s one chapter closer to the walk of fame."
Track listing
#"Safe In My Lover's Arms" (Lydia Salnikova) – 4:12
#"Oy, Moroz-Moroz" (traditional; arr. by Natalya Borzilova, Lydia Salnikova, Alexander Arzamastsev, Sergei Olkhovskiy, Ilya Toshinsky and Sasha Ostrovsky) – 3:21
#"From Ankara to Izmir" (
Jerry Douglas
Gerald Calvin Douglas (born May 28, 1956) is an American Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer. He is widely regarded as "perhaps the finest Dobro player in contemporary acoustic music, and certainly the most celebrated and prol ...
) – 6:56
#"Long Time Comin'" (Salnikova,
Billy Montana
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) – 3:33
#"Just Imagine" (Shane Teeters, Gary Harrison) – 3:33
#"Pages" (Jenny Yates, Tom Kimmel) – 3:33
#"
You Make Loving Fun
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" (
Christine McVie
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McVie was a member of several bands, notably Chic ...
) – 3:56
#"Cruel Man" (Borzilova) – 3:17
#"What's for Dinner?" (Borzilova, Salnikova, Arzamastsev, Olkhovskiy, Toshinsky, Ostrovsky) – 3:40
#"Choose Your Partner" (
Marv Green, Steve Bogard) – 3:34
#"It Hurts Just a Little" (Ostrovsky,
Brent Maher
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) – 3:01
Personnel
Bering Strait
* Alexander Arzamastsev - drums, percussion
* Natasha Borzilova - vocals, acoustic guitar, gut string guitar
* Sergei "Spooky" Olkhovsky - bass guitar
* Sasha Ostrovsky - Dobro, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, slide guitar
* Lydia Salnikova - vocals, keyboards, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
Additional musicians
*
Jerry Douglas
Gerald Calvin Douglas (born May 28, 1956) is an American Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer. He is widely regarded as "perhaps the finest Dobro player in contemporary acoustic music, and certainly the most celebrated and prol ...
- dobro
* Carl Jackson - background vocals
* Carl Marsh - string arrangement
* Ilya Toshinsky - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, background vocals
* Jerry Williams - string arrangement
References
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2005 albums
Bering Strait (band) albums
Show Dog-Universal Music albums