Tigerlily Natalie Merchant

• 1San Andreas Fault03:58
• 2Wonder04:25
• 3Beloved Wife05:02
• 4River05:32
• 5Carnival05:59
• 6I May Know The Word08:08
• 7The Letter02:12
• 8Cowboy Romance04:39
• 9Jealousy02:41
• 10Where I Go04:00
• 11Seven Years05:30
• Total Runtime52:06

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The first solo album from Natalie Merchant, formerly of 10,000 Maniacs, is a nice blend of this beautiful singer's talents. Starting out with the mellow "San Andreas Fault", one can see the true talent in her lyrics. The softness of her mesmerizing voice can lead one into a trance. The whole album is very relaxing, with the few more upbeat songs being "Carnival" and Jealousy".

A fine first solo album, Merchant explores and experiments with various instruments and techniques. The fine percussion work of Adriá n ló pez Guevarra in "Where I Go" adds a soft festivity to the song. Also, the cello in "Seven Years" helps add to the contrasting energy within the final track of the album, leaving the listener with a sense of awe as the album comes to an end.

“The new album ‘Tigerlily’ is a powerful and often personal collection of songs. Its bold, stripped down sounds give greater emphasis to her words.” (Time Out, 1995)

“Natalie Merchant is, indubitably, a fundamentally decent and caring person, and as loathsome as those qualities might be in others, we can forgive her because she sings like an angel.” (Hot Press, 1996)

Digitally remastered.

After rising to fame at the helm of the popular folk-rock band 10,000 Maniacs, Natalie Merchant enjoyed even greater success as a solo artist during the mid-'90s. Her literate, socially conscious songs established her among the preeminent women in pop music, while her solo debut -- 1995's Tigerlily -- helped pave the way for a number of female performers in a pre-Lilith Fair market. She continued releasing albums well into the 2000s, often examining specific genres or subjects, although Tigerlily remained her biggest-selling record.

Born October 26, 1963, in Jamestown, NY, Merchant joined 10,000 Maniacs at the age of 17 and became the band's driving artistic force. After a pair of successful independent releases, they signed to Elektra in 1985 and briefly became one of the most popular acts in alternative rock, shooting into the Top 40 with 1987's In My Tribe and charting even higher with their follow-up effort, Blind Man's Zoo. Merchant's desire to launch a solo career increased alongside the band's growing reputation, however, and by the time the group sat down to record 1992's Our Time in Eden, she gave her bandmates two years' notice. Following the release of MTV Unplugged in 1994, she publicly announced she was leaving the group's ranks.

Merchant made her solo debut with 1995's Tigerlily, a self-produced album that debuted at number 13 and scored a Top Ten single with "Carnival." Two additional singles, "Wonder" and "Jealousy," also cracked the Top 40, prompting Tigerlily to sell over five million copies in the U.S. alone. It was followed in 1998 by Ophelia, another platinum-selling effort that was supported by Merchant's inclusion in the second Lilith Fair tour. Live in Concert, recorded at New York's Neil Simon Theatre, appeared a year later. A prominent social activist, Merchant also drew notice by campaigning in the name of such hot-button issues as animal rights, domestic violence, and homelessness.

Merchant launched a folk tour in 2000, with members of progressive folk band the Horse Flies joining her on the road. She then returned to her solo career with Motherland. Two years later, Merchant left Elektra's roster and formed her own independent label, Myth America, in order to issue House Carpenter's Daughter, a collection of traditional and contemporary folk music inspired by the 2000 tour. A long period of silence followed, during which a pair of greatest-hits releases -- the 10,000 Maniacs collection Campfire Songs and Merchant's own Retrospective: 1995-2005 -- kept fans relatively sated. As the decade drew to a close, though, Merchant signed with Nonesuch Records and began making plans for a new album, which eventually arrived in the form of 2010's Leave Your Sleep. (All Music)

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