Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings Explained
| Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Natalie Merchant |
| Cover: | Natalie Merchant - Paradise Is There (The New Tigerlily Recordings).png |
| Recorded: | The Clubhouse, Rhinebeck, NY |
| Length: | 56:39 |
| Label: | Nonesuch |
| Producer: | Natalie Merchant |
| Prev Title: | Natalie Merchant |
| Prev Year: | 2014 |
| Next Title: | Folk Songs |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant, released on November 6, 2015 by Nonesuch Records. It is a collection of new recordings of the songs from Merchant's solo debut, Tigerlily (1995).[1]
Critical reception
Upon release, Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings received positive acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 based on reviews from critics, the album has a weighted average of 78 based on reviews from 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Personnel
Credits for Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings adapted from Tidal[2] and Nonesuch Records' official website.[3]
Musicians
- Natalie Merchant - lead vocals (all tracks), writing
- Jesse Murphy - acoustic bass, bass
- Gabriel Gordon - acoustic guitar, background vocals, electric guitar
- Simi Stone - background vocals
- Bella Blasko - background vocals (4)
- Elizabeth Mitchell - background vocals (4, 6)
- Gail Ann Dorsey - background vocals (11)
- Stanley Moore - cello
- Allison Miller - drums
- Uri Sharlin - piano, accordion
- Sharel Cassity - tenor saxophone
- Marandi Hostetter - viola
- Scott Moore - violin
- Shawn Moore - violin
Technical
- Eli Walker - engineering, editing
- George Cowan - engineering
- Scott Hull - mastering
- Randall Craig Felischer - orchestration (2)
- Tony Finno - string quintet (2), string arrangement (8)
- Stephen Barber - string arrangement (4)
- Sean O'Loughlin - string arrangement (5)
- Uri Sharlin - string arrangement (7)
- Arthur Moorehead - production coordination
- Karina Beznicki - production supervisor
- Jennifer McKinley - project coordinator
- Matthew Rankin - project coordinator
- Summer Damon - project coordinator
- Natalie Merchant - liner notes, production
- John Huba - photography
Notes and References
- Web site: Nonesuch to Release Natalie Merchant’s "Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings" with Companion Documentary on DVD November 6 - Nonesuch Records. Nonesuch Records Official Website.
- Web site: Credits / Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings / Natalie Merchant . Tidal . March 5, 2022.
- Web site: Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings Nonesuch Records . Nonesuch Records Official Website . March 7, 2022 . en.
