Ophelia (album)

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Ophelia
Ophelia cover
Studio album by Natalie Merchant
Released 19 May 1998
Recorded Talking Dwarf Studios, Little Valley, New York & Air Studios, London, England
Genre Pop
Length 56:38
Label Elektra Records
Producer(s) Natalie Merchant
Professional reviews
Natalie Merchant chronology
Tigerlily
(1995)
Ophelia
(1998)
Live in Concert
(1999)


Ophelia is the title of a 1998 album, film, and song by Natalie Merchant. Merchant seems to see Shakespeare's Ophelia as a figure encompassing many important feminine archetypes. The album and film explore several of these.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Ophelia"
  2. "Life is Sweet"
  3. "Kind & Generous"
  4. "Frozen Charlotte"
  5. "My Skin"
  6. "Break Your Heart"
  7. "King of May"
  8. "Thick as Thieves"
  9. "Effigy"
  10. "The Living"
  11. "When They Ring the Golden Bells"

The final track includes a string arrangement of "Ophelia" arranged by Gavin Bryars.