Facing Future
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| Studio album by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole | ||
| Released | 1993 | |
| Recorded | 1992–1993 at Audio Resource in Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Genre | Hawaii, World | |
| Length | 56:37 | |
| Label | Mountain Apple | |
| Producer(s) | Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Jon de Mello | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Israel Kamakawiwo'ole chronology | ||
| Ka 'Ano'i (1990) |
Facing Future (1993) |
E Ala E (1995) |
- See also: Facing the Future
Facing Future is an album by the late Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, released in 1993.
When this album was released, he became famous with his medley of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "What A Wonderful World", featured in films You've Got Mail, Finding Forrester, Meet Joe Black, 50 First Dates and a movie titled Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School, as well as an episode of television's ER. Also, a version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" based on Kamakawiwo'ole's was performed by The Blanks on the Scrubs episode, "My Way Home".
[edit] Track listing
- "Hawaiʻi '78 Introduction" – 5:05
- "Ka Huila Wai" – 3:20
- "ʻAmaʻama" – 2:14
- "Panini Pua Kea" – 3:07
- "Take Me Home Country Road" – 4:56
- Version of "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver
- "Kuhio Bay" – 3:31
- "Ka Pua Uʻi" – 2:55
- "White Sandy Beach Of Hawaiʻi" – 2:37
- "Henehene Kou ʻAka" – 4:22
- "La ʻElima" – 3:40
- "Pili Me Kaʻu Manu" – 2:33
- "Maui Hawaiian Sup'pa Man" – 3:53
- "Kaulana Kawaihae" – 4:01
- "Somewhere Over The Rainbow"/"What A Wonderful World" – 5:08
- "Hawaiʻi '78" – 5:15
