When I Was a Boy
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- "When I Was a Boy" is also a song recorded by The Who, and another by Dar Williams
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| Studio album by Jane Siberry | ||
| Released | August 3, 1993 | |
| Recorded | June 1991–January 1993 Mushroom Studios, Vancouver, BC |
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| Genre | Adult Alternative, Ambient Pop, Trip-Hop | |
| Length | 66:23 | |
| Label | Reprise Records | |
| Producer(s) | Jane Siberry, Brian Eno (tracks 1 and 4), Michael Brook (track 3) | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Jane Siberry chronology | ||
| Bound by the Beauty (1989) |
When I Was a Boy (1993) |
Maria (1995) |
When I Was a Boy is a 1993 album by Jane Siberry. Internationally, it is her most famous album. Ironically, however, in Siberry's native Canada the album, while commercially successful, was not as big a hit as her 1985 album The Speckless Sky.
The album includes Siberry's most famous song, "Calling All Angels", a duet with k.d. lang which appeared on two movie soundtracks, Until the End of the World in 1991 and Pay It Forward in 1998. The song was also sung by cast members of Six Feet Under in a scene from the episode "The Rainbow of Her Reasons." "Sail Across the Water" and "Temple" were the other singles from the album.
Several songs included electronic textures; "Temple" was Siberry's first song which was, popular in dance clubs.
On The Tragically Hip's 1997 live album Live Between Us, Gordon Downie sings the chorus from "Temple" in that album's track "Nautical Disaster".
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Jane Siberry, except where indicated.
- "Temple" – 4:45
- "Calling All Angels" – 5:17
- "Love Is Everything" – 5:50
- "Sail Across the Water" – 5:22
- "All the Candles in the World" – 3:49
- "Sweet Incarnadine" (Siberry, Erdal Kizilcay, Ken Myhr) – 6:46
- "The Gospel According to Darkness" – 4:51
- "An Angel Stepped Down (And Slowly Looked Around)" – 5:50
- "The Vigil (The Sea)" – 9:23
- "Bells" – 1:19
- "At the Beginning of Time" – 7:20
- "Love Is Everything (Harmony Version)" – 5:51
[edit] Personnel
- Jane Siberry – guitar, piano, keyboards, organ, vocals, backing vocals
- Ken Myhr – guitar, vocals on 7 8, percussion on 11
[edit] Additional personnel
- Brian Eno – shaker on 1, oboe on 1, synthesizer on 4
- Teddy Borowiecki – piano on 2
- Glenn Milchem – drums on 1
- David Ramsden – vocals on 1 7 8 11
- James Pinker – drums on 1 4
- Bryant Didier – bass on 1
- Jamie West-Oram – guitar on 1
- k.d. lang – vocals on 2
- Ben Mink – viola on 2
- Michael Brook – guitar on 3, infinite guitar on 3
- Sid Wells – drum loops on 5 8
- Robert Ahwai – bass on 5 7 8
- Erdal Kizilcay – piano on 6
- Holly Cole – vocals on 7 8
- Rebecca Jenkins – vocals on 7 8 9
- Michael Phillip-Wojewoda – vocals on 7 8, percussion on 11
- Anne Bourne – cello on 7 8 9
- Graham Dickson – drum loops on 7
- Rebecca Campbell – vocals on 8
- Andy Stochansky – vocals on 11
- John Switzer – bass on 9
- Paul Douglas – vocals on 9
