Facing Future

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Facing Future
Facing Future cover
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 Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Jon de Mello
Professional reviews
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole chronology
Ka 'Ano'i
(1990)		 Facing Future
(1993)		 E Ala E
(1995)

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 Finding Forrester, Meet Joe Black, 50 First Dates and Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School, as well as an episode of television's ER, and the final episode of the BBC program Life On Mars. The ukulele intro to this song was also heard in TV commercials for the ill-fated Internet toy vendor eToys in the early 2000s, but without any of the vocals. A version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" based on Kamakawiwo'ole's was performed by The Blanks on the Scrubs episode, "My Way Home". Kamakawiwo'ole's rendition of "Over the Rainbow" features fragments of different verses strung together in a new order. It remains a favorite of many listeners, and has become a cultural phenomenon, as attested by its frequent use in entertainment and advertising.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Hawaiʻi '78 Introduction" – 5:05
  2. "Ka Huila Wai" – 3:20
  3. "ʻAmaʻama" – 2:14
  4. "Panini Pua Kea" – 3:07
  5. "Take Me Home Country Road" – 4:56
  6. "Kuhio Bay" – 3:31
  7. "Ka Pua Uʻi" – 2:55
  8. "White Sandy Beach Of Hawaiʻi" – 2:37
  9. "Henehene Kou ʻAka" – 4:22
  10. "La ʻElima" – 3:40
  11. "Pili Me Kaʻu Manu" – 2:33
  12. "Maui Hawaiian Sup'pa Man" – 3:53
  13. "Kaulana Kawaihae" – 4:01
  14. "Somewhere Over The Rainbow"/"What a Wonderful World" – 5:08
  15. "Hawaiʻi '78" – 5:15
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