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, Rock
Length 56:38
Label Elektra Records
Producer Natalie Merchant
Professional reviews
Natalie Merchant chronology
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(1995)		 Ophelia
(1998)		 Live in Concert
(1999)

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

The song "King of May" is a tribute to poet Allen Ginsberg.

"Kind & Generous" is the most successful single of the album, reaching the Top 10 in the U.S.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Ophelia" 5:10
  2. "Life is Sweet" 5:12
  3. "Kind & Generous" 4:07
  4. "Frozen Charlotte" 5:23
  5. "My Skin" 5:30
  6. "Break Your Heart" 4:47
  7. "King of May" 4:09
  8. "Thick as Thieves" 6:57
  9. "Effigy" 2:30
  10. "The Living" 3:18
  11. "When They Ring the Golden Bells/Ophelia (Reprise)" 9:33 (string arrangement by Gavin Bryars)

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Chart (1998) Peak
Position
The Billboard 200 (U.S.) 8
New Zealand Albums Charts 26
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