Songbird (Eva Cassidy album)

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Songbird
Songbird cover
Compilation album by Eva Cassidy
Released May 19, 1998
Genre Adult Alternative
Length 42:51
Label Blix Street
Producer Eva Cassidy,
Chris Biondo
Professional reviews
Eva Cassidy chronology
Eva by Heart
(1997)
Songbird
(1998)
Time After Time
(2000)

Songbird is a compilation album of songs by the late American singer Eva Cassidy, released in 1998, two years after her death in 1996. (see 1998 in music).

Five tracks (Wade in The Water, Wayfaring Stranger, Songbird, Time is a Healer and I Know You by Heart) are from Cassidy's album, Eva by Heart. Four tracks (Fields Of Gold, Autumn Leaves, People Get Ready and Oh Had I a Golden Thread) are from her album, Live at Blues Alley. The remaining track, Over the Rainbow, is from the album, The Other Side.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

# Title Written by Length
1. "Fields of Gold" Sting 4:42
2. "Wade in the Water" Traditional 4:02
3. "Autumn Leaves" Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert 4:41
4. "Wayfaring Stranger" Traditional 4:26
5. "Songbird" Christine McVie 3:43
6. "Time Is a Healer" Diane Scanlon, Greg Smith 4:16
7. "I Know You By Heart" Eve Nelson, Scanlon 3:59
8. "People Get Ready" Curtis Mayfield 3:16
9. "Oh, Had I a Golden Thread" Pete Seeger 4:49
10. "Over the Rainbow" Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg 4:57

[edit] Chart positions

Country Peak position[1][2][3]
United Kingdom 1
United States 1
Switzerland 2
Netherland 52
Sweden 2
Norway 7
Denmark 9
Australia 42
New Zealand 25

[edit] Personnel

Eva Cassidy guitar, keyboards, vocals
Chris Biondo bass, guitar
Dan Cassidy violin
Hilton Felton organ
John Gillespie organ
Keith Grimes guitar
Raice McLeod drums
Larry Melton upright bass
Mike Stein violin
Chris Walker trumpet
Lenny Williams piano
Kent Wood organ

[edit] Production

Producers Eva Cassidy, Chris Biondo
Engineer Kent Wood
Arranger Eva Cassidy
Drum programming Chris Biondo

[edit] References

  1. ^ No. 1 albums The Official UK Charts Company
  2. ^ RIAA Gives Thanks For Strong Gold and Platinum Numbers In November RIAA News Room. Retrieved on March 6, 2008.
  3. ^ Songbird swedishcharts.com


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