| Here Not There | ||||
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| Studio album by Jane Child | ||||
| Released | 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1992-1993 | |||
| Genre | Dance Pop, New Jack Swing, Hard Rock | |||
| Length | 64:14 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Jane Child | |||
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Here Not There is the second full length studio album by singer-songwriter Jane Child. It was released in 1993 on Warner Bros. Records (see 1993 in music). Due to a strange single choice (the label opted for the title track instead of "Do Whatcha Do", which would have been in keeping with her style established on Don't Wanna Fall In Love, her hit from 4 years previously), it was less successful. It also saw her undergoing a stylistic change; while her debut was mostly synthesized dance-pop with R&B undercurrents, "Here Not There" saw her edging away and mixing New Jack Swing rhythms with almost hard rock elements. The year prior to the release of the album, she contributed the song "Mona Lisa Smiles" to the movie Freejack, which starred Emilio Estevez.
The album is notable in that it featured an outside writer in the form of Ricky Hyslop, her father; he wrote two tracks on the album ("Monument" and "Step Out Of Time"). This is something she did not do on her previous disc; she wrote all the songs then.
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allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album 2 stars of 5, calling it "a more ambitious affair than her debut", but also said that she "did not write songs that could have elaborated her ideas".
All songs written by Jane Child, except where noted.