Oyster (album)

Oyster
Studio album by Heather Nova
Released	October 24, 1994
Genre	Alternative rock, Indie rock
Length	56:55
Label	Butterfly, Big Life
Producer	Felix Tod, Youth
Heather Nova chronology
Blow (1993) Oyster (1994) Siren (1998)
Alternative cover
U.S. cover

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Oyster is the second studio album by Heather Nova, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music).

Track listing

All songs written by Heather Nova.

1. "Walk This World" – 3:49
2. "Heal" – 3:55
3. "Island" – 6:20
4. "Throwing Fire at the Sun" – 5:57
5. "Maybe an Angel" – 5:08
6. "Sugar" (only available on U.S. release) – 5:34
7. "Truth and Bone" – 4:54
8. "Blue Black" – 4:36
9. "Walking Higher" – 4:12
10. "Light Years" – 4:49
11. "Verona" – 4:02
12. "Doubled Up" – 3:39 (4:13 on non us releases, there is some 30 seconds of some instruments tuning and someone saying 'yes' before the actual song starts)

B Sides

1. "Home"
2. "Blind"
3. "Walk This World" (acoustic)

Personnel

• Heather Nova – acoustic guitar, vocals
• David Ayers – bass, electric guitar, 12 string guitar
• Nadia Lanman – cello
• Dean McCormick – percussion, drums
• Hossam Ramzy – percussion
• Bob Thompson – drums
• Youth – bass
• Felix Tod, Youth – producers
• David Bianco, Christopher Marc Potter, Paul Rabiger – engineers

• The album is dedicated to her first cousin once removed Signe Savannah (last name unknown), who was born the year of its release.

Charts

Album

Singles

References