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Breakdown (Melissa Etheridge album)

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Released
  
October 5, 1999

Length
  
53:50

Artist
  
Melissa Etheridge

Label
  
Island Records

Recorded
  
1998-1999

Breakdown (1999)
  
Skin (2001)

Release date
  
5 October 1999

Genre
  
Rock music

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Producers
  
Melissa Etheridge, John Shanks

Similar
  
Skin, The Awakening, Your Little Secret, Lucky, Never Enough

Breakdown is the sixth album by singer/songwriter Melissa Etheridge, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music). A Limited Edition version of the album was simultaneously released featuring three bonus tracks.

Contents

"Scarecrow" is dedicated to the memory of Matthew Shepard, and his family and friends.

"Into the Dark" played at the end of an episode of Haven.

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Track listing

All songs by Melissa Etheridge, except where noted

  1. "Breakdown" – 3:54
  2. "Angels Would Fall" (Etheridge, Shanks) – 4:39
  3. "Stronger Than Me" – 4:08
  4. "Into the Dark" – 4:59
  5. "Enough of Me" – 4:39
  6. "Truth of the Heart" (Etheridge, Shanks) – 4:31
  7. "Mama I'm Strange" – 4:29
  8. "Scarecrow" – 5:21
  9. "How Would I Know" – 4:15
  10. "My Lover" – 5:45
  11. "Sleep" – 7:10 [standard pressing] / 4:39 [Limited Edition pressing]
  12. "Touch and Go"* – 4:36
  13. "Cherry Avenue"* – 4:29
  14. "Beloved"* – 7:54

* Limited Edition bonus tracks

Personnel

  • Melissa Etheridge - acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Kenny Aronoff - drums, marimba, shaker
  • Jon Brion - guitar
  • Mark Browne - bass
  • Matt Chamberlain - drums
  • Steve Ferrone - percussion, drums
  • Rami Jaffee - keyboard
  • Jim Keltner - drums
  • Greg Leisz - guitar, mandolin, lap steel guitar, pedals
  • Brian MacLeod - percussion, drum loop
  • Pino Palladino - bass
  • John Shanks - dulcimer, guitar, harp, marimba, background vocals
  • Patrick Warren - keyboard
  • Gota Yashiki - drum loop
  • Production

  • Producers: Melissa Etheridge, John Shanks
  • Engineers: Marc DeSisto, Greg Goldman
  • Assistant engineers: John Aguto, Tom Nellen, Geoff Walcha
  • Mixing: Bob Clearmountain, Tom Lord-Alge, Chris Lord-Alge
  • Mastering: Bob Ludwig
  • studio technician: Brett Allen
  • Art direction: Scott Denton Cardew
  • Artwork: Scott Denton Cardew
  • Photography: Barbara Green, Rocky Schenck
  • Hair stylist: Bernhard Tammé
  • Charts

    Album - Billboard (North America)

    Singles - Billboard (North America)

    Songs

    1Breakdown3:54
    2Angels Would Fall4:40
    3Stronger Than Me4:09

    References

    Breakdown (Melissa Etheridge album) Wikipedia