Released August 24, 1993 Length 64:14 Artist Jane Child Producer Jane Child | Recorded 1991-1993 Here Not There
(1993) Surge
(2001) Release date 24 August 1993 Label Warner Bros. Records | |
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Genres Dance-pop, New jack swing, Hard rock People also search for Jane Child, Surge, Don't Wanna Fall in Love (Knife Feel Good Mix) | ||
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Here Not There is the second full length studio album by Canadian 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.
Contents
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"), whereas Child wrote all of the tracks on her previous album.
Reception
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".
Track listing
All songs written by Jane Child, except where noted.
- "Mona Lisa Smiles" 5:03
- "Do Whatcha Do" 5:16
- "Monument" (Hyslop) 5:09
- "All I Do" 5:54
- "SSHHH" 4:52
- "Perfect Love" 6:09
- "I Do Not Feel As You Do" 4;29
- "Heavy Smile" 5:14
- "Calling" 5:23
- "Step Out Of Time" (Hyslop) 5;13
- "Sarasvati" 7:58
- "Here Not There" 3:38
Personnel
Production
Songs
1Mona Lisa Smiles5:05
2Do Whatcha Do5:21
3Monument5:12