Released 19 May 1998 Length 56:38 Artist Natalie Merchant Producer Natalie Merchant Genres Rock music, Pop music | Recorded July 1996 - May 1997 Ophelia
(1998) Live in Concert
(1999) Release date 19 May 1998 Label Elektra Records | |
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Studio Talking Dwarf Studios, Little Valley, New York & AIR Studios, London, England Similar Natalie Merchant albums, Rock music albums | ||
Natalie merchant kind and generous
Ophelia is the title of a 1998 album, film, and song by Natalie Merchant.
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"Kind & Generous" was the most successful single of the album, reaching the Top 20 in the U.S. whilst Merchant was on tour with Lilith Fair. "Break Your Heart" also received single and video treatment. These and the other videos from the album, plus three from Tigerlily, were gathered on a Warner Music Vision home video, also entitled Ophelia. "I love the opportunity to flex my thespian muscle," Merchant quips on it.
The song "King of May" is a tribute to poet Allen Ginsberg.
In 2009, a line from "My Skin," accompanied by images of animal abuse, served as the basis for an ASPCA commercial. It was also featured in the television series Alias some years earlier.
"Kind & Generous", "The Living", "Break Your Heart" and "Life is Sweet" appeared on Merchant's best-of collection, Retrospective: 1995–2005.
Natalie merchant ophelia music video
Track listing
- "Ophelia" – 5:10
- "Life is Sweet" – 5:12
- "Kind & Generous" – 4:07
- "Frozen Charlotte" (with Karen Peris of The Innocence Mission) – 5:23
- "My Skin" – 5:30
- "Break Your Heart" (with N'Dea Davenport) – 4:47
- "King of May" – 4:09
- "Thick as Thieves" – 6:57
- "Effigy" – 2:30
- "The Living" – 3:18
- "When They Ring Them Golden Bells (with Karen Peris of The Innocence Mission) / Ophelia (Reprise)" (string arrangement by Gavin Bryars – 9:33
Songs
1Ophelia5:10
2Life Is Sweet5:12
3Kind & Generous4:07