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Relish (album)

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Released
  
March 21, 1995

Artist
  
Joan Osborne

Producer
  
Rick Chertoff

Length
  
61:06

Release date
  
21 March 1995

Genre
  
Rock music

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Recorded
  
1994-1995 at The Crawlspace (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); additional recording at Big Blue (Katonah, New York) and PIE Studios (Glen Cove, New York)

Label
  
Blue Gorilla Records/Mercury

Relish (1995)
  
Early Recordings (1996)

Nominations
  
Grammy Award for Album of the Year

Similar
  
Joan Osborne albums, Rock music albums

Relish is the debut album by Joan Osborne, released on March 21, 1995. It was nominated for Album of the Year at the 38th Grammys, and also earned nominations for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for Osborne. In addition, the track "One of Us" was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

Contents

Joan osborne relish full album


Background

Relish is a mixture of raw styles of contemporary folk, rock, and sometimes pop-rock sounds.

Its biggest hit single, "One of Us", was used as the theme to the 2003-2005 television series Joan of Arcadia, although the show used a re-recorded version rather than the original version. The album and the song were both nominated for multiple Grammy Awards in 1996. The song was written by Eric Bazilian of the Hooters.

"Man in the Long Black Coat" is a cover of the Bob Dylan song from his 1989 album Oh Mercy.

The final track, "Lumina", was used on the first episode of the HBO's hit show The Sopranos. It was also used in an episode in the 4th series of the CBS hit show "The Good Wife" in 2013.

Track listing

All songs written by Joan Osborne, Eric Bazilian, Rob Hyman and Rick Chertoff unless otherwise indicated.

  1. "St. Teresa" – 5:20
  2. "Man in the Long Black Coat" (Bob Dylan) – 4:49
  3. "Right Hand Man" (Osborne, Bazilian, Hyman, Chertoff, Don Van Vliet) – 4:57
  4. "Pensacola" – 4:32
  5. "Dracula Moon" – 6:32
  6. "One of Us" (Bazilian) – 5:21
  7. "Ladder" – 4:11
  8. "Spider Web" (Joan Osborne, Chertoff, Gary Lucas, Sammy Merendino, Chris Palmaro) – 5:34
  9. "Let's Just Get Naked" (Joan Osborne, Bazilian) – 5:08
  10. "Help Me" (Sonny Boy Williamson II, Ralph Bass) – 5:14
  11. "Crazy Baby" (Joan Osborne) – 6:31
  12. "Lumina" (Joan Osborne, Bazilian) – 3:08
  • "One of Us" contains an introduction of "The Airplane Ride," a spiritual written by J. S. McConnel and sung by Nell Hampton, under license from Alan Lomax. Used by permission.
  • "Ladder" contains a sample from "Mambo Sun," written by Marc Bolan under license from Straight Ahead Productions Ltd. TRO/Essex Music International (ASCAP) as recorded by T. Rex. Used by permission.

    • Personnel

  • Joan Osborne – vocals, percussion, acoustic guitar
  • Eric Bazilian – guitar, mandolin, chant, saxophone, harmonica, electric piano
  • Mark Egan – bass
  • Rob Hyman – piano, organ, synthesizer, Mellotron, backing vocals, drums on 6
  • Andy Kravitz – drums, percussion

    • Additional personnel

  • Rick Di Fonzo – acoustic guitar on 2 8
  • Sammy Merendino – drums on 2 9, rhythm collage on 7 8
  • Chris Palmaro – electric piano on 2 8, organ on 7, virtual fiddle on 8, Mellotron on 8 9
  • William Wittman – electric guitar on 2, guitar on 7
  • Rick Chertoff – percussion on 3 5
  • Leo Osborne – backing vocals on 3
  • Lee Campbell – actual fiddle on 8
  • Omar Hakim – drums on 8
  • Gary Lucas – guitar on 8 9
  • Wade Schurman – harmonica on 8 9
  • Catherine Russell – backing vocals on 8

    • Production

  • Produced by Rick Chertoff
  • Tracks 1–11 Recorded and mixed by William Wittman; track 12 recorded and mixed by Rob Hyman
  • Assistant recording engineer at Big Blue: Mark Mason
  • Additional recording and mix engineering at PIE Studios by Rob Polhemus
  • Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound (NYC)

    • Charts

    Album

    Single

    Songs

    1St Teresa5:20
    2Man in the Long Black Coat4:52
    3Right Hand Man5:02

    References

    Relish (album) Wikipedia
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