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Released
  
April 21, 1992

Tongues and Tails (1992)
  
Whaler (1994)

Release date
  
7 April 1992

Genre
  
Adult contemporary music

Length
  
52:23

Artist
  
Sophie B. Hawkins

Label
  
Columbia Records

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Recorded
  
July 1991–February 1992

Producers
  
Rick Chertoff, Ralph Schuckett

Similar
  
Sophie B Hawkins albums, Other albums

Tongues and Tails is the first album by American singer/songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music).

Contents

Production

The title is presumably derived from Act II, Scene i, Line 214 of The Taming of the Shrew, in which Petruchio asks Kate, "What, with my tongue in your tail?"

Track listing

all songs written by Sophie B. Hawkins (except "I Want You," written by Bob Dylan)

  1. "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" – 5:23
  2. "California, Here I Come" – 4:38
  3. "Mysteries We Understand" – 4:40
  4. "Savior Child" – 4:45
  5. "Carry Me" – 4:36
  6. "I Want You" – 5:19
  7. "Before I Walk on Fire" – 4:58
  8. "We Are One Body" – 4:49
  9. "Listen" – 3:31
  10. "Live and Let Love" – 4:13
  11. "Don't Stop Swaying" – 5:31

Personnel

  • Sophie B. Hawkins – keyboards, vocals
  • Eric Bazilian – guitar
  • Café – percussion
  • Mino Cinelu – percussion
  • Rick DiFonzo – guitar
  • Mark Egan – bass
  • Roger Greenawalt – twelve-string guitar
  • Omar Hakim – drums
  • Gary Lucas – guitar
  • Sammy Merendino – rhythm, rhythm collage
  • Ralph Schuckett – keyboards
  • Peter Wood – synthesizer
  • Frederick Zlotkin – cello

    • Production

  • Studio: Messina Music
  • Producers: Rick Chertoff, Ralph Schuckett
  • Engineers: John Agnello, Steve Churchyard, Stewart Lerman, Martin Brass
  • Assistant engineers: Ted Trewhella, Michael White
  • Mixing: Steve Churchyard, David Leonard
  • Mastering: George Marino
  • Art direction: Christopher Austopchuk, Nicky Lindeman
  • Paintings: Sophie B. Hawkins

    • Charts

    Album
    Singles

    Songs

    1Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover5:23
    2California Here I Come4:39
    3Mysteries We Understand4:40

    References

    Tongues and Tails Wikipedia
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