| Rockinghorse | ||||
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| 👁 Image | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 13, 1992 | |||
| Studio |
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| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 50:10 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | David Tyson | |||
| Alannah Myles chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | 👁 Star 👁 Star 👁 Half star 👁 Image 👁 Image [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[2] |
| Orlando Sentinel | 👁 Star 👁 Image 👁 Image [3] |
Rockinghorse is the second studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Alannah Myles, released on October 13, 1992, by Atlantic Records. It spawned three singles and two songs that weren't released as singles, but charted on RPM Top Singles Chart, "Song Instead of a Kiss", "Tumbleweed", "Our World, Our Times", "Living on a Memory", and "Sonny Say You Will" (the first one of which Myles co-wrote). The album was nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards.
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Our World Our Times" | 6:25 | |
| 2. | "Make Me Happy" |
| 5:47 |
| 3. | "Sonny Say You Will" | Ward | 5:04 |
| 4. | "Tumbleweed" | Ward | 4:36 |
| 5. | "Livin' on a Memory" |
| 5:50 |
| 6. | "Song Instead of a Kiss" |
| 5:03 |
| 7. | "Love in the Big Town" |
| 4:45 |
| 8. | "The Last Time I Saw William" |
| 4:12 |
| 9. | "Lies and Rumours" |
| 5:06 |
| 10. | "Rockinghorse" |
| 3:00 |
Personnel
[edit]Musicians
- Alannah Myles – vocals
- David Tyson – keyboards, bass, backing vocals
- Kurt Schefter – guitars
- David Wipper – acoustic guitars, mandolin
- Buzz Feiten – electric guitars (5)
- Will Lee – bass
- Denny Fongheiser – drums, percussion
- Jørn Andersen – additional cymbals (1)
- Larry Williams – saxophones
- Greg Smith – baritone saxophone (2, 4)
- Gary Grant – trumpets
- John Elefante – backing vocals
- Mark Free – backing vocals
- Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals
- Christopher Ward – backing vocals
- Rose Stone – backing vocals
Production
- Christopher Ward – executive producer
- David Tyson – producer
- Brian Foraker – engineer, mixing (6, 10)
- Tom Lord-Alge – mixing (1-5, 7-9)
- Brad Aldredge – additional engineer, assistant engineer
- Richard Benoit – additional engineer
- Bill Dooley – additional engineer
- Peter Willis – additional engineer
- Peter Doell – assistant engineer
- Jeff Graham – assistant engineer
- Efren Herrera – assistant engineer
- Leslie Ann Kones – assistant engineer
- Dominique Schafer – assistant engineer
- Scott Stillman – assistant engineer
- Ben Wallach – assistant engineer
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California)
- Shari Sutcliffe – production coordinator
- Reisig & Taylor – cover photography
- Alannah Myles – creative director, wardrobe design
- Tom Bricker – art direction, design
- Melanie Nissen – creative director for Atlantic Records
- Lisa Panagapka for Alannahworks – creative design
- Michael Bonneville – make-up
- Helen Chudoba – hair design
- Borman Entertainment – management
Charts
[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Certifications
[edit]| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (Music Canada)[14] | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Moon, Tom (November 6, 1992). "Rockinghorse". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ Gettelman, Parry (November 13, 1992). "Alannah Myles". Orlando Sentinel.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 198.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
- ^ "Top RPM Albums: Image 1857". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
- ^ "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 48. 28 November 1992. p. 24. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 48. 28 November 1992. p. 25. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
- ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
- ^ "The RPM Top 100 Albums of 1992" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 56, no. 25. 19 December 1992. p. 13. ISSN 0033-7064 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse". Music Canada. March 8, 1993. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
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