Everybody's Angel
Everybody's Angel | ||||
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Studio album by Tanita Tikaram | ||||
Released | 4 February 1991[1] | |||
Recorded | June–September 1990 | |||
Genre | Rock, Pop, Folk | |||
Length | 48:09 | |||
Label | East West Records 9031-73341-1 | |||
Producer | Tanita Tikaram, Peter van Hooke, Rod Argent | |||
Tanita Tikaram chronology | ||||
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Singles from Everybody's Angel | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Calgary Herald | B+[4] |
Chicago Tribune | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
New Musical Express | 2/10[6] |
Record Mirror | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Select | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Sounds | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Everybody's Angel is the third studio album by Tanita Tikaram, released in 1991.
Background
Tikaram wrote the majority of the songs that form the album between December 1989-January 1990, just before the release of her second album The Sweet Keeper, with "Hot Pork Sandwiches" dating far back to 1988.
The basic recording of the album took place in June 1990 at Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York. The same team of musicians that had worked on her previous two albums were brought to play for this one, including Mark Isham, Helen O'Hara and Mark Creswell. Further recordings took place at Abbey Road Studios back in England. As with her previous two albums, Rod Argent and Peter van Hooke produced the record, but for the first time Tikaram co-produced the songs as well, a move she said she had not felt confident enough to do on the previous two records. This would be the last time Tikaram collaborated with Argent and van Hooke on production.
Jennifer Warnes, of whom Tikaram had always declared being a fan, and whom Tikaram had met when Warnes attended one of her concerts at The Roxy in 1989, added harmony vocals on two songs on the album, the single "Only the Ones We Love" and "Mud in Any Water".
Two songs on the album, "Hot Pork Sandwiches" and "I Love the Heaven's Solo" had previously been released in 1990 in acoustic versions as b-sides to the single "Little Sister Leaving Town".
Release and reception
The album sold moderately well in Europe, but there was an evident decline in sales in comparison with Tikaram's previous albums, and in most territories this was the singer's last album to achieve a chart placing, including the USA. Everybody's Angel debuted and peaked at #19 in the UK, and achieved similar top 20 placings around Europe, but fell off the charts pretty quickly. In the USA, it peaked at a low #142.
Reviews were mixed, but generally found the record more inspired than her second album The Sweet Keeper. Most of the reviews also noted a strong Van Morrison influence on the sound of the album.
Two singles were released off the album. The lead single "Only the Ones We Love", with backup vocals by Jennifer Warnes, did not become a substantial hit and only peaked at #69 in the UK. The second single, a re-recorded "I Love the Heaven's Solo" with a gospel choir, did not chart at all. The album track "Deliver Me" was touted as a possible third single (or US-only single) as it was getting a good response, but no release ever came to be.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Tanita Tikaram
- "Only the Ones We Love"
- "Deliver Me"
- "This Story in Me"
- "To Wish This"
- "Mud in Any Water"
- "Sunface"
- "Never Known"
- "This Stranger"
- "Swear by Me"
- "Hot Pork Sandwiches"
- "Me in Mind"
- "Sometime with Me"
- "I Love the Heaven's Solo"
- "I'm Going Home"
Charts
Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] | 128 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] | 19 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13] | 20 |
German Albums Chart | 17 |
Swedish Albums Chart | 16 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] | 12 |
UK Albums (OCC)[15] | 19 |
US Billboard 200 | 142 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[16] | 12 |
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[17] | 14 |
European Albums (Eurotipsheet)[18] | 17 |
Personnel
- Tanita Tikaram – guitar, vocals
- David Hayes – bass
- Mark Isham – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Jennifer Warnes – harmony vocals
- Rod Argent – piano, Hammond organ, harmony vocals, string arrangements & conductor
- James Archer – violin
- Mark Berrow – violin
- Mike Brittain – double bass
- Richie Buckley – alto & tenor saxophone
- David Emanuel – viola
- Lyn Fletcher – violin
- Wilfred Gibson – violin
- Roy Gillard – violin
- Jack Glickman – viola
- Paul Kegg – cello
- Ben Kennard – cello
- Carol Kenyon – harmony vocals
- Katie Kissoon – harmony vocals
- Andrew McGee – viola
- Jim McLeod – violin
- Helen O'Hara – violin
- Peter Oxer – violin
- Anthony Pleeth – cello
- Paul Silverthorne – viola
- Barry Wilde – violin
- Mark Creswell – guitar
- Martin Robinson – cello
Notes
- ^ "First Reports". Sounds. 12 January 1991. p. 4.
- ^ release date
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r20209
- ^ Obee, Dave (17 February 1991). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald.
- ^ Heim, Chris (11 April 1991). "Home Entertainment: Recordings". Chicago Tribune. p. 7.
- ^ Collins, Andrew (9 February 1991). "Long Play: Dodgy Tika". New Musical Express. p. 31.
- ^ Duerden, Nick (9 February 1991). "Albums". Record Mirror. p. 15.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 709.
- ^ Sexton, Paul (March 1991). "Reviews: The New Discs". Select. p. 78.
- ^ Berger, George (9 February 1991). "Albums". Sounds. p. 38.
- ^ "Tanita Tikaram ARIA Chart history (complete 1988-2024)". ARIA. Retrieved 28 July 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Tanita Tikaram – Everybody's Angel" (in German). Hung Medien.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Tanita Tikaram – Everybody's Angel" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Tanita Tikaram – Everybody's Angel". Hung Medien.
- ^ "Tanita Tikaram | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Tanita Tikaram – Everybody's Angel". Hung Medien.
- ^ https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "European Hot 100 Albums" (PDF). Eurotipsheet. Vol. 8, no. 10. 9 March 1991. p. 43. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
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- Ancient Heart
- The Sweet Keeper
- Everybody's Angel
- Eleven Kinds of Loneliness
- Lovers in the City
- The Cappuccino Songs
- Sentimental
- Can't Go Back
- Closer to the People
- "Good Tradition"
- "Twist in My Sobriety"
- "Cathedral Song"
- "World Outside Your Window"
- "We Almost Got It Together"
- "Little Sister Leaving Town"
- "Thursday's Child"
- "Only the Ones We Love"
- "You Make the Whole World Cry"
- "I Might Be Crying"
- "Wonderful Shadow"
- "Twist In My Sobriety (remix)"
- "And I Think of You – E penso a te"
- "Stop Listening"
- "I Don't Wanna Lose at Love"
- "Glass Love Train"
- "The Way You Move"