Ancient Heart

Ancient Heart

by Tanita Tikaram
Ancient Heart

Ancient Heart

by Tanita Tikaram
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Overview

Singer/songwriter Tanita Tikaram's debut album, Ancient Heart, stands as one of the most underappreciated albums of the 1980s, and she, along with Tracy Chapman, preceded the 1990s' onslaught of female singer/songwriters by almost a decade. Tikaram, who was only 19 when this album was released, created a melancholy and wistful work, mature beyond her years, of startling originality and honesty. While this album may be considered folkish and artsy, it never stoops to the cliches that dominated those styles of music in the later Lilith Fair years. Her near perfect signature song "Twist in My Sobriety" is a stark, sinuous, desperate torch song that managed to garner a bit of radio and video airplay in its day and sounded like nothing else then or since. Other highlights include the lovely and more upbeat "Cathedral Song," "World Outside Your Window," and "Good Tradition"," as well as the jazzy "For All the Years" and the haunting "I Love You" and "Valentine Heart" -- the latter being one of the album's true highlights. Ancient Heart is a smoky, world-weary album, that, years after its initial release, does not sound one bit dated and has effortlessly stood the test of time. The definite highlight of Tanita Tikaram's career. ~ Jose F. Promis

Product Details

Release Date: 10/25/1990
Label: Reprise
UPC: 0075992583923
Rank: 170137

Tracks

  1. Good Tradition
  2. Cathedral Song
  3. Sighing Innocents
  4. I Love You
  5. World Outside Your Window
  6. For All These Years
  7. Twist in My Sobriety
  8. Poor Cow
  9. He Likes the Sun
  10. Valentine Heart
  11. Preyed Upon

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Tanita Tikaram   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Peter Van Hooke   Guest Artist,Drums
Mark Isham   Guest Artist,Trumpet,Flugelhorn
Rod Argent   Guest Artist,Keyboards
Rory McFarlane   Guitar (Bass)
Paul Brady   Mandolin
Brendan O'Reilly   Violin
Mitch Dalton   Guitar
Malcolm Messiter   Oboe
David Lindley   Violin
Clem Clemson   Guitar
Martin Ditcham   Percussion
Philip Todd   Saxophone
Mo Foster   Fretless Bass
Brendan Croker   Guitar
Noel Langley   Trumpet
Marc Ribot   Horn,Guitar
Pete Beachill   Trombone
John Georgiadis   Violin
Helen O'Hara   Violin
Clem Clempson   Guitar
Mark Creswell   Guitar
Brendon O'Reilly   Violin
Keith Harvey   Cello
Ian Jewel   Viola

Technical Credits

Tanita Tikaram   Arranger,Composer
Rod Argent   Mixing,Arranger,Producer,String Arrangements
Peter Moss   Photography
Simon Hurrell   Mixing,Engineer
Peter Van Hooke   Mixing,Arranger,Producer
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