Among My Swan is the third album by the band Mazzy Star

Mazzy Star

Mazzy Star is an American alternative rock band formed in Santa Monica, California, in 1989 from the group Opal, a collaboration of guitarist David Roback and bassist Kendra Smith...

. Although Among My Swan did not contain any US Billboard Hot 100

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 hits like its predecessor, So Tonight That I Might See

So Tonight That I Might See

So Tonight That I Might See is the second studio album by the dream pop band Mazzy Star, released on October 5, 1993. The album's first track, "Fade into You," was the band's only single to make the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #44...

, this album did garner the band its highest-ranking single on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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, when "Flowers In December" reached #40 in November 1996. http://www.everyhit.com/searchsec.php The album's second single, "I've Been Let Down", did not chart in either the United States or the UK.

Among My Swan relied less on the echo effect that was nearly ubiquitous in all tracks on the previous two albums. Hope Sandoval's voice is paired with simple acoustic instrumentation that marks most of the tracks. The guitar and harmonica accompaniment on "I've Been Let Down" is a prime example of this. These tracks are not markedly different in sound or feel from the preceding two albums.

Among My Swan is widely considered to be Mazzy Star's final album; although the band has not officially broken up, they have released no new material since the release of "I've Been Let Down" as a single in 1996, and lead singer Hope Sandoval

Hope Sandoval

Hope Sandoval is an American singer-songwriter who is the lead singer for Mazzy Star and Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions....

 has gone on to form Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions

Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions

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Track listing

All music by David Roback.

All lyrics by Hope Sandoval except "Rhymes of an Hour" by David Roback/Hope Sandoval.

1. "Disappear" – 4:04
2. "Flowers in December" – 4:57
3. "Rhymes of an Hour" – 4:12
4. "Cry, Cry" – 3:58
5. "Take Everything" – 4:53
   • Drums
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     : Aaron Sherer
   • Guitar
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     : William Reid
     William Reid (musician)
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      of The Jesus and Mary Chain
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6. "Still Cold" – 4:48
   • Drums: Aaron Sherer
7. "All Your Sisters" – 5:16
8. "I've Been Let Down" – 3:17
9. "Roseblood" – 4:51
10. "Happy" – 3:58
11. "Umbilical" – 4:59
12. "Look On Down from the Bridge" – 4:47