Another Spin Around the Sun is the debut solo album by Canadian alternative rock

Alternative rock

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 musician

Musician

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 Edwin

Edwin (musician)

Edwin is a Canadian alternative rock singer and solo artist from Toronto, and former lead vocalist for I Mother Earth. He was on the band's first two albums, and was also on the majority of the songs on Victor, a 1996 side project from Alex Lifeson of Rush. He went solo in late 1997 and released...

. It was released on April 27, 1999 in Canada, and July 4, 2000 in the United States. The album marked a musical change in his career from his previous work with I Mother Earth

I Mother Earth

I Mother Earth, or IME, was a Canadian alternative rock band. The band was at the peak of its popularity in the mid-to-late 1990s; its members have moved on to other projects.-Early years:...

, being more pop-oriented. It spawned five singles "Trippin'", "Hang Ten", "Alive", "And You", and "Rush". The album went Platinum in Canada and was nominated for a Juno Award

Juno Award

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 for Best Rock album in 2000.

Track listing

1. "Theories" (Edwin, David Martin
   David Martin
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   ) – 4:36
2. "Trippin'" (Edwin, Martin, Ben Dunk) – 3:22
3. "Hang Ten" (Edwin, Martin) – 3:32
4. "And You" (Edwin, Jack Blades
   Jack Blades
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   , Jim Huff) – 3:59
5. "Screaming Kings" (Edwin, John Keller) – 4:22
6. "Shotgun" (Edwin, Ruben Huizenga) – 2:38
7. "Alive" (Edwin, Martin, Stephan Moccio
   Stephan Moccio
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   ) – 6:10
8. "Rush" (Edwin, Matt DeMatteo, Martin) – 4:19
9. "Amazing" (Edwin, Huizenga) – 4:09
10. "Take Me Anywhere" (Edwin, Huizenga) – 4:29
11. "Better Than This" (Edwin) – 5:06
12. "Another Drink (Hidden Track)" (Edwin, DeMatteo) - 2:35

Album

Chart	Position
Canadian Albums Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...	12

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions
		CAN Rock/Alt. RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...
1999	"Trippin'"	4
1999	"Hang Ten"	3
1999	"And You"	11
2000	"Alive"	9
2000	"Rush"	-

Personnel

• Edwin - Vocals, backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
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• Ruben Huizenga - Bass
  Bass guitar
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  , Keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , backing vocals, Piano
  Piano
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  , Guitar
  Guitar
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  , Producer
  Record producer
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  , Engineer
  Audio engineering
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• Matt DeMatteo - Guitar, Piano, Drum
  Drum
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  s, Keyboards, Programming
  Programming (music)
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  , backing vocals, Producer, Engineer

Additional:

• Christian Szczesniak - Guitar, Keyboards
• Stephan Szczesniak - Drums
• Kenneth Cunningham - Bass, Keyboards, Piano
• Blake Manning - Percussion, Drums
• Andrew Charters - Bass
• Chris Simpson - Drums
• Tanya Nagowski - Production Coordination
• George Marino - Mastering
• Anne Greenwood - Choir
  Choir
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  , Chorus
• Annalee Patipatanakoon - Strings
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• Roberto Occhipinti - Strings
• Joe L. Britt - Choir, Chorus
• Daniel Mansilla - Percussion
• Mike Roth - A&R
  A&R
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• Melanie Campbell - Choir, Chorus
• Catherine McRae - Art
  Art
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   Direction, Design
  Design
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• Danny Couto - Photography
  Photography
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  , Animation
  Animation
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• Heather Barnes - Choir, Chorus
• Elizabeth Blastorah - Choir, Chorus
• Sharon Alexander - Choir, Chorus
• Lenny DeRose - Engineer, String Engineer
• Stephan Moccio - String Arrangements
• David Hetherington - Strings
• Fujice Imajishi - Strings
• Mel Mandel - Strings
• Jonathan Craig - Strings
• Roman Borys - Strings
• Marie Berard - Strings
• Douglas Perry - Strings
• Marc-Andre Savoie - Strings
• Mark Skazinetsky - Strings