Courage is Paula Cole

Paula Cole

Paula Cole is an American singer/songwriter. Her single "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone" reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1997, and the following year she won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.-Early life:...

's fourth studio album. It marks her return to the music scene after nearly a decade-long hiatus. The album is a bit of a departure from her previous albums towards more of a jazz and folk sound this time. "14

14 (song)

"14" is a song by American singer Paula Cole, from her fourth studio album, Courage. It was released in April 3, 2007.-Background:"14" was released as the first single from her fourth studio album, Courage. The song consists of genres like rock. The song never entered the Billboard charts....

" was the first single from the album, while "Comin' Down

Comin' Down

"Comin' Down" is a song by American singer Paula Cole, from her fourth studio album, Courage. It was released in 2007.-Background:"Comin' Down" was released as the second single from her fourth studio album, Courage. The song consists of genre pop...

" was released to Triple A radio in the US in early August. It also features the song "It's My Life" which was featured in Mercury automobile

Mercury (automobile)

Mercury was an automobile marque of the Ford Motor Company launched in 1938 by Edsel Ford, son of Henry Ford, to market entry-level luxury cars slotted between Ford-branded regular models and Lincoln-branded luxury vehicles, similar to General Motors' Buick brand, and Chrysler's namesake brand...

 commercials.

Track listing

1. "Comin' Down" (Paula Cole, Dean Parks) – 4:01
2. "Lovelight" (Cole, Hassan Hakmoun, Jeff Lorber) – 4:57
3. "El Greco" (Cole, Mark Goldenberg) – 4:40
4. "Lonelytown" (Cole, Jeremy Lubbock) – 4:40
5. "14" (Cole, Patrick Leonard) – 3:38
6. "Hard to Be Soft" (Cole, Goldenberg) – 4:53
7. "It's My Life" (Cole) – 5:31
8. "Safe in Your Arms" (Cole, Greg Phillinganes) – 4:56
9. "I Wanna Kiss You" (Cole, Goldenberg) – 5:05
10. "In Our Dreams" (Cole, Lubbock) – 4:17
11. "Until I Met You" (Cole) – 5:03

Bonus Tracks:

• "Don't Miss Me" (iTunes
  ITunes
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   version)
• "Hero's History" (Barnes & Noble
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   version)
• "Love of a Lifetime" (Borders version)
• "Peace"

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peakposition
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	163
U.S. Billboard Comprehensive Albums Billboard Comprehensive Albums Billboard Comprehensive Albums was established in 2003 and was a weekly albums chart produced by Billboard magazine that ranked the biggest selling albums in the United States regardless of the product's age or method of sales....	192

Personnel

• Tom Arndt – Package Coordinator
• Pat Barry – Art Direction
• Jay Bellerose – Percussion, Drums
• Peter Bernstein – Arranger, Conductor, String Arrangements, String Conductor
• Chris Botti – Trumpet
• Chris Bruce – Guitar
• Paul Buchanan – Vocals
• Caroline Buckman – Strings
• Susan Chatman – Strings
• Billy Childs Trio – Piano, Fender Rhodes
• Tim Christensen – Strings
• Paula Cole – Piano, Vocals, Handclapping
• Bobby Colomby – Producer
• James Farber – Engineer
• Fabrizio Ferri – Photography
• David Foster
  David Foster
  David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...
  
   – Piano
• Brahim Fribgane – Percussion
• Steve Genewick – Engineer
• Mark Goldenberg – Guitar, Keyboards
• Hassan Hakmoun – Sentir
• Herbie Hancock
  Herbie Hancock
  Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
  
   – Piano
• Melissa "Missy" Hasin – Strings
• J'Anna Jacoby – Strings
• Jimmy Johnson – Bass
• Steve Khan – Guitar
• Kevin Killen – Engineer, Mixing
• Billy Kilson – Drums
• Gina Kronstadt – Strings, Concert Master
• Greg Leisz
  Greg Leisz
  Greg Leisz is an American multi-instrumentalist, playing lap and pedal steel guitars, guitar, mandolin, and bass.- Biography :Leisz was influenced early on by the Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers, especially pedal steel player "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow...
  
   – Pedal Steel
• Tony Levin
  Tony Levin
  Tony Levin is an American progressive rock musician, specializing in bass guitar, Chapman stick and upright bass ....
  
   – Bass
• Ivan Lins – Vocals
• Jeff Lorber – Organ, Arranger, Keyboards, Engineer
• Jeremy Lubbock – Arranger, Conductor
• Bob Ludwig
  Bob Ludwig
  Bob Ludwig is an American mastering engineer.He is a well known and respected figure within the music industry. His name is credited on the covers of albums released across the world, and he has won numerous awards....
  
   – Mastering
• Pablo Munguia – Engineer
• David Palmer – Piano, Keyboards, Melodica
• Dean Parks
  Dean Parks
  Dean Parks is an American session guitarist and record producer from Ft. Worth, TX.-Albums:Dean was member of The North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher in 1970. Dean is best-known through his many contributions to albums by Steely Dan...
  
  – Dulcimer, Guitar, Engineer
• David Piltch – Bass
• Vincent Potter – Stylist
• Kathleen Robertson – String Contractor
• Fredrik Sarhagen – Engineer
• Al Schmitt – Engineer
• Bill Airey Smith – Engineer
• Andy Snitzer – Digital Editing, Editing
• Edmund Stein – Strings
• Rudolph Stein – Strings
• David Stenske – Strings
• Ian Walker – Bass
• Todd Whitelock – Engineer
• Shari Zippert – Strings

External links

• Courage at Amazon.com
• radioandrecords.com