Melissa Etheridge is the self-titled debut album

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 Melissa Etheridge

Melissa Etheridge

Melissa Lou Etheridge is an American rock singer-songwriter and musician.Etheridge is known for her mixture of confessional lyrics, pop-based folk-rock, and raspy, smoky vocals...

, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music

1988 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1988.-January-March:* January 1 – André Rieu's Johann Strauss Orchestra plays its first concert....

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The album was re-released on 23 September 2003 as a two-CD remastered edition containing a bonus disc of ten tracks recorded live at the Roxy in Los Angeles and a five-track session from BBC Kent in April 1988.

Track listing

All songs by Melissa Etheridge

1. "Similar Features" – 4:42
2. "Chrome Plated Heart" – 3:59
3. "Like the Way I Do
   Like the Way I Do
   "Like the Way I Do" is a 1988 Melissa Etheridge song and the second single from her debut album Melissa Etheridge.-Song information:The song was actually written years before the album was recorded. Melissa Etheridge had already played it during her live concerts, where it was the first of her own...
   
   " – 5:23
4. "Precious Pain" – 4:15
5. "Don't You Need" – 4:59
6. "The Late September Dogs" – 6:33
7. "Occasionally" – 2:36
8. "Watching You" – 5:33
9. "Bring Me Some Water
   Bring Me Some Water
   - Song information :Melissa Etheridge wrote the song after the initial version of her debut album was rejected by the recording company, which left her only four days to provide new material and a modified edition of the album...
   
   " – 3:52
10. "I Want You" – 4:07

Note: The album lists the running time of "I Want You" as 4:07, but the actual running time is 3:44; it is possible that in some versions of the album, the song does not fade and therefore runs for the full 4:07.

Remastered Edition Bonus Disk

1. "Chrome Plated Heart" - 3:55
2. "Don't You Need" - 4:54
3. "Similar Features" - 4:25
4. "Precious Pain" - 5:55
5. "Occasionally" - 3:11
6. "The Late September Dogs" - 6:34
7. "Watching You" - 5:57
8. "I Want You" - 5:26
9. "Bring Me Some Water" - 5:34
10. "Like The Way I Do" - 10:31
11. "Chrome Plated Heart" - 3:28
12. "Don't You Need" - 4:22
13. "Similar Features" - 4:07
14. "Bring Me Some Water" - 3:37
15. "Precious Pain" - 3:52

Personnel

• Melissa Etheridge - acoustic guitar, guitar
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  , vocals
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• Wally Badarou
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   - keyboard
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• Craig Krampf
  Craig Krampf
  Craig Krampf is an American musician and songwriter.The majority of his notable credits are as a studio drummer. Since the 1970s, he has played on albums by other artists ranging from Steve Perry to Alabama to Kim Carnes to Flo and Eddie to Alice Cooper to Melissa Etheridge...
  
   - percussion
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  , drums
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• Kevin McCormick - bass
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• Johnny Lee Schell
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   - guitar
• Scott Thurston
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   - keyboard
• Waddy Wachtel
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   - guitar

Production

• Producers: Melissa Etheridge, Niko Bolas, Craig Krampf, Kevin McCormick
• Executive producers: Chris Blackwell
  Chris Blackwell
  Christopher Percy Gordon "Chris" Blackwell is a British record producer and businessman, who was the founder of Island Records, acknowledged as the most successful and groundbreaking independent record company in history. Blackwell has been a music industry mogul for over fifty years...
  
  , Rob Fraboni
• Engineers: Allan Blazek, Jim Nipar
• Assistant engineer: David Kane
• Mixing assistants: Duane Seykora, Bob Vogt
• Mastering: Stephen Marcussen
• Arrangers: Melissa Etheridge, Craig Krampf
• Photography: George DuBose
• Cover design:Tony Wright

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1988	The Billboard 200	22

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1988	"Bring Me Some Water"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	10
1988	"Like the Way I Do"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	28
1989	"Chrome Plated Heart"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	22
1989	"Similar Features"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	6
1989	"Similar Features"	The Billboard Hot 100	94