Now Is the Hour is the tenth studio album

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 by American

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 singer Jennifer Rush

Jennifer Rush

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, released in Germany

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 and Switzerland

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 on March 5, 2010 and in the UK

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 on March 8, 2010. The album has been available in the US as an import since March 17, 2010. This was Rush's first studio album since 1998.

Overview

At fifteen songs, this contains the longest track listing of any Jennifer Rush albums. Among songwriter

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s that contributed to the project were Swedish music producer Jörgen Elofsson

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, British singer Natasha Bedingfield

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 and American country

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 songwriter Sharon Vaughn

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. The first single is the ballad "Before the Dawn". The second single is the uptempo song "Echoes Love". The download only single was released on April 9, 2010 and contains the Album Version and the Seduction(s) Radio Remix.

Now Is the Hour is the singer's first studio album release in the UK since 1990's Wings of Desire

Wings of Desire (album)

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.

Track listing

1. "Dream Awake" (Alex James, Lauren Evans, Frederik Nordsø Schjoldan)- 3:39
2. "Betcha Never" (David James, Natasha Bedingfield, Alan Ross)- 3:07
3. "Windows" (Jörgen Elofsson, Liz Rodrigues, Rikard Brandén)- 4:08
4. "Down on My Knees" (Niara Scarlett, Fridolin Tai, Frederik Nordsø Schjoldan)- 3:15
5. "Head Above Water" (Gustav Efraimsson
   Gustav Efraimsson
   Gustav Efraimsson, born 1980, is a Swedish songwriter and music producer.-Early life:Efraimsson grew up on the Swedish west coast, in a town called Gothenburg. He later moved to Stockholm, the capital of Sweden and a major source of world wide hits from songwriters like Max Martin, Andreas...
   
   , Alice Gernandt)-3:54
6. "I Never Asked for an Angel" (Nicky Chinn
   Nicky Chinn
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   , Jörgen Elofsson, Pär Westerlund)- 4:21
7. "Echoes Love" (Nermin Harambasic, Anne Judith Wik, Robin Jenssen, Ronny Vidar Svendsen)- 3:37
8. "I'm Not Dreaming Anymore" (Jörgen Elofsson, Liz Rodrigues, Pär Westerlund)- 3:23
9. "Now Is the Hour" (Carl Falk, Sharon Vaughn, Christina Undhjem)- 3:26
10. "Like I Would for You" (John Dexter, Ron Irving, Lynda McKillip)- 3:36
11. "Before the Dawn" (Tony Swain, Harriet Roberts)- 3:48
12. "Eyes of a Woman" (Steve Lee, Matteo Saggese, Gary Bromham)- 3:51
13. "Just This Way" (Lauren Evans, Fridolin Tai, Frederik Nordsø Schjoldan)- 3:53
14. "Ain't Loved You Long Enough" (Steve Lee, Tim Woodcock, Steve Anderson)- 2:55
15. "Still" (Mark Frisch, Anthony Galatis)- 4:08

Personnel

• Ingo Politz and Bernd Wendlandt - Producer, tracks 2,3,6,8,9,10,11,12,14,15
• Brix and Mathias Ramson - Producer, tracks 1,4,5,7,13

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Austrian Albums Chart	51
German Albums Chart	21
Greek Albums Chart	6
Swiss Music Charts	61
European Top 100 Albums	74