Our Bright Future is Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Give Me One Reason" and "Telling Stories". She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist.-Biography:Tracy Chapman was born in Cleveland,...

's eighth studio album

Studio album

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 and was released on November 11, 2008. The album was co-produced by Larry Klein

Larry Klein

Larry Klein is a music producer, songwriter and bass guitar player, commonly known for being the frequent musical collaborator, and ex-husband, of Joni Mitchell....

. The album's first single

Single (music)

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 "Sing For You" was released digitally

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 on October 31. In promotion for this album Chapman appeared on radio stations across Europe

Europe

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 with interviews and sessions. Chapman also performed "Sing For You" on the Tonight Show. A European tour in support of the disc took place through November and December 2008. A U.S.

United States

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 tour was planned for January 2009 but was postponed. Chapman toured Europe again in the Summer of 2009. Our Bright Future was certified Gold in France for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album

Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album

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.

Track listing

All songs written by Tracy Chapman.

1. "Sing for You" - 4:25
2. "I Did It All" - 3:10
3. "Save Us All" - 3:46
4. "Our Bright Future" - 4:13
5. "For a Dream" - 3:19
6. "Thinking of You" - 4:49
7. "A Theory" - 3:18
8. "Conditional" - 4:05
9. "Something to See" - 4:14
10. "The First Person on Earth" - 3:52
11. "Spring" - 3:07

Personnel

• Tracy Chapman - acoustic & electric guitar, vocals
• Larry Goldings - keyboards
• Steve Gadd
  Steve Gadd
  Steve Gadd is an American session and studio drummer, notable for his work with popular musicians from a wide range of genres.-Biography:...
  
   - drums
• Joe Gore - acoustic & electric guitar, keyboards
• Larry Klein
  Larry Klein
  Larry Klein is a music producer, songwriter and bass guitar player, commonly known for being the frequent musical collaborator, and ex-husband, of Joni Mitchell....
  
   - bass, organ
• 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...
  
   - guitar, clarinet, mandolin, pedal steel
• Joey Waronker
  Joey Waronker
  Joseph "Joey" Waronker is an American drummer and music producer. He is the son of record producer Lenny Waronker and singer/actress Donna Loren; his younger sister is musician Anna Waronker; and his grandfather is record executive and professional violinist Simon Waronker. He has three other...
  
  - drums, percussion
• Rock Deadrick - background vocals
• Carla Kihlstedt - violin, nyckelharpa
• Michael Webster - keyboards
• Rob Burger - keyboards

Charts

Year	Chart	Peak Position
2008	Australian ARIA Albums Chart	81
2008	Billboard Hot 200 Chart	57
2008	U.K. Chart	75
2008	France: SNEP	5

The single "Sing For You" was a moderate airplay hit in the U.S. It charted on Billboard's Triple A chart for 14 weeks.