Timbre is the third album

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 by American

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 singer/songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins

Sophie B. Hawkins

Sophie Ballantine Hawkins is an American singer, songwriter, musician and painter. Her biggest hits are "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover", "Right Beside You", and "As I Lay Me Down".- Career :...

, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music

1999 in music

-Events:*January 7**After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation.**Paul McCartney attends the first of his stepdaughter Heather's first housewares collection in Georgia....

). This album was re-released in 2001 with a bonus disc. One release has censored lyrics in "The Darkest Childe" and "Help Me Breathe".

Track listing

All songs written by Sophie B. Hawkins

Sophie B. Hawkins

Sophie Ballantine Hawkins is an American singer, songwriter, musician and painter. Her biggest hits are "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover", "Right Beside You", and "As I Lay Me Down".- Career :...

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1. "Strange Thing" – 3:53
2. "No Connection" – 4:48
3. "32 Lines" – 5:02
4. "MMM My Best Friend" – 4:41
5. "Bare the Weight of Me" – 4:29
6. "Nocturne" – 4:08
7. "The Darkest Childe" – 5:54
8. "I Walk Alone" – 4:12
9. "Your Tongue Like the Sun in My Mouth" – 5:43
10. "Lose Your Way" – 4:04
11. "Help Me Breathe" – 5:42
12. "The One You Have Not Seen" – 6:09

2001 re-release bonus disc

1. "You Turn Me On" [New Song Demo]
2. "Travelling Light" [New Song Demo]
3. "I Walk Alone" (Timbre Demo)
4. "No Connection" [Timbre Demo]
5. "Walking in My Blue Jeans" [Radio Edit]
6. "Lose Your Way" [Bounce Remix]
7. "Lose Your Way" [Spanish Remix]

The bonus disc also includes video enhancement:

• Video biography
• "No Connection" (video)
• "The One You Have Not Seen" (video/home demo version)
• "The Cream Will Rise" Sundance Promo

Personnel

• Sophie B. Hawkins
  Sophie B. Hawkins
  Sophie Ballantine Hawkins is an American singer, songwriter, musician and painter. Her biggest hits are "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover", "Right Beside You", and "As I Lay Me Down".- Career :...
  
   – synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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  , acoustic guitar
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  , banjo
  Banjo
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  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
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  , piano
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  , electric guitar
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  , keyboards
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  , marimba
  Marimba
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  , vocals
  Singing
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  , vibraphone
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  , djembe
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  , udu
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Additional personnel

• Joe Bashorun – synthesizer, keyboards
• Paul Bushnell – bass
  Bass guitar
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• Jon Clarke – oboe
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• Steve Ferrone
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   – drums
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• Stefanie Fife – cello
  Cello
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• Mark Goldenberg – guitar
  Guitar
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• Michael Landau
  Michael Landau
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   – synthesizer, guitar
• Gerry Leonard – guitar
• Robin Lorenz – violin
  Violin
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• Novi Novog
  Novi Novog
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   – viola
  Viola
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• David Rubenstein – string conductor
• Larry Saltzman – synthesizer, guitar
• Carlos Vega – drums
• Skip Waring – trumpet
  Trumpet
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Production

• Producer: Sophie B. Hawkins
• Executive producer: Peter Asher, Kevin Killen
• Engineers: Sophie B. Hawkins, Kevin Killen, Nathaniel Kunkel
• Assistant engineer: Al Sanderson
• Mixing: Kevin Killen
• Remixing: Mike Shipley
• Mastering: Bob Ludwig
• Editing: Chris Fudurich
• Programming: Chris Fudurich
• Arrangers: Sophie B. Hawkins, Joe Bashorun, Stefanie Fife, Robin Lorenz, Novi Novog
• String arrangements: David Rubenstein
• Loops: Sophie B. Hawkins, Chris Fudurich
• Production coordination: Ivy Skoff
• Assistants: David Baerwald, Marnie Lehman-Riley
• Art direction: Christine Wilson
• Design: Christine Wilson