Time for Mercy
Encyclopedia
Time for Mercy is the debut album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 singer/songwriter Jann Arden
Jann Arden
Jann Arden is a Canadian singer-songwriter.-Life and career:Arden was born and raised near Calgary in Springbank, Alberta and attended Springbank Community High School. Her breakthrough came with her critically acclaimed 1993 debut album Time for Mercy and her first single "I Would Die For You"...

, released in 1993. The first single was "I Would Die For You", which received national radio and video airplay. Its video, directed by Jeth Weinrich
Jeth Weinrich
Jeth Weinrich is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, music video, and commercial director.- Early life :Weinrich grew up in Calgary, Alberta, attended Parsons School of Design, and played for the Calgary Colts of the Canadian Junior Football League, the farm league for the CFL, for two years...

, won the Juno Award for Video of the Year
Juno Award for Video of the Year
The Juno Award for "Video of the Year" has been awarded since 1984, as recognition each year for the best music video in Canada. The award was previously called the "Best Video".-Best Video :...

 at the 1994 Juno Awards
Juno Awards of 1994
The Juno Awards of 1994, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 20 March 1994 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. Roch Voisine was the host for the ceremonies, which were taped that afternoon for broadcast that evening on CBC...

.

Track listing

  1. "I Would Die for You" (Arden) – 4:36
  2. "Waiting for Someone" (Arden, Broom) – 4:40
  3. "Will You Remember Me" (Arden) – 3:46
  4. "We Do Some Strange Things" (Arden) – 5:31
  5. "I'm Not Your Lover" (Arden) – 4:13
  6. "Give Me Back My Heart" (Arden) – 5:02
  7. "The Way Things Are Going" (Arden) – 4:10
  8. "Kitchen Window" (Arden) – 5:06
  9. "I Just Don't Love You Anymore" (Arden) – 3:53
  10. "Time for Mercy" (Arden) – 4:15
  11. "Over You" (Arden) – 5:31

Personnel

  • Jann Arden - acoustic guitar
    Steel-string acoustic guitar
    A steel-string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound...

    , vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • David Campbell - conductor
  • Lenny Castro - percussion
    Percussion instrument
    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

  • Ed Cherney - background vocals
  • Bob Foster - guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    , electric guitar
    Electric guitar
    An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

    , background vocals
  • Dominic Genova - bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Mark Goodman - piano
    Piano
    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

  • Jim Keltner - cymbal
    Cymbal
    Cymbals are a common percussion instrument. Cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various alloys; see cymbal making for a discussion of their manufacture. The greater majority of cymbals are of indefinite pitch, although small disc-shaped cymbals based on ancient designs sound a...

    s, drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

    , stick
  • Iki Levy - percussion
  • Kenny Lyon - bass
  • Sid Page - violin
    Violin
    The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

  • Mickey Raphael - harmonica
    Harmonica
    The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...

  • David Resnik - electric guitar
    Electric guitar
    An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

    , Leslie guitar
  • Johnny Lee Schell - electric guitar, harmony vocals
  • Tom Tally - viola
    Viola
    The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...

  • Kevan Torfeh - cello
    Cello
    The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...

  • Jeffrey C.J. Vanston - synthesizer
    Synthesizer
    A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...

    , guitar, piano, pedal steel, electric guitar, horn, Hammond organ
    Hammond organ
    The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...


Production

  • Producer: Ed Cherney
  • Executive producer: Neil MacGonigill
  • Engineers: Ed Cherney, Paul Dieter, Bob Salcedo, Duane Seykora, Scott "T-Bone" Stillman
  • Assistant engineers: Paul Dieter, Bob Salcedo, Brett Swain
  • Mixing: Ed Cherney, Brett Swain
  • Mastering: Ron Lewter, Doug Sax
  • String arrangements: David Campbell
  • Guitar technician: Edd Kolakowski
  • Special assistance: Edd Kolakowski
  • Technician: Edd Kolakowski
  • Production assistant: Edd Kolakowski
  • Art direction: Rowan Moore
  • Design: Rowan Moore
  • Photography: Michael Tighe, Jeth Weinrich
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK