Women & Songs 8
Encyclopedia
Overview
The album was released on November 23, 2004. The album is a special two-disc set that includes a special DVD containing 6 songs by extraordinary women, some of which were included on past Women & Songs compilations. On the CD, 15 tracks are included, including new acquisitions by Sheryl CrowSheryl Crow
Sheryl Suzanne Crow is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, folk, hip hop, country and pop...
, Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
, and 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"...
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Music CD
- The First Cut Is the Deepest (Cat Stevens) [3:45]
- (performed by Sheryl CrowSheryl CrowSheryl Suzanne Crow is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, folk, hip hop, country and pop...
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- (performed by Sheryl Crow
- Stupid (Sarah McLachlan) [3:22]
- (performed by Sarah McLachlanSarah McLachlanSarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and four...
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- (performed by Sarah McLachlan
- Breathe (Brandon Armstrong/Andrew Dwiggins/Ryan Jordan/Douglas Randall/Marc Wanninger) [3:14]
- (performed by Melissa EtheridgeMelissa EtheridgeMelissa 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...
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- (performed by Melissa Etheridge
- Summer Sunshine (Andrea Corr/Caroline Corr/James Corr/Sharon Corr) [2:52]
- (performed by The CorrsThe CorrsThe Corrs are an Irish band which combine pop rock with traditional Celtic folk music. The brother and sisters are from Dundalk, Ireland. The group consists of the Corr siblings: Andrea ; Sharon ; Caroline ; and Jim .The Corrs came to international prominence with their performance at the...
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- (performed by The Corrs
- Try (Gerald Eaton/Nelly Furtado/Brian West) [4:38]
- (performed by Nelly FurtadoNelly FurtadoNelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...
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- (performed by Nelly Furtado
- 8th World Wonder (Kyle Jacobs/Joel Parkes/Shaun Shakel) [3:58]
- (performed by Kimberley LockeKimberley LockeKimberley Dawn Locke is an American singer-songwriter and model. She has recorded in the dance, pop and adult contemporary music genres....
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- (performed by Kimberley Locke
- Helpless (Neil Young) [4:13]
- (performed by k.d. langK.D. LangKathryn Dawn Lang, OC , known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress...
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- (performed by k.d. lang
- What Am I to You (Norah Jones) [3:28]
- (performed by Norah JonesNorah JonesNorah Jones is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress.In 2002, she launched her solo music career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album Come Away With Me, which was certified a diamond album in 2002, selling over 20 million copies...
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- (performed by Norah Jones
- Lucky Me (Sarah Slean) [3:18]
- (performed by Sarah SleanSarah SleanSarah Hope Slean is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and occasional actress from Pickering, Ontario. She has released eleven albums to date .-Major recordings:...
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- (performed by Sarah Slean
- Love Profusion (Mirwais Ahmadzaï/Madonna) [3:38]
- (performed by MadonnaMadonna (entertainer)Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
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- (performed by Madonna
- If You Loved Me (Russell Broom/Jann Arden Richards) [3:49]
- (performed by Jann ArdenJann ArdenJann 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"...
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- (performed by Jann Arden
- Beauty (Antje Duvekot/Seamus Egan) [3:37]
- (performed by ShayeShayeShaye was a Canadian pop group, consisting of singer-songwriters Kim Stockwood, Damhnait Doyle and Tara MacLean who left the group in 2007.-The Bridge:...
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- (performed by Shaye
- Paper Rain (C. Anderson/C.J. Ward/R. Wells) [3:46]
- (performed by Amanda StottAmanda StottAmanda Stott is a Canadian pop singer from Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.-Biography:Amanda grew up on her family farm but her father was a saxophonist and pianist. She started singing in her church choir when she was just three years old and first gained prominence as a country singer at the 1994...
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- (performed by Amanda Stott
- Take Me Home (Christine Evans) [3:27]
- (performed by Christine EvansChristine EvansChristine Evans, from Victoria, British Columbia is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born on May 25, 1990. Her debut single, "Take Me Home"/"Time for Me" was released in 2004 and her debut album, Take Me Home followed on January 25, 2005 by Warner Music Canada.The title track, Take Me Home...
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- (performed by Christine Evans
- Narrow Daylight (Elvis Costello/Diana Krall) [3:31]
- (performed by Diana KrallDiana KrallDiana Jean Krall, OC, OBC is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer, known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 6 million albums in the US and over 15 million worldwide; altogether, she has sold more albums than any other female jazz artist during the 1990s and 2000s...
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- (performed by Diana Krall
Bonus DVD
- Constant Craving (k.d. lang/Ben Mink) [3:37]
- (performed by k.d. langK.D. LangKathryn Dawn Lang, OC , known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress...
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- (performed by k.d. lang
- Black Velvet (David Tyson/Christopher William Ward) [4:49]
- (performed by Alannah MylesAlannah MylesAlannah Myles is a Canadian singer-songwriter, the daughter of Canadian broadcast pioneer William Douglas Byles. In 1989, she released her eponymous debut album...
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- (performed by Alannah Myles
- Kiss Me (Matt Slocum) [3:15]
- (performed by Sixpence None the RicherSixpence None the RicherSixpence None the Richer is an American rock/pop band that formed in New Braunfels, Texas, eventually settling in Nashville, Tennessee. They are best known for their songs "Kiss Me" and "Breathe Your Name" and their covers of "Don't Dream It's Over" and "There She Goes". The name of the band is...
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- (performed by Sixpence None the Richer
- Carnival (Natalie Merchant) [4:30]
- (performed by Natalie MerchantNatalie MerchantNatalie Anne Merchant is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She joined the alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981 and left it to begin her solo career in 1993.-Early life:...
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- (performed by Natalie Merchant
- Tonight and the Rest of My Life (Nina Gordon) [4:22]
- (performed by Nina GordonNina GordonNina Rachel Shapiro Gordon is an American rock singer, and is the co-founder of the band Veruca Salt, having written the songs "Seether" and "Volcano Girls"...
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- (performed by Nina Gordon
- No Man's Woman (Scott Cutler/Sinéad O'Connor/Anne Preven) [2:58]
- (performed by Sinéad O'ConnorSinéad O'ConnorSinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of the song "Nothing Compares 2 U"....
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- (performed by Sinéad O'Connor
Production credits
Mastering- Ted Carson
Photography
- Jeri Heiden
- Mark Seliger
- Isabel Snyder