Here Not There
Here Not There is the second studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Jane Child, released in 1993 by Warner Bros. Records. It was less successful than her 1989 debut and saw her undergoing a stylistic change; while her debut was mostly synthesized dance-pop with R&B undercurrents, Here Not There saw her edging away and mixing new jack swing rhythms with almost hard rock elements. The year prior to the release of the album, she contributed the song "Mona Lisa Smiles" to the film Freejack, which starred Emilio Estevez.
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| Released | August 24, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1991–1993 | |||
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| Length | 64:14 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Jane Child | |||
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The album is notable in that it featured an outside writer in the form of Ricky Hyslop, her father; he wrote two tracks on the album ("Monument" and "Step Out Of Time"), whereas Child wrote all of the tracks on her previous album.
Reception
Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album two stars of five stars, calling it "a more ambitious affair than her debut", but also said that she "did not write songs that could have elaborated her ideas".[1]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Jane Child, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Mona Lisa Smiles" | 5:03 | |
| 2. | "Do Whatcha Do" | 5:16 | |
| 3. | "Monument" | Ricky Hyslop | 5:09 |
| 4. | "All I Do" | 5:54 | |
| 5. | "SSHHH" | 4:52 | |
| 6. | "Perfect Love" | 6:09 | |
| 7. | "I Do Not Feel as You Do" | 4:29 | |
| 8. | "Heavy Smile" | 5:14 | |
| 9. | "Calling" | 5:23 | |
| 10. | "Step Out of Time" | Hyslop | 5:13 |
| 11. | "Sarasvati" | 7:58 | |
| 12. | "Here Not There" | 3:38 | |
| Total length: | 1:04:14 | ||
Personnel
Musicians
- Jane Child – lead vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, synthesized bass, Hammond organ, programming, string arrangements
- James Harrah – guitars, bass, programming
- Bryan Hyslop – guitars
- Ricky Hyslop – guitars, backing vocals
- Aaron Gross – percussion
- Tal Bergman – drums, percussion
Production
- Jane Child – arrangement, production
- James Harrah – arrangement
- Paul Arnold – recording, engineering
- Jon Baker – recording, engineering
- Greg Droman – recording, engineering
- Michael Scott – recording, engineering
- Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
- Paul Lani – mix assistant
- Talley Sherwood – mix assistant
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Jamie Seyberth – mastering
References
External links
- Here Not There at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
- Here Not There at Discogs (list of releases)