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- Date Released: October 15, 1996
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Singer-Songwriter
- Label: KOCH Records
Sparse, simple early recordings by Canada’s most engaging contemporary singer-songwriter
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We Say...
Jane Siberry has never reached the wider public that fell for Kate Bush or Tori Amos, but she’s easily their equal and, arguably, more compelling than either. Recorded quickly in downtime between her 1995 album Maria and the mixing of a live Christmas album, this set of thirteen songs was written by the Canadian songstress as a teenager. The elegance and vocal dexterity of her later compositions is deliberately eschewed here, replaced instead with simple acoustic guitar picking and lyrics resounding with all the concerns of a precociously intelligent and sensitive adolescent — including inevitable angsty ponderings on the nature of love and the need to pull away from parents. Here’s a Siberry who hadn’t yet discovered how to mesh her complex metaphysical lyrics seamlessly into flowing melodies. Even so, the teen Siberry had plenty to say and said it better than most, with particularly sharp observations of the painful details of rites of passage, very much reminiscent of Janis Ian’s "At Seventeen." No worse than some of the early efforts of Neil Young or Joni Mitchell, Teenager is not the place to start a Siberry collection but, once you’ve explored her major albums, this will become a must-have. -
They Say...
Appropriately, Teenager is comprised entirely of material Jane Siberry wrote as a teen and recorded as an adult. While the songs aren't quite as accomplished as her later work, it's nevertheless surprisingly engaging -- it's quite melodic, and the songs often have a bright, innocent quality which is quite refreshing in light of the somberness of much of her later work. Still, these are subtle differences that only the most devoted fans will be able to hear, and those are the fans who will cherish Teenager the most.
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| 01. |
Introduction |
0:27 |
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| 02. |  |
The Squirrel Crossed The Road |
5:12 |
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| 03. | |
Let's Not Talk Now |
4:08 |
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| 04. | |
Song To My Father (Original And New Recording) |
4:58 |
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| 05. | |
Broken Birds |
5:09 |
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| 06. | |
Puppet City |
4:28 |
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| 07. | |
Oh My Sister |
3:58 |
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| 08. | |
The Long Pirouette |
4:57 |
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| 09. | |
Bessie |
3:37 |
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| 10. | |
We Should Be There By Morning |
4:19 |
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| 11. | |
Viking Heart |
6:26 |
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| 12. | |
When Spring Comes |
3:28 |
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| 13. | |
Angel Voyeur |
6:14 |
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| 14. | |
Trumpeter Swan |
5:57 |
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14 Total Tracks, 63:18 Total Length
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Credits
- Jane Siberry - Guitar // Jane Siberry - Piano // Jane Siberry - Keyboards // Jane Siberry - Vocals // Jane Siberry - Producer // Jane Siberry - Main Performer // Greg Calbi - Mastering // Rebecca Campbell - Vocals // Jeff Elliot - Assistant Engineer // Peter Kiesewalter - Accordion // David Travers-Smith - Engineer // David Travers-Smith - Mixing
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