Ophelia (album)
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| Studio album by Natalie Merchant | ||
| Released | 19 May 1998 | |
| Recorded | Talking Dwarf Studios, Little Valley, New York & Air Studios, London, England | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 56:38 | |
| Label | Elektra Records | |
| Producer(s) | Natalie Merchant | |
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| Natalie Merchant chronology | ||
| Tigerlily (1995) |
Ophelia (1998) |
Live in Concert (1999) |
Ophelia is the title of a 1998 album, film, and song by Natalie Merchant. As evidenced in the pictures in the booklet that comes with the album, Merchant seems to see Shakespeare's Ophelia as a figure encompassing many important feminine archetypes. The album and film explore several of these.
The song "King of May" is a tribute to poet Allen Ginsberg.
[edit] Track listing
- "Ophelia"
- "Life is Sweet"
- "Kind & Generous"
- "Frozen Charlotte"
- "My Skin"
- "Break Your Heart"
- "King of May"
- "Thick as Thieves"
- "Effigy"
- "The Living"
- "When They Ring the Golden Bells"
- Hidden track: "Ophelia" (string arrangement by Gavin Bryars)
