Rockinghorse Explained

Rockinghorse
Type:	studio
Artist:	Alannah Myles
Cover:	Alannahmylesrockinghorse.jpg
Released:	October 13, 1992
Studio:	Brooklyn Recording (New York City) Capitol Studios (Los Angeles, California) Saturn Sound (Studio City, California) The Complex (Los Angeles, California) Mad Dog Studios (Burbank, California) Westlake Studios (Los Angeles, California) A&M Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre:	Rock
Length:	50:10
Label:	Atlantic
Producer:	David Tyson
Prev Title:	Alannah Myles
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	A-lan-nah
Next Year:	1995

Rockinghorse is the second studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Alannah Myles, released on October 13, 1992, by Atlantic Records. It spawned five singles, "Song Instead of a Kiss", "Tumbleweed", "Our World, Our Times", "Living on a Memory", and "Sonny Say You Will" (the first one of which Myles co-wrote). The album was nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards.

Personnel

Musicians

• Alannah Myles – vocals
• David Tyson – keyboards, bass, backing vocals
• Kurt Schefter – guitars
• David Wipper – acoustic guitars, mandolin
• Buzz Feiten – electric guitars (5)
• Will Lee – bass
• Denny Fongheiser – drums, percussion
• Jørn Andersen – additional cymbals (1)
• Larry Williams – saxophones
• Greg Smith – baritone saxophone (2, 4)
• Gary Grant – trumpets
• John Elefante – backing vocals
• Mark Free – backing vocals
• Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals
• Christopher Ward – backing vocals
• Rose Stone – backing vocals

Production

• Produced by David Tyson
• Executive Producer – Christopher Ward
• Engineered by Brian Foraker
• Additional Engineering by Brad Aldredge, Richard Benoit, Bill Dooley and Peter Willis.
• Assistant Engineers – Brad Aldredge, Peter Doell, Jeff Graham, Efren Herrera, Leslie Ann Kones, Dominique Schafer, Scott Stillman and Ben Wallach.
• Tracks 1-5, 7, 8 & 9 mixed by Tom Lord-Alge
• Tracks 6 & 10 mixed by Brian Foraker
• Recorded at Brooklyn Recording (Brooklyn, New York); Capitol Studios and A&M Studios (Hollywood, California), Saturn Sound (Studio City, California); Mad Dog Studios (Burbank, California); Westlake Audio and The Complex (Los Angeles, California).
• Mixed at Image Recording Studios and Westlake Audio (Los Angeles, California).
• Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California).
• Production Coordinator – Shari Sutcliffe
• Cover Photography – Reisig & Taylor
• Creative Director and Wardrobe Design – Alannah Myles
• Art Direction and Design – Tom Bricker
• Atlantic Records Creative Director –Melanie Nissen
• Creative Design – Lisa Panagapka for Alannahworks
• Make-up – Michael Bonneville
• Hair Design – Helen Chudoba

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Rockinghorse

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[1]	65
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[2]	9
European Albums (Music & Media)^[3]	58
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[4]	19

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. Book: Ryan, Gavin . Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 . PDF . Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia . Moonlight Publishing . 2011 . 198.
2. Top 10 Sales in Europe . . 9 . 48 . 28 November 1992 . 24 . 29800226 . World Radio History.
3. European Top 100 Albums . Music & Media . 9 . 48 . 28 November 1992 . 25 . 29800226 . World Radio History.
4. Book: Pennanen, Timo . Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 . fi . 1st . Helsinki . . 2006 . 978-951-1-21053-5.
5. The RPM Top 100 Albums of 1992 . RPM . 56 . 25 . 19 December 1992 . 13 . 0033-7064 . World Radio History.