Shakespearean Fish Explained

Shakespearean Fish
Type:	studio
Artist:	Melanie Doane
Cover:	Shakespearean Fish.gif
Released:	1996
Genre:	Folk rock, pop, pop rock
Label:	Sony Music Canada
Producer:	Rob Friedman
Prev Title:	Harvest Train
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	Adam's Rib
Next Year:	1998

Shakespearean Fish is the 1996 debut studio album by Juno Award winning Canadian singer-songwriter Melanie Doane. The album was praised in the Canadian music press.^[1] Doane toured the album across Canada later that year.^[2]

"Never Doubt I Love" is inspired by Hamlet's letter to Ophelia, and "Shakespearean Fish", contains lyrics adapted from a poem by W. B. Yeats. "Tell You Stories" features Ed Robertson of the Barenaked Ladies on co-lead vocals.

Track listing

1. "Tell You Stories" – 3:43
2. "All of Sunday" – 3:27
3. "Never Doubt I Love" – 4:10
4. "Forgive Me" – 3:51
5. "Saltwater" – 4:01
6. "Till I Start to Believe" – 3:48
7. "Babe in the Woods" – 4:13
8. "My Sister Sings" – 3:52
9. "God So Loved" – 4:28
10. "Silly Me" – 3:35
11. "Shakespearean Fish" – 2:33

Notes and References

1. News: LeBlanc . Larry . Hopes high for Melanie Doane's 'Rib' . 17 February 2023 . Billboard . 26 September 1998.
2. Web site: Melanie Doane Biography . CanEHdian . 17 February 2023.