Timbre (album) explained

Timbre
Type:	Album
Artist:	Sophie B. Hawkins
Cover:	Sophie B. Hawkins - Timbre.jpg
Released:	July 20, 1999
Recorded:	November 1998 – April 1999
Genre:	Adult contemporary
Length:	58:44
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Sophie B. Hawkins
Prev Title:	Whaler
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	The Best of Sophie B. Hawkins
Next Year:	2002

Timbre is the third album by American singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins, released in 1999. This album was re-released in 2001 with a bonus disc. One release has censored lyrics in "The Darkest Childe" and "Help Me Breathe".

Track listing

All songs written by Sophie B. Hawkins.

1. "Strange Thing" – 3:53
2. "No Connection" – 4:48
3. "32 Lines" – 5:02
4. "MMM My Best Friend" – 4:41
5. "Bare the Weight of Me" – 4:29
6. "Nocturne" – 4:08
7. "The Darkest Childe" – 5:54
8. "I Walk Alone" – 4:12
9. "Your Tongue Like the Sun in My Mouth" – 5:43
10. "Lose Your Way" – 4:04
11. "Help Me Breathe" – 5:42
12. "The One You Have Not Seen" – 6:09

2001 re-release bonus disc

1. "You Turn Me On" (new song demo)
2. "Travelling Light" (new song demo)
3. "I Walk Alone" (Timbre demo)
4. "No Connection" (Timbre demo)
5. "Walking in My Blue Jeans" (radio edit)
6. "Lose Your Way" (Bounce Remix)
7. "Lose Your Way" (Spanish remix)

The bonus disc also includes video enhancement:

• Video biography
• "No Connection" (video)
• "The One You Have Not Seen" (video/home demo version)
• The Cream Will Rise Sundance promo

Personnel

• Sophie B. Hawkins – synthesizer, acoustic guitar, banjo, percussion, piano, electric guitar, keyboards, marimba, vocals, vibraphone, djembe, udu

Additional personnel

• Joe Bashorun – synthesizer, keyboards
• Paul Bushnell – bass guitar
• Jon Clarke – oboe
• Steve Ferrone – drums
• Stefanie Fife – cello
• Mark Goldenberg – guitar
• Michael Landau – synthesizer, guitar
• Gerry Leonard – guitar
• Robin Lorenz – violin
• Novi Novog – viola
• David Rubenstein – string conductor
• Larry Saltzman – synthesizer, guitar
• Carlos Vega – drums
• Skip Waring – trumpet

Production

• Producer: Sophie B. Hawkins
• Executive producer: Peter Asher, Kevin Killen
• Engineers: Sophie B. Hawkins, Kevin Killen, Nathaniel Kunkel
• Assistant engineer: Al Sanderson
• Mixing: Kevin Killen
• Remixing: Mike Shipley
• Mastering: Bob Ludwig
• Editing: Chris Fudurich
• Programming: Chris Fudurich
• Arrangers: Sophie B. Hawkins, Joe Bashorun, Stefanie Fife, Robin Lorenz, Novi Novog
• String arrangements: David Rubenstein
• Loops: Sophie B. Hawkins, Chris Fudurich
• Production coordination: Ivy Skoff
• Assistants: David Baerwald, Marnie Lehman-Riley
• Art direction: Christine Wilson
• Design: Christine Wilson

External links

• Full lyrics of all tracks at official website