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Rockinghorse

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Rockinghorse
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 13, 1992
StudioBrooklyn 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)
GenreRock
Length50:10
LabelAtlantic
ProducerDavid Tyson
Alannah Myles chronology
Alannah Myles
(1989)
Rockinghorse
(1992)
A-lan-nah
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB[2]
Orlando Sentinel[3]

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.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Our World Our Times"6:25
2."Make Me Happy"
  • Ward
  • Tyson
5:47
3."Sonny Say You Will"Ward5:04
4."Tumbleweed"Ward4:36
5."Livin' on a Memory"
  • Ward
  • Tyson
5:50
6."Song Instead of a Kiss"5:03
7."Love in the Big Town"
  • Ward
  • Tyson
4:45
8."The Last Time I Saw William"
  • Myles
  • Ward
  • Tyson
4:12
9."Lies and Rumours"
  • Ward
  • Tyson
5:06
10."Rockinghorse"
  • Myles
  • Simmonds
  • Ward
3:00

Personnel

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Musicians

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

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Certifications

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Certifications for Rockinghorse
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[14] 2× Platinum 200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Moon, Tom (November 6, 1992). "Rockinghorse". Entertainment Weekly.
  3. ^ Gettelman, Parry (November 13, 1992). "Alannah Myles". Orlando Sentinel.
  4. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 198.
  5. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  6. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 1857". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  7. ^ "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 48. 28 November 1992. p. 24. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  8. ^ "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 48. 28 November 1992. p. 25. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  9. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  10. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  11. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  12. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  13. ^ "The RPM Top 100 Albums of 1992" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 56, no. 25. 19 December 1992. p. 13. ISSN 0033-7064 – via World Radio History.
  14. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse". Music Canada. March 8, 1993. Retrieved September 28, 2021.