Bliss (Donna De Lory album)

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Bliss
Donna De Lory - Bliss.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 19, 2000
Length50:23
Label Secret Road
Producer
  • Donna De Lory
  • Cameron Stone
  • Jon Ingoldsby
  • Mac Quayle
Donna De Lory chronology
Donna DeLory
(1992)
Bliss
(2000)
Songs 95
(2002)
Singles from Bliss
  1. "On and On"
    Released: 2000

Bliss is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Donna de Lory, released in 2000 by Secret Road Music Services. "On and On" was released as the album's only single; a remixes EP for the song was distributed in 2000, prompting it to reach #17 on the Dance Club Songs chart in the United States. [1] "Where I've Never Been" was released as a promotional CD in 2001.

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Track listing

Bliss Standard edition [3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."On and On"
  • De Lory
  • Stone
  • Jon Ingoldsby
5:02
2."Hold Me Now"De Lory
  • De Lory
  • Stone
  • Ingoldsby
4:29
3."Where I've Never Been"
  • De Lory
  • Stone
  • De Lory
  • Ingoldsby
4:09
4."Only Time"
  • De Lory
  • Stone
  • De Lory
  • Stone
4:43
5."Go Talk to Mary"De Lory
  • De Lory
  • Stone
  • Ingoldsby
5:18
6."Love Never Dies"
  • De Lory
  • Stone
4:36
7."Please"
  • De Lory
  • Stone
  • De Lory
  • Stone
  • Ingoldsby
4:31
8."Te Amo"
  • De Lory
  • Stone
  • De Lory
  • Stone
3:44
9."Free"
  • De Lory
  • Stone
  • De Lory
  • Stone
  • Ingoldsby
3:41
10."A Woman's Pride"
  • De Lory
  • Mac Quayle
  • De Lory
  • Quayle
4:37
11."Amazing Grace" John Newton
  • De Lory
  • Stone
5:33
Total length:50:23

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References

  1. "Donna DeLory Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  2. Love, Bret. "Donna De Lory – Bliss". AllMusic . Retrieved September 8, 2019.
  3. Bliss (Liner notes). Donna De Lory. Secret Road Music Services. 2000. SR000.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)