Enchantment (Charlotte Church album)

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Enchantment
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Studio album by
Released9 October 2001 (2001-10-09)
Recorded2001
Genre Crossover
Swing
Pop
Broadway
Label Columbia
Charlotte Church chronology
Dream a Dream
(2000)
Enchantment
(2001)
Prelude: The Best of Charlotte Church
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Enchantment is the fourth studio album featuring the voice of 15-year-old soprano Charlotte Church, released in 2001.

Contents

Enchantment was Church's final classical studio album with original material. Her next album, Prelude: The Best of Charlotte Church , is a "best of" collection. She subsequently ended her classical genre career and moved on to the pop genre with Tissues and Issues , her final album with Sony Music.

Track listing

  1. "Tonight" (from West Side Story )
  2. "Carrickfergus" (folk)
  3. "Habañera" (Bizet)
  4. "Bali Ha'i" (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
  5. "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" (from Yentl )
  6. "The Flower Duet" (Delibes)
  7. "The Little Horses" (folk)
  8. "From My First Moment" (Gymnopédie No. 1)
  9. "The Water Is Wide" (folk)
  10. "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" (from Show Boat )
  11. "The Laughing Song" (from Die Fledermaus )
  12. "If I Loved You" (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
  13. "A Bit of Earth" (from The Secret Garden )
  14. "Somewhere" (from West Side Story)
  15. "The Prayer", with Josh Groban (from Quest for Camelot )
  16. "It's the Heart That Matters Most"

Note: Church covered the "Laughing Song" completely in English.

Charts

Release history

RegionDate
United States9 October 2001
United Kingdom22 October 2001

Certifications

CountryCertification
Great BritainGold
AmericaGold
CanadaGold
Hong KongGold

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