Harbinger (Paula Cole album)

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Harbinger
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 19, 1994
Studio
Genre Pop rock
Length58:18
Label Imago
Producer Kevin Killen
Paula Cole chronology
Harbinger
(1994)
This Fire
(1996)
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Harbinger is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Paula Cole. It was released through Imago Records, but, just months after its release, the company folded, so promotion for Harbinger was almost non-existent. A video was shot for the first single, "I Am So Ordinary", and is available on iTunes. There are two different covers for the album, which was re-released by Warner Bros. Records, who picked up Cole's contract in 1995 after absorbing Imago when it folded.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Paula Cole

  1. "Happy Home" - 4:46
  2. "I Am So Ordinary" - 4:15
  3. "Saturn Girl" - 4:18
  4. "Watch the Woman's Hands" - 4:22
  5. "Bethlehem" - 4:39
  6. "Chiaroscuro" - 5:09
  7. "Black Boots" - 2:29
  8. "Oh John" - 4:30
  9. "Our Revenge" - 3:43
  10. "Dear Gertrude" - 4:13
  11. "Hitler's Brothers" - 3:36
  12. "She Can't Feel Anything Anymore" - 4:02
  13. "Garden of Eden" - 4:32
  14. "The Ladder" - 3:46

Personnel

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References

  1. "Paula Cole - Harbinger Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved February 14, 2024.