Lake of Fire | ||||
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Released | November 7, 2006 (iTunes) February 6, 2007 (CD) | |||
Recorded | 2005 - 2006 | |||
Genre | Contemporary Folk | |||
Label | EMI Music Canada | |||
Producer | Jay Joyce | |||
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Lake of Fire is the second and final studio album by Canadian band Shaye, released in 2006. About six months after the release of this album, Tara MacLean left the band and the band subsequently broke up. The album reached No. 92 on the Canadian album charts.
Although the album was finished recording in 2006 it was only released on iTunes in November 2006. The physical CD Digipak not released until February 6, 2007 to coincide with a television show about the band. [1] The music on this album was featured on the four-part reality television series Shaye, This Is It!, produced by Breakthrough Films & Television and was aired on Global TV in May 2007. By the time the series was aired on E! Television that fall, the band had broken up and lost their record deal. [2] In early 2008 the series was nominated for an East Coast Music Association Industry Award for "Broadcast of the Year" [3]
In addition to the songs written by Shaye, the album features songs written by notable Canadian songwriters Gordie Sampson and Ron Sexsmith. [4]
Damhnait Doyle is a Canadian musician, singer and composer. A phonetic spelling of her first name also serves as the title of her 2003 album. She was a member of Atlantic Canadian band Shaye from 2003–2009 with Kim Stockwood and Tara MacLean (2003–2007). Along with Blake Manning, Stuart Cameron and Peter Fusco, she formed a new band called The Heartbroken which was active since 2009.
Shaye was a Canadian pop group, consisting of singer-songwriters Kim Stockwood, Damhnait Doyle and Tara MacLean. MacLean left the group in 2007 and the band folded by 2009. The band is named after MacLean's sister who died in a car accident in 2002.
Ronald Eldon Sexsmith is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario. He was the songwriter of the year at the 2005 Juno Awards. He began releasing recordings of his own material in 1985 at age 21, and has since recorded seventeen albums. He was the subject of a 2010 documentary called Love Shines.
Kim Stockwood is a Canadian pop musician, singer and composer originally from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. She has recorded as a solo artist and also as a member of Atlantic Canadian music group Shaye with Damhnait Doyle and Tara MacLean.
Tara Margaret Charity MacLean is a Canadian musician, singer and composer. Her hit songs as a solo artist include "Evidence", "If I Fall", and a cover of the Christmas song "Light of the Stable". She was a member of Atlantic Canadian regional group, Shaye with Kim Stockwood and Damhnait Doyle from 2002 to 2007.
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