My Awakening (album)

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My Awakening
Blue Fringe Awakening.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 7, 2003
Genre Jewish rock, pop rock
Length57:18
Label Sameach
Producer Jon Perl
Blue Fringe chronology
My Awakening
(2003)
70 Faces
(2005)

My Awakening is the debut studio album by American Jewish rock band Blue Fringe, released on September 7, 2003. It was one of the first Orthodox Jewish rock releases in the United States, and the band was subsequently credited with advancing Jewish rock alongside Moshav and Soulfarm. [1]

Contents

The album was independently published and distributed through Sameach Music; at the time, drummer Danny Zwillenberg recommended they only give five copies to each member's family, as they would need the rest to make a profit. [2] The album ultimately sold over 14,000 copies, a rare feat in the limited Jewish market. [2]

"Vayivarech" was covered by the a cappella group Shir Appeal on their album Zoozin' (2006). Another a cappella cover, performed by Kol Zimra and Avy Schreiber as "Blue Fringe's Vayivarech", appeared on the Sameach compilation A Cappella Treasury: Shabbos (2010).

Track listing

  1. "Shma Koleinu" – 2:32
  2. "Ani Maamin" – 3:48
  3. "Mibon Siach" – 4:53
  4. "Hodu" – 3:30
  5. "Vayivarech" – 3:44
  6. "City of Gold" – 4:54
  7. "Flippin' Out" – 4:59
  8. "Kacha Lo" – 4:49
  9. "Hafachta" (Diaspora Yeshiva Band cover) – 4:20
  10. "My Awakening" – 5:30
Hidden tracks
  1. "Shidduch Song" (live) – 7:32
  2. "For A While" – 2:36

Personnel

Blue Fringe
Other

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References

  1. Finnigan, David (April 22, 2004). "The New Color of Rock". The Jewish Journal . Retrieved 8 Aug 2013.
  2. 1 2 Leibovitz, Liel (July 2005). "Rock Of Ages". The Jewish Week . Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved 8 Aug 2013.