No Borders Here

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No Borders Here
No Borders Here (Jane Siberry album - cover art).jpg
Studio album by
Released1984
Recorded1983–1984
StudioInception Sound Studios, Toronto; Manta Sound, Toronto
Genre Progressive pop, ambient pop, new wave
Length42:32
Label Duke Street Records, Open Air Records, Windham Hill Records
Producer Jon Goldsmith, Kerry Crawford, Jane Siberry, John Switzer
Jane Siberry chronology
Jane Siberry
(1981)
No Borders Here
(1984)
The Speckless Sky
(1985)
Canadian LP cover
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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Robert Christgau B− [2]

No Borders Here is the second album (and first to be available outside Canada) by Jane Siberry.

Contents

The album's single "Mimi on the Beach" was Siberry's breakthrough hit in her native Canada, and remains one of her most famous songs. Toronto's CFNY was the first radio station in Canada to recognize the song's hit potential.[ citation needed ] The song's video was also one of the first influential clips on MuchMusic.

Track listing

All songs by Jane Siberry, except "Extra Executives" (music co-written by John Switzer).

Side one

  1. "The Waitress" – 2:25
  2. "I Muse Aloud" – 4:11
  3. "Dancing Class" – 6:41
  4. "Extra Executives" – 4:26
  5. "You Don't Need" – 4:25

Side two

  1. "Symmetry (The Way Things Have to Be)" – 4:57
  2. "Follow Me" – 4:19
  3. "Mimi on the Beach" – 7:35
  4. "Map of the World, Pt. 1" – 3:33

Personnel

Additional personnel

Chart positions

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References

  1. No Borders Here at AllMusic
  2. "CG: jane siberry". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  3. Top Albums/CDs - Volume 41, No. 5, October 06 1984.