Oyster (album)

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Oyster
Heather Nova - Oyster UK.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 24, 1994
Genre Alternative rock, Indie rock
Length56:55
Label Butterfly, Big Life
Producer Felix Tod, Youth
Heather Nova chronology
Blow
(1993)
Oyster
(1994)
Siren
(1998)
Alternative cover
Heather Nova - Oyster US.jpg
U.S. cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Oyster is the second studio album by Heather Nova, released in 1994.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Heather Nova.

  1. "Walk This World" – 3:49
  2. "Heal" – 3:55
  3. "Island" – 6:20
  4. "Throwing Fire at the Sun" – 5:57
  5. "Maybe an Angel" – 5:08
  6. "Sugar" (not on first European release) – 5:34
  7. "Truth and Bone" – 4:54
  8. "Blue Black" – 4:36
  9. "Walking Higher" – 4:12
  10. "Light Years" – 4:49
  11. "Verona" – 4:02
  12. "Doubled Up" – 3:39 (4:13 on some non us releases, there is some 30 seconds of some instruments tuning and someone saying 'yes' before the actual song starts)

B Sides

  1. "Home" [lower-alpha 1] [3]
  2. "Blind" [lower-alpha 2]
  3. "Walk This World" (acoustic)

Notes

  1. B-Side to the single release of "Walk This World"
  2. B-Side to the single release of "Walk This World"

Personnel

Charts

Singles

YearSingleChartPosition
1995"Walk This World"Billboard Modern Rock Tracks13
1998"Walk This World"New Zealand RIANZ Top 4019

Trivia

The Song "Throwing Fire at the Sun" was used in an episode of the TV show Baywatch.

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