Rockinghorse

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Rockinghorse
Alannahmylesrockinghorse.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 13, 1992
Studio
  • Brooklyn Recording (New York City)
    Saturn Sound (Studio City, California)
    Mad Dog Studios (Burbank, California)
    The Complex, Westlake Studios and Image Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California)
    Capitol Studios and A&M Studios (Hollywood, California)
Genre Rock
Length50:10
Label Atlantic
Producer David Tyson
Alannah Myles chronology
Alannah Myles
(1989)
Rockinghorse
(1992)
A-lan-nah
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly B [2]
Orlando Sentinel Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Rockinghorse is the second studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Alannah Myles, released on October 13, 1992, by Atlantic Records. It spawned five singles, "Song Instead of a Kiss", "Tumbleweed", "Our World, Our Times", "Living on a Memory", and "Sonny Say You Will" (the first one of which Myles co-wrote). The album was nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Our World Our Times"6:25
2."Make Me Happy"
  • Ward
  • Tyson
5:47
3."Sonny Say You Will"Ward5:04
4."Tumbleweed"Ward4:36
5."Livin' on a Memory"
  • Ward
  • Tyson
5:50
6."Song Instead of a Kiss"5:03
7."Love in the Big Town"
  • Ward
  • Tyson
4:45
8."The Last Time I Saw William"
  • Myles
  • Ward
  • Tyson
4:12
9."Lies and Rumours"
  • Ward
  • Tyson
5:06
10."Rockinghorse"
  • Myles
  • Simmonds
  • Ward
3:00

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Rockinghorse
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [14] 2× Platinum200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. AllMusic review
  2. Moon, Tom (November 6, 1992). "Rockinghorse". Entertainment Weekly .
  3. Gettelman, Parry (November 13, 1992). "Alannah Myles". Orlando Sentinel .
  4. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 198.
  5. "Austriancharts.at – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  6. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 1857". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  7. "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 9, no. 48. 28 November 1992. p. 24. OCLC   29800226 via World Radio History.
  8. "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 48. 28 November 1992. p. 25. OCLC   29800226 via World Radio History.
  9. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN   978-951-1-21053-5.
  10. "Offiziellecharts.de – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  11. "Swedishcharts.com – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  12. "Swisscharts.com – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  13. "The RPM Top 100 Albums of 1992" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 56, no. 25. 19 December 1992. p. 13. ISSN   0033-7064 via World Radio History.
  14. "Canadian album certifications – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse". Music Canada. March 8, 1993. Retrieved September 28, 2021.