Salt Rain

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Salt Rain
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 8, 2001 (2001-05-08)
Studio Real World Studios, Box, Wiltshire; Bellaphonix; cello recorded at The Sound Studio, Stoke Newington, London
Length58:20
Label Narada
Producer Sam Mills
Susheela Raman chronology
Salt Rain
(2001)
Love Trap
(2003)

Salt Rain is the 2001 debut album by Susheela Raman. The album was a Mercury Music Prize nominee. [1] [2]

Track listing

  1. "Ganapati" (Traditional, Muthuswami Dikshitar; arranged by Sam Mills and Susheela Raman) - 6:42
  2. "Maya" (Matthew Q. Jones, Sam Mills, Susheela Raman) - 4:36
  3. "Mamavatu" (Traditional, Sri Vasudevachar; arranged by Sam Mills and Susheela Raman) - 3:52
  4. "Woman" (Sam Mills, Susheela Raman) - 4:24
  5. "Mahima" (Traditional, Tyagaraja; arranged by Sam Mills and Susheela Raman) - 7:29
  6. "Trust in Me" (Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman) - 3:23
  7. "Bolo Bolo" (Traditional; arranged by Ayub Ogada and Susheela Raman) - 2:12
  8. "Salt Rain" (Sam Mills, Susheela Raman) - 4:40
  9. "Kamakshi" (Traditional, Muthuswami Dikshitar; arranged by Susheela Raman) - 4:52
  10. "Nagumomo" (Traditional, Tyagaraja; arranged by Sam Mills and Susheela Raman) - 4:47
  11. "O Rama" (Traditional, Tyagaraja; arranged by Ayub Ogada, Sam Mills and Susheela Raman) - 4:53
  12. "Song to the Siren" (Larry Beckett, Tim Buckley) - 6:30

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References

  1. "Mercury Prize". Mercuryprize.com. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. "Susheela Raman SALT RAIN". Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.