Shakespearean Fish

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Shakespearean Fish
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Studio album by
Released1996
Genre Folk rock, pop, pop rock
Label Sony Music Canada
Producer Rob Friedman
Melanie Doane chronology
Harvest Train
(1993)
Shakespearean Fish
(1996)
Adam's Rib
(1998)
Singles from Shakespearean Fish
  1. "Babe in the Woods"
  2. "Tell You Stories"
  3. "My Sister Sings"

Shakespearean Fish is the 1996 debut studio album by Juno Award winning Canadian singer-songwriter Melanie Doane. The album was praised in the Canadian music press. [1] Doane toured the album across Canada later that year. [2]

"Never Doubt I Love" is inspired by Hamlet's letter to Ophelia, and "Shakespearean Fish", contains lyrics adapted from a poem by W. B. Yeats. "Tell You Stories" features Ed Robertson of the Barenaked Ladies on co-lead vocals.

Track listing

  1. "Tell You Stories" – 3:43
  2. "All of Sunday" – 3:27
  3. "Never Doubt I Love" – 4:10
  4. "Forgive Me" – 3:51
  5. "Saltwater" – 4:01
  6. "Till I Start to Believe" – 3:48
  7. "Babe in the Woods" – 4:13
  8. "My Sister Sings" – 3:52
  9. "God So Loved" – 4:28
  10. "Silly Me" – 3:35
  11. "Shakespearean Fish" – 2:33

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