| Ten Lives | ||||
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| Released | 1 July 2008 | |||
| Genre | Jazz; Singer-songwriter | |||
| Length | 39:51 | |||
| Label | Real World Records/Bowers and Wilkins | |||
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Ten Lives, the fourth album by British singer-songwriter and jazz musician Gwyneth Herbert, was released on 1 July 2008. [1]
In early 2008, Herbert was commissioned by a collaborative project between Peter Gabriel and Bowers & Wilkins to record an acoustic album at Gabriel's Real World Studios. [2] The result of these sessions – Ten Lives – was released as a digital download in July 2008, [3] available only from the Bowers & Wilkins website as part of their Music Club. The music was later made available for downloading from other music websites. [1]
Remixed versions of these songs, all written by Herbert, formed the basis of her 2009 album All the Ghosts . [4]
| No | Title | Lyrics and music | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "So Worn Out" | Gwyneth Herbert | 3:36 | |
| 2 | "My Narrow Man" | Gwyneth Herbert | 3:37 | |
| 3 | "Lorelei" | Gwyneth Herbert | 3:39 | |
| 4 | "Nataliya" | Gwyneth Herbert | 2:59 | |
| 5 | "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth is" | Gwyneth Herbert | 4:42 | |
| 6 | "Petite Cacahuète" | Gwyneth Herbert | 3:27 | |
| 7 | "Jane Into A Beauty Queen" | Gwyneth Herbert | 3:04 | |
| 8 | "My Mini and Me" | Gwyneth Herbert | 4:34 | |
| 9 | "Si C'est ça" | Gwyneth Herbert | 2:54 | |
| 10 | "Some Days I Forget" | Gwyneth Herbert | 3:34 | |
| 11 | "Midnight Oil" | Gwyneth Herbert | 3:35 | Total length = 39:51 [1] |
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