The Beautiful Wild

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The Beautiful Wild
Jenn Grant The Beautiful Wild.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2012
Genre pop
Label Six Shooter Records
Producer Daniel Ledwell
Jenn Grant chronology
Honeymoon Punch
(2011)
The Beautiful Wild
(2012)
Clairvoyant
(2014)

The Beautiful Wild is the fourth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Jenn Grant, released September 25, 2012 on Six Shooter Records. [1] The album was inspired in part by Grant's mother, who was suffering from a terminal illness during the album's recording. [2]

The album was produced by Grant's husband, Daniel Ledwell. Guest musicians on the album include Ledwell, Erin Costello, Old Man Luedecke, Tanya Davis and Rose Cousins. [2]

The album won the East Coast Music Award for Pop Recording of the Year in 2013. [2]

Track listing

  1. "Introduction"
  2. "The Fighter"
  3. "I've Got Your Fire"
  4. "I Want You Back"
  5. "Hollywood"
  6. "Gone Baby Gone"
  7. "White Dove"
  8. "One More Night"
  9. "Aida"
  10. "Michael"
  11. "In the Belly of a Dragon"
  12. "Green Grows the Lilac"

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