The Whole World Lit Up

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The Whole World Lit Up
Blue Fringe Whole World Lit Up.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1, 2007 (2007-02-01)
Genre Jewish rock
Length40:51
Label Craig 'N' Co., Rendezvous Music
Producer C Lanzbom
Blue Fringe chronology
70 Faces
(2005)
The Whole World Lit Up
(2007)

The Whole World Lit Up is the third studio album by Jewish rock band Blue Fringe. It was produced by C Lanzbom of Soulfarm, and was released by Rendezvous Music and Craig Taubman's Craig 'N' Co. label on February 1, 2007. The album combines traditional Hebrew prayers with English lyrics, as well as covers of songs by The Flaming Lips, Moshav, and Soulfarm. [1]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Etz Chayim" 3:18
2."Eshet Chayil"Rosenblatt, Danny Zwillenberg3:36
3."V'Shamru" 5:50
4."Bereishit" (Moshav cover) Yehuda Solomon, Duvid Swirsky 3:41
5."Anayni" 4:04
6."Listen to You" (Soulfarm cover) C Lanzbom, Noah Chase4:27
7."Yehi Shalom" 3:51
8."Eicha" 3:50
9."Do You Realize??" (The Flaming Lips cover) Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins, David Fridmann 3:43
10."Birkat Kohanim" 4:31
Total length:40:51

Personnel

Blue Fringe
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References

  1. Mineo, Mike (March 2007). "Blue Fringe: Don't Mind the "Religious" Tag". Obscure Sound. Retrieved 8 August 2013.