This Child

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This Child
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Studio album by
Released1995
Genre Folk, pop, country
Length48:50
Label EMI
Producer Chad Irschick
Susan Aglukark chronology
Christmas
(1993)
This Child
(1995)
Unsung Heroes
(2000)
Professional ratings
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This Child is the second album by Susan Aglukark, released in 1995. The album was Susan's commercial breakthrough in Canada, spawning chart hits with "O Siem" and "Hina Na Ho (Celebration)", and making Susan the first Inuk performer ever to have a Top 40 hit.

Contents

This album was also released in Japan on September 6, 1995, with the catalog number of TOCP-8650.

Track listing

  1. "Hina Na Ho (Celebration)" (Susan Aglukark, Chad Irschick, John Landry) - 4:11
  2. "Shamaya" (Aglukark) - 4:34
  3. "Suffer in Silence" (Kirkpatrick, Sprague) - 3:58
  4. "O Siem" (Aglukark, Irschick) - 4:27
  5. "Dreams for You" (Aglukark) - 3:57
  6. "This Child" (Aglukark, Irschick) - 6:26
  7. "Kathy I" (Aglukark, Kelita Haverland) - 4:31
  8. "Pond Inlet" (Aglukark, Irschick) - 3:57
  9. "Slippin' Through the Cracks" (Bill Candy) - 3:21
  10. "Breakin' Down" (Aglukark, Candy, Haverland, Irschick) - 3:47
  11. "Casualties of War" (Aglukark, Irschick) - 5:41

Chart performance

Chart (1995)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Albums1
Canadian RPM Top Albums25

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