Timbre (album)

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Timbre
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 20, 1999
RecordedNovember 1998 – April 1999
Genre Adult contemporary
Length58:44
Label Columbia
Producer Sophie B. Hawkins
Sophie B. Hawkins chronology
Whaler
(1994)
Timbre
(1999)
The Best of Sophie B. Hawkins
(2002)
Re-release cover
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Professional ratings
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Timbre is the third album by American singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music). This album was re-released in 2001 with a bonus disc. One release has censored lyrics in "The Darkest Childe" and "Help Me Breathe".

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Sophie B. Hawkins.

  1. "Strange Thing" – 3:53
  2. "No Connection" – 4:48
  3. "32 Lines" – 5:02
  4. "MMM My Best Friend" – 4:41
  5. "Bare the Weight of Me" – 4:29
  6. "Nocturne" – 4:08
  7. "The Darkest Childe" – 5:54
  8. "I Walk Alone" – 4:12
  9. "Your Tongue Like the Sun in My Mouth" – 5:43
  10. "Lose Your Way" – 4:04
  11. "Help Me Breathe" – 5:42
  12. "The One You Have Not Seen" – 6:09
2001 re-release bonus disc
  1. "You Turn Me On" (new song demo)
  2. "Travelling Light" (new song demo)
  3. "I Walk Alone" (Timbre demo)
  4. "No Connection" (Timbre demo)
  5. "Walking in My Blue Jeans" (radio edit)
  6. "Lose Your Way" (Bounce Remix)
  7. "Lose Your Way" (Spanish remix)

The bonus disc also includes video enhancement:

Personnel

Additional personnel

Production

Notes

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