Hush! (Ana Popović album)

Hush! is Ana Popović's debut solo studio album, released on January 22, 2001 on Ruf Records. While studying at Utrecht Conservatory of Music in the Netherlands, she formed the Ana Popović Band to pay tuition costs. The band became popular in the Dutch and German music scenes, which brought her a record deal with Ruf Records, and brought her to Memphis in 2000 to record Hush!, named after her first band in Serbia, Hush.^[9] One track on the album, "Bring Your Fine Self Home", features a duet with Bernard Allison, son of blues great Luther Allison.^[10]

Hush!
Studio album by Ana Popović
Released	January 22, 2001^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
Recorded	October and November, 2000
Genre	Blues^[5]
Length	53:50^[6]
Label	Ruf^[2]
Producer	Jim Gaines
Ana Popović chronology
Hush! (2001) Comfort to the Soul (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	^[7]
AllMusic	^[8]

Track list

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Fever"	Kevin Bowe, Kostas^[11]	4:29
2.	"Mended"	Ana Popović, Rob Geboers, Ronald Oor, Sandy Carroll	4:23
3.	"Hometown"	A. Popović, Rade Popović	7:09
4.	"I Won't Let You Down"	A. Popović, R. Geboers, R. Oor	4:22
5.	"The Hustle Is On"	H.E. Owens	2:43
6.	"Downtown"	Tom Waits	4:24
7.	"How Lonely Can a Woman Get"	A. Popović, Bart Kamp, R. Geboers, R. Oor	3:59
8.	"Walk Away"	A. Popović, B. Kamp, R. Geboers, R. Oor, S. Carroll	3:22
9.	"Girl of Many Words"	Buddy Guy	3:54
10.	"Minute 'Till Dawn"	A. Popović, S. Carroll	5:14
11.	"Bring Your Fine Self Home" (Duet with Bernard Allison)	Johnny Copeland	5:12
12.	"How the Mighty Have Fallen"	William Lee Ellis, Susan Marshall	4:39

Personnel

Musicians^[8] Ana Popović – vocals, guitar, rhythm guitar, slide guitar Jack Holder – guitar, rhythm guitar William Lee Ellis – acoustic guitar Dave Smith – bass Bernard Allison – vocals (track 11) Jacqueline Johnson – background vocals Steve Mergen – drums Steve Potts – drums Sam Shoup – upright bass Jim Spake – saxophone Scott Thompson – trumpet Ernest Williamson – organ, piano

Production^[8]^[12] Jim Gaines – production and mixing in Memphis Brad Blackwood – mastering John Hampton – mixing Dawn Hopkins – engineering

References

1. "Biography Ana Popovich". Ruf Records Germany. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
2. "Ana Popovic – License To Steal". I Love Blues Guitar. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
3. "Hush – Ana Popovic". SP-Musik.de (in German). Retrieved March 15, 2017.
4. "Hush!". Public (in Greek). Retrieved March 15, 2017.
5. "Ana Popovic". Billboard | Biography. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
6. "Hush! – Ana Popovic". AllMusic. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
7. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 524. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
8. "Hush! – Ana Popovic | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
9. Nash, JD (May 10, 2017). "10 Things You Didn't Know About Ana Popovic". American Blues Scene. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
10. "Ana Popovic". All About Blues Music. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
11. "Ana Popovic* – Hush!". Discogs. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
12. "Hush!". Ruf Records Shop. Retrieved March 15, 2017.