A two-disc special edition was released in Europe in 2000.[6] The album is composed of contemporary rock songs in the first half, and folk songs in the second half.
The record marked a return to shorter songs for Tracy; on New Beginning they had been somewhat longer.
In 1999, Chapman began working on her first new record in four years, her longest ever hiatus at the time. For the record, she reunited with producer David Kershenbaum, the producer of her first album, Tracy Chapman (1988), and co-producer of her second album, Crossroads (1989). The song "Unsung Psalm" was originally written for her previous album, New Beginning (1995), but it didn't make it onto the album.
"Three Little Birds" is a Bob Marley cover. The song was originally released on the album Exodus in 1977.
"House of the Rising Sun" is a cover of a traditional folk song. It was firstly released by Ashley and Foster on the single Rising Sun Blues under the same title in 1933.
Triviaedit
"Three Little Birds" was recorded at the TNT concert and television special One Love: An All Star Tribute to Bob Marley in Oracabessa on December 4, 1999.
"House of the Rising Sun" was recorded at the Greek Theatre, Berkeley and the A&M Studios in Los Angeles in 1990. It seems, that it is actually more a live in the studio recording than a real live recording because you don't hear any crowd noise.
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For the album by The Charlatans see Tellin Stories For other uses see Telling Stories This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Telling Stories album news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2010 Learn how and when to remove this message Telling Stories is the fifth album by American singer songwriter Tracy Chapman released on February 14 2000 by Elektra Records Telling StoriesStudio album by Tracy ChapmanReleasedFebruary 14 2000Recorded1999GenreAdult contemporary folk rockLength42 09LabelElektraProducerTracy Chapman David KershenbaumTracy Chapman chronologyNew Beginning 1995 Telling Stories 2000 Collection 2001 Singles from Telling Stories Telling Stories Released February 29 2000 1 It s OK Released 2000 Wedding Song Released 2000 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 2 Robert Christgau 3 Rolling Stone 4 The Rolling Stone Album Guide 5 A two disc special edition was released in Europe in 2000 6 The album is composed of contemporary rock songs in the first half and folk songs in the second half The record marked a return to shorter songs for Tracy on New Beginning they had been somewhat longer Contents 1 Background and Writing 2 Track listing 2 1 Cover versions 2 2 Trivia 3 Personnel 3 1 Musicians 3 2 Technical personnel 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 4 3 Singles 5 Certifications 6 ReferencesBackground and Writing editIn 1999 Chapman began working on her first new record in four years her longest ever hiatus at the time For the record she reunited with producer David Kershenbaum the producer of her first album Tracy Chapman 1988 and co producer of her second album Crossroads 1989 The song Unsung Psalm was originally written for her previous album New Beginning 1995 but it didn t make it onto the album Track listing editAll songs written by Tracy Chapman No TitleLength1 Telling Stories 3 572 Less Than Strangers 3 193 Speak the Word 4 124 It s OK 4 005 Wedding Song 4 366 Unsung Psalm 4 197 Nothing Yet 3 218 Paper and Ink 4 529 Devotion 2 4810 The Only One 3 0811 First Try 3 31 Tour Edition Bonus CDNo TitleLength1 Three Little Birds Live 3 272 House of the Rising Sun Live 2 023 Mountains O Things Live 5 064 Behind the Wall Live 2 095 Baby Can I Hold You 3 13 Cover versions edit Three Little Birds is a Bob Marley cover The song was originally released on the album Exodus in 1977 House of the Rising Sun is a cover of a traditional folk song It was firstly released by Ashley and Foster on the single Rising Sun Blues under the same title in 1933 Trivia edit Three Little Birds was recorded at the TNT concert and television special One Love An All Star Tribute to Bob Marley in Oracabessa on December 4 1999 House of the Rising Sun was recorded at the Greek Theatre Berkeley and the A amp M Studios in Los Angeles in 1990 It seems that it is actually more a live in the studio recording than a real live recording because you don t hear any crowd noise Mountains o Things was recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 4 1988 Behind the Wall was recorded at The Donmar Warehouse in London on March 25 1988 Baby Can I Hold You is the same version as the one that was originally released on the album Tracy Chapman in 1988 Personnel editMusicians edit Tracy Chapman acoustic guitar bouzouki harp vocals background vocals baritone guitar record producer mixing art design Alex Acuna percussion Rock Deadrick vocals background vocals Tommy Eyre organ keyboard Mike Finnigan organ Denny Fongheiser percussion drums Emmylou Harris vocals Howard Hersh bass guitar Steve Hunter dulcimer lap steel guitar baritone guitar Larry Klein bass guitar JayDee Mannes pedal steel guitar John Pierce bass guitar Tim Pierce acoustic guitar dobro mandolin sitar baritone guitar Eric Rigler Uilleann pipes low whistle Scarlet Rivera violin Glenys Rogers percussion vocals background vocals Andy Stoller bass guitar Patrick Warren keyboard Chamberlin Technical personnel edit Duane Baron engineering mixing Tim Hailand artwork Jeri Heiden design John Heiden design Renata Kanclerz production coordination David Kershenbaum mixing production Martie Kolbl production coordination Curt Kroeger assistant engineering Iki Levy drum programming Bob Ludwig mastering Herb Ritts portraits Roger Sommers assistant engineeringCharts editWeekly charts edit Chart 2000 Peakposition Australian Albums ARIA 7 33 Austrian Albums O3 Austria 8 5 French Albums SNEP 9 9 German Albums Offizielle Top 100 10 5 Irish Albums IRMA 11 15 Italian Albums FIMI 12 14 New Zealand Albums RMNZ 13 10 Norwegian Albums VG lista 14 17 Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 15 16 Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 16 2 UK Albums OCC 17 85 US Billboard 200 18 33 Year end charts edit Chart 2000 Position Austrian Albums O3 Austria 19 35 French Albums SNEP 20 37 German Albums Offizielle Top 100 21 75 Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 22 26 Singles edit Billboard United States Single Chart Position Telling Stories Billboard Adult Top 40 8 Billboard Bubbling Under The Hot 100 8Certifications editRegion Certification Certified units sales France SNEP 23 2 Gold 200 000 Germany BVMI 24 Gold 150 000 Italy FIMI 25 Gold 50 000 New Zealand RMNZ 26 Gold 7 500 Switzerland IFPI Switzerland 27 Gold 25 000 United States RIAA 28 Gold 500 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone References edit Going for Adds Radio amp Records No 1339 February 25 2000 p 71 Erlewine Stephen Thomas Telling Stories at AllMusic Robert Christgau review Robertchristgau com Retrieved February 3 2012 Rolling Stone review Archived July 23 2009 at the Wayback Machine Rolling Stone Album Guide review Tracy Chapman Telling Stories Discogs com Retrieved January 2 2021 Australiancharts com Tracy Chapman Telling Stories Hung Medien Retrieved September 1 2020 Austriancharts at Tracy Chapman Telling Stories in 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Albums 2000 in French SNEP Retrieved September 1 2020 Top 100 Album Jahrescharts GfK Entertainment in German offiziellecharts de Retrieved September 1 2020 Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2000 hitparade ch Retrieved September 1 2020 French album certifications Tracy Chapman Telling Stories in French Syndicat National de l Edition Phonographique Archived from the original on September 26 2012 Retrieved October 15 2012 Gold Platin Datenbank Tracy Chapman Telling Stories in German Bundesverband Musikindustrie Retrieved October 15 2012 International PDF Music amp Media July 29 2000 p 17 Retrieved February 15 2022 New Zealand album certifications Tracy Chapman Telling Stories Recorded Music NZ Retrieved November 22 2015 The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community Awards Telling Stories IFPI Switzerland Hung Medien Retrieved October 15 2012 American album certifications Tracy Chapman Telling Stories Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved October 15 2012 Retrieved from https en 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