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B O O K I N G S , M A N A G E M E N T & M E D I A
C O N T A C T : alannahworks@gmail.com
Produced by: Michael Borkosky for Ear Responsible Music.
Executive & Co-produced by: Alannah Myles.
Co-producer: on Comment Ca Va, Black Velvet & Give Me Love: Veronica Ferraro for Dakini Music, France.
Recorded at Place de L’Eglise, Servon, France.
Recorded at Backroom Sound Studio, The Vault, Toronto.
Drums recorded at Metalworks Studio and Backroom Sound.
Recording Engineer: Michael Borkosky, Anthony D’Avanzo.
Mixing Engineer: Terry Brown, The Blister Factory, Toronto.
Mixing Engineer: Comment Ca Va, Black Velvet Gigital Version only: Veronica Ferraro.
Mastering: Peter J. Moore at the E Room, Toronto.
Additional Mastering: Comment Ca Va & Black Velvet Digital Versions only, Bruno Gruel for Elektra Mastering, Paris.
CD COVER CREDITS:
Design, Concept & Photography: Deborah Samuel.
Art Direction: Alannah Myles & Deborah Samuel.
Photographer Assistant: Debbie Taylor
Stylist: Alannah Myles & Deborah Samuel.
Stylist Assistant: Donny Anderson
Craft Service & Management: Martina Vuksinic
Hair Design: Helen Chudoba
Make Up & Hair: Lynn Ryan
CD Sleeve Graphic Design: Alannah Myles for Fascinate inc., Nick Austin & Heidi Schlitt for Indie Pool inc, Canada.
MUSICIANS:
Michael Borkosky: Acoustic & electric guitars, (Solo: Give Me Love), bass, backing vocals & arrangements, percussion, mandolin, English horn on Only Wings, initial string arrangements, keyboards, sampling, patience & programming.
Kurt Schefter: electric guitars.
Randy Cooke: drums & percussion.
Creighton Doane: drums & percussion on Comment Ca Va, Give Me Love & Faces In The Crowd.
Ray Coburn: Rhodes, Wurlitzer, organ.
Daniel Leblanc: keyboard programming.
Dragoslav (Drag) Tanaskovic: Rhodes, Organ on Anywhere But Home & additional string arrangements on Faces In The Crowd.
Jerome Godboo: harmonicas.
Mike Smith: Washboard, Andrew Queen: gut bucket , jaw harp & jug on Trouble.
Jeff Healey: Slide guitar solos on Anywhere But Home & Can’t Stand The Rain.
Gary Nicholson: National Resophonic guitar on ‘Trouble’.
Additional Acoustic Guitars on Acoustic Black Velvet Dakini Mix: Syril d’Ys.
Saidah & Tuku Mathews: backing vocals on Comment Ca Va, Anywhere But Home, What Is Love, & Trouble…
Sass Jordan: backing vocals on Comment Ca Va & Anywhere but Home.
Alannah Myles: backing vocals, Chinese Ball, dial tone, plastic peanut crickets, cow moo & various percussion.
Liny Wood: lead & backing vocals on Lover of Mine.
Horns: Chris Mitchell, Gord Meyers & Ray Podhornik.
Oshito Yamano: Sitar
Valerie Kuinka: Viola
James Wallenberg: 1ST Violin
Paul Zevenhuizen: 2ND Violin
Peter Rapson: Cello
Maureen Gallighan: Irish Step Dancer on Trouble
Ra Violi: Shawm on Comment Ca Va
Special Thanks:
Anthony Joe & Elvira D’Avanzo at The Backroom for your kindness & patience, Petra Pfeil, Kyra & Olivia Borkosky, Randy Cooke plays Yamaha Drums, Zildjan Cymbals, Regaltip Sticks & Orion hand percussion, Creighton Doane plays Wells Custom Drums, Rimshot sticks, Sabian Cymbals, & Mountain Rhythm David Leinhard at Dean Markley Strings, Vic Florencia at Concrete Jungle Productions, Vocals recorded on Audio Technica 40-33 mic, Long & McQuade.
Professional Thanks:
Christian Michaels, Deborah Samuel, Christopher Ward, David Tyson, Nancy Simmonds, Robert Priest, Rob Doda, Sass Jordan, Derek Sharp, Valerie Kuinka for Collaborations, Richard & Lauren Margison, Suse Sternkopf photography, Liny Wood, Lennart Östlund, Feizel is still alive in L.A. on the Victrola Pie.
Touring Band & Crew:
M.D. Bass, Cello & Guitar – Leo Valvassori, Lead Guitar – Kurt Schefter, Neil Chapman, Drums – Dale Harrison, Keyboards – Rich Roxborough, Dragoslav Tanaskovic, Tom Patterson, John (Bone) Scheffel, Backing Vocalist- Donny Anderson, German Promoter: Peter Nagelschmidt and all at 3 Dog Entertainment, Christopher Blake & Lise Brake at BlueSkies – Park Lane Jewellery Canada, Lorne & Candace Webber, Stampede Sessions, Calgary.
Heartfelt Thanks:
Mom, Ana Govednik, Martina Vuksinic, Nushi, Jeannie, Alexander & Mikhaela Vuksinic, Everett Murphy, Nadine Feldman CTP, Michele Lasiw, Helen & Luke Chudoba, John Irving, Dylan, Tuliegh, Bubba (Rip) and my Bengal kitty, Ariel.
Deborah Samuel for years of dedication and artistic support.
Veronica for your talent, patience and friendship; beaucoup de mercis!
Terry Brown with great respect and admiration.
Michael Borkosky for your production, musicianship, dedication & immense talent.
COVER CREDTS:
Executive Produced by Alannah Myles for Fascinate inc 2014 (All rights reserved).
Distributed by: Indie Pool c/o Nick Austin, 118 Berkeley St. (rear building, Toronto, Onatario, Canada, M5A 2W9)
Digital Downloads: tunecore.com
Alannah Myles songs copyrighted by A Bunch Of Songs / Socan Publishing Administration: CMRRA / Tunecore.com
CD DISC TRACKLIST:
1 Leave it Alone (85bpm). 4:48 Alannah Myles / Armand Sabal – Lecco / Michael Borkosky
2 Give Me Love. 4:41 Alannah Myles / Nancy Simmonds
3 Black Velvet. 4:48 Christopher Ward / David Tyson
4 Prime Of My Life. 4:05 Alannah Myles / Tony Duggan Smith / Mike Borkosky
5 Can’t Stand The Rain 4:02 Ann Peebles / Don Bryant / Bernard “Bernie” Miller
6 Anywhere But Home. 3:02 Alannah Myles / Michael Borkosky
7 Only Wings. 4:29 Alannah Myles / Pytor Ilych Tchaikovsky / Mike Borkosky
8 Comment Ca Va. 5:22 Alannah Myles / Mike Borkosky / Veronica Ferraro
9 Faces In The Crowd. 3:20 Christopher Ward / David Tyson
10 What Is Love. 3:26 Alannah Myles / Dragoslav Tanaskovic / Mike Borkosky
11 I Love You. 4:37 Alannah Myles / Nancy Simmonds
12 Trouble. 3:40 Alannah Myles / Gary Nicholson / Marshall Chapman
TUNECORE.COM DIGITAL TRACKLIST:
13 Black Velvet. 4:42 (Terry Brown Mix) Christopher Ward / David Tyson
14 Black Velvet. 4:39 (Veronica Ferraro Mix) Christopher Ward / David Tyson
15 Trouble. 3:40 (Acoustic) Alannah Myles / Gary Nicholson / Marshall Chapman
L Y R I C S
1) 85 BPM Leave It Alone A.Myles / A.Sabal Lecco/ M.Borkosky
in E Flat
Some are confused between love and sex
For there is a difference… oh yeah
Sex satisfies lust, lust won’t change you
It just lies there.. yeah, yeah
You can pay someone for sex
You can’t pay no one to love you
If true love can be bought…
I could never be rich enough
Chorus:
Ah… Leave it alone
Don’t bet that I’m ready to sell my soul
Ah… leave it alone…
Don’t mean that I’m willing to make it alone
Am I missing the point?
Ah… leave it alone
Verse II:
Some love to lie, don’t care with who
I think I’m indifferent… what about you…
Two halves are whole, no one is in control
Or more the wiser… yeah, yeah
Sex without love is lust
That’s where we get confused
In love you give yourself…
Lust is just, someone gettin’ used…
Chorus:
Ah… Leave it alone…
Don’t bet that I’m ready to sell my soul
Ah… Leave it alone…
Don’t mean that I’m willing to make it alone
Am I missing the point
Ah… Leave it alone…
Chorus: X 2
2) 85 BPM Give Me Love A. Myles / N.Simmonds
in G
Uhuh…
Uhuh…
Try a little kindness baby
Show a little empathy
When my eyes are filled with blindness
Try a little sympathy with me
Careful of the things you say with me
If you wanna have your way with me
Whisper in my ear real low but,
Chorus:
Spare Me The Sorrow… Spare Me The Sorrow…
{Give me love and you’ll never be sorry, I’d rather be alone than lonely}
{There’s a price to pay for freedom, I wanna know if you are for me}
Uhuh… Uhuh…
Give love and you’ll never be sorry
There’s a price to pay for freedom
I can smell the morning glory
Will it in your heart and your will be done with me
Careful of the time you spend with me
If you wanna learn to bend with me
You can have your way you know but,
Chorus:
Spare Me The Sorrow… Spare Me The Sorrow…
{Give me love and you’ll never be sorry, I’d rather be alone than lonely}
{There’s a price to pay for freedom, I wanna know if you are for me}
Bridge:
O child, comon child, comon’ child,
Oh, oh child, comon’ child
Oh, oh, oh, comon’ child
Oh, oh, c’mon, comon’ child
Mmmmm…
I only wanna see you smile
Rather be alone than lonely
I’d rather be , I’d rather be alone than lonely
Ah… with you
Chorus:
Spare Me The Sorrow… Spare Me The Sorrow…
Try a little kindness baby!
3) 85 BPM
in B Flat mn Black Velvet C.Ward / D.Tyson
Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell
Jimmy Rogers on the victrola, up high
Mama’s dancing with baby on her shoulder
The sun is setting like molasses in the sky
The boy could move, everything
Always wanting more, he’d leave you longing for
Chorus:
Black Velvet and that little boy smile
Black Velvet and that slow, southern style
A new religion that’ll bring you to your knees
Black Velvet if you please…
Verse II
Up in Memphis, the music’s like a heat wave
White lightning, bound to drive you wild
Mama’s baby’s in the heart of every school girl
Love me tender leaves ’em crying in the aisle
The way he moved, it was a sin, so sweet and true
Always wanting more, he’d leave ’em longing for
Chorus:
Bridge:
Every word of every song that he sang was for you
In a flash he was gone, it happened so soon
What could you do….
Chorus: X 2
4) 85 B P M Prime Of My Life A.Myles/T.Duggan-Smith M.Borkosky
Chorus:
I’m in the prime of my life, I feel like a kid
One of these days it’ll all catch up
But I’d rather fight than quit
In the , Prime of my life, something’s gotta give
Even if it kills, I won’t give up
Kill the kill joy… Live!
Verse:
There’s a big hole in my heart, where all the money used to be
If love’s a crime, I’ve done my time as far as I can see
I’d trade in all the bullshit, even if I lose…
For all the rock and roll I’ve lived I’ve drunk a case of blues
Chorus:
I’m in the prime of my life, feel like a kid
One of these days it’ll all catch up
But I’d rather fight than quit
In the prime of my life, something’s gotta give
Even if it kills, I won’t give up
Kill the kill joy… Live!
Verse II:
Life gives us a choice, we can laugh or we can cry
I ‘ve been bending over backwards trying to walk a straight damn line
I was borne a child of light, but the devil’s been my friend
Ain’t nothin’ gonna stop this woman from busting this dead end!
Chorus:
Bridge: What the hell’s so wrong with coming undone
It’s too late to stop what’s already begun
So what the hell’s so wrong with coming undone, Undone!
Chorus:
I’m in the prime of my life, feel like a kid
One of these days It’ll all catch up, But I’d rather fight than quit
I’m in the prime of my life, something’s gotta give
One of these days it’ll all catch up but I only got one life to live
I’m in the prime of my life, prime of my life, Prime of my life,
Feel like a kid, one of these days it’ll all catch up but I’d rather fight than quit
Prime of my life, something;s gotta give, even if it kills, I won’t give up,
Kill the kill joy, kill the kill joy, Live , live, live x 9
Kill the kill joy!
5) 85 BPM
in Amn Lover Of Mine A. Myles
Why do I feel like I’m losing you
Will it ever become what I’ve always wanted it to
You tell me I’m the lucky one, How can you say that
When it breaks my heart to see another woman with you…
CHORUS:
Oh… Lover of mine…
Oh… Lover of mine…
And when it hurts so bad I wanna hold you in my arms
Make me feel like you wanna be, a lover of mine…
II
After we’ve said all there is to say
Am I still in your heart or am I just in your way
My desire for you is running wild
Jealousy, Dangerous kind
When I see you looking at another woman that way…
Chorus:
Oh… Lover of mine…
Oh… Lover of mine…
When it hurts so bad I wanna hold you in my arms
Make me feel like you wanna be, a lover of mine…
Bridge:
Please set me free, Or give me a reason for trying to keep it alive…
There is no need, For us to be lonely
Give me some kind of hope, I;m walking a fine line…
Chorus:
Oh… Lover of mine…
Oh… Lover of mine…
And when it hurts so bad I wanna hold you in my arms
Make me feel like you wanna be, a lover of mine…
6) 85 BPM Can’t Stand The Rain A. Peebles/ DonBryant / Bernard “Bernie” Miller
Chorus:
Can’t stand the rain… against my window…
Bringing back sweet memories… There were no pain…
Tell me do you remember, Mmmm…
How sweet it used to be…
Verse:
When we was together… Everything was so grand,
Now that we’ve parted… There’s one sound,
That I just can’t stand, I Can’t stand the rain… Against my window…
Bringing back sweet memories…
Cant stand the rain… Against my, window…
Cause you’re not here with me…
Verse II
Woah with the pillow…
Where… his head used to lay
I know you got some sweet… memories…
But like the, But like the, The window,
You ain’t got nothing to say…
SOLO:
Chorus: x 2
Can’t stand the rain… against my window…
Bringing back sweet memories…
I Cant stand the rain… Against my win-dow pane…
Cause he’s not here with me..
Go away rain… I can’t stand the rain
Come again another day…
7) 85 BPM Anywhere But Home A.Myles/M.Borkosky
in E
Anywhere but home
That’s where I’m going
It sucks to be alone
It’s safer not knowing
When everything feels wrong
You don’t know your left from right
When passion’s running strong
And you can’t see the light
It’s cold out there alone
As you’re filling up your belly with doubt
You keep running home
Everytime we’ve, fallen out
Chorus:
You ain’t goin’ anywhere baby, You ain’t goin’ anywhere but home
You ain’t goin’ anywhere baby, You ain’t goin’ anywhere but home
With me or without me
It doesn’t matter
Truth hurts like hell
There ain’t nobody sadder
It’s cold out there alone
You won’t feel it til the bottle runs dry
Until your, blind and running home
Asking yourself, why…
Chorus:
You ain’t goin’ anywhere baby, You ain’t goin’ anywhere but home
You ain’t goin’ anywhere baby, You ain’t goin’ anywhere but home
Solo:
Chorus:
You ain’t goin’ anywhere baby, You ain’t goin’ anywhere but home
You ain’t goin’ anywhere baby, You ain’t goin’ anywhere but home
You ain’t goin’ anywhere baby, You ain’t goin’ anywhere but home
You ain’t goin’ anywhere baby, You ain’t goin’ anywhere but home
8) 85 BPM Only Wings A.Myles / M.Borkosky
in F
Here… here in my heart, I can see the moon on the rise
Here in my heart, a symphony of angels in flight
And if I made you feel doubt
It was my heart beating too loud
Nothing could keep me away…
Chorus:
Only wings… Could make this heart soar any higher
Only wings… Could chase the moon across the sky
Only wings… Could make us brave enough to fall
Are you ready to risk it all … For love…
Verse II:
Fear… is the only thing that lets us down
Where, are all the angels when we begin to drown
My heart is breaking inside
Like a part of me has died
It’s just a question of pride
When everything stands in your way…
Chorus:
Bridge:
Heaven knows how I adore you my love
But heaven knows that angels arenÕt enough…
Chorus: X 2
9) 85 BPM Comment Ca Va A.Myles / M.Borkosky / V.Ferarro
in F#
When in Rome do as the French do in Spain
Lemme, fall down in German, get me back up again
Fly me hell bent for leather, up to the moon
You better, wipe that indecision off your face
Come with me you can do it
Don’t be the fool who blew it
You gotta get into it, uh huh
Chorus: Comment Ca Va baby, how are you doin’ darling
Comment Ca Va Cheri, Ciao Bella, Bellissimo
Verse: 2
Come be my diamond, sparkle, my senses silly
Lemme, whisper sweet something in you ear
I think you’re ready for a, lobotomy
You got me screaming love… all over the place
Shower me with your kisses
Make me your only missus
Respect me, love me like yo ho
Chorus:
Comment Ca Va baby, how are you doin’ darling
Comment Ca Va Cheri, Comon’ and quit your foolin’
Comon’ an’ kiss me honey, you’re SO right it’s not funny
Comment Ca Va, Ca Va, Ca Va bien
Bridge:
Je T’aime, Ti Amo
Let’s do it, Italiano
Un nan codelle li crane
Comon’ baby, No Risk, No Gain!
Chorus:
Comment Ca Va baby, How are you doin’ darling
Comment Ca Va Cheri, Comon’ an’ quit your foolin’
Comon’ and kiss me honey, you’re so right it’s not funny
Comment Ca Va Ca Va bien
Comment Ca Va baby, How are you doin’ darling
Comment Ca Va Shatzy, lemme hear you say something charming
Ciao Bella, Bellissimo, Come with me mi amore
Mein Schatzi, namaste, I must be gettin’ rusty…
I must be gettin’ rusty x 3
Take me to Zanzabar,
Come on make me a star,
In the back seat of your car…
10) 85 BPM Faces In The Crowd C.Ward / D.Tyson
in Gmn
Esther walks the hall, carrying a candle
Listens at the wall, for a sign of life
Closing her eyes as the room fades away
Counting the chimes in the church of our saviour ringing out
To faces in the crowd
Verse II:
Simon drives this town, works a graveyard Sunday
Esther flags him down, doesn’t speak a word
He hums to himself as the streets disappear
He catches himself looking back in the mirror filled with doubt
Two faces in the crowd
Chorus:
On the ferry from Dover to Calais
Arm in arm on a windswept day
I’ve got a photo of them sailing away
Mother’s so pretty, father’s so proud…
Verse III:
I stop to count the chimes, an orphan in the shadows
So little left behind, so much I’ll never know
A list in ‘The Times’ of the lives lost at sea
An old photograph and a past that seems so like
Chorus:
On the ferry from Dover to Calais
Arm in arm on a windswept day
I’ve got a phot of them sailing away
Mother’s so pretty, father’s so proud…
Solo:
Esther walks the hall, carrying a candle
Listens at the wall, for a sign of life…
11) 85 BPM What Is Love A.Myles/D.Tanaskovic
in D M.Borkosky
What is love if you don’t have it
It ain’t enough when you have it
Things get rough when it’s a habit, what is love…
What is love if you can break it
What is love if you can’t make it
Falls apart when you forsake it, what is love…
Chorus:
What is love, what is love,
If it takes so long to find
If it makes you lose your mind X 2
What is love.. Ha!.
What is love…
Verse:
What is gain without the giving
I go insane without you, living
Is a shame if you can’t forgive me, then what is love…
What is love if you can break it
What is love if you can’t ,make it
Falls apart if you forsake it, what is love…
Chorus:
What is love, what is love, if it takes so long to find
An’ if it makes you lose your mind what is love…
What is love, what is love, love ‘s a heart that never lies
When it opens your eyes…then it’s love…
Bridge:
You cannot feed the hand that bites you, no, no,
If you bite the hand that feeds you baby
I’m the woman who needs you, take my hand, be my man…
Don’t ask me stupid questions, I don’t wanna hear you mention,
Chorus:
What is love, what is love, if it takes so long
If it makes you lose your mind then what is love…
Oh, what is love, what is love, love is a heart that never lies
When it opens your eyes…
What is love, love, love, if it takes long to find
An’ if it makes you lose your mind what is love…oh
What is love, love, love, it’s a heart that never lies
When it opens your eyes
What is love!
12) 85 BPM I Love You A. Myles / N. Simmonds
in C
Sitting here on the horizon
Waiting for the moon to rise
Love has a way of arriving
Out of the clear blue sky
Chorus:
Oooh I love you
Don’t you know it’s true
When you believe in something good
It always comes through
Always comes true
Verse II:
Last year was harder
Think I’ll settle down for awhile
And the peaks of the mountains are glowing
And the canyons echo your smile
Chorus:
Oooh I love you
Don’t you know it’s true
When you believe in something good
It always comes through
Always comes true
Bridge:
You were here to catch each tear
Every time I fell
How can I give back each year
Tell you I… I… I believe…
Chorus:
Oooh I love you
Don’t you know it’s true
When you believe in something good
It always comes through
Always comes true
Oooh I love you
Don’t you know it’s true
When you believe in something good
It always comes through
Always comes true
It always comes true…
13) 85 BPM Trouble A.Myles / G.Nicholson / M.Chapman
in E
When it comes to trouble
I don’t think twice
When it comes to trouble baby
I’ve paid the price
I let my guard down
And I been caught
There ain’t a lesson baby
I ain’t been taught
Chorus:
Comon’ trouble
Ah hoo
I’m in trouble
Ah ooh, hoo, hoo hoo
I call 9, 1, 1, when I’m in a fix
When I need you baby I call 6, 6, 6,
I’m in trouble
Verse II:
You might be the last
You sure ain’t the first
I could be the best for you baby
Or I could be the worst
If we let it slide
It’d be a crying shame
We got the same bad blood runnin’ through our veins
Chorus:
Tag:
Trouble, trouble ’round the bend
Trouble, I’m gonna get in you
I ain’t lyin’ baby,
Ah ooh, hoo,hoo hoo,
Comon’ trouble , damn that trouble
Comes to trouble, I need a fix,
I call 6, 6, 6, oh yeah, I’m in trouble again….
uh, uh, uh uh huh, yeah
“I was born a child of light, but the devil’s been my friend. Ain’t nothing gonna stop this woman from busting this dead end”. – A.M.
