Tigerlily

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Tigerlily is an album by singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant, released on June 20, 1995 (see 1995 in music). Her first solo album, after splitting from the 10,000 Maniacs, Tigerlily is more rock-oriented than her previous work. The album received mixed reviews, with many praising Merchant's confessional writing style, and other criticizing the same for undue sentimentality.

The song "River" is a tribute to River Phoenix. Tigerlily peaked at #13 on Billboard's Top 200 album countdown.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Charting singles 4 Trivia

Track listing

1. "San Andreas Fault" (Merchant) - 3:57
2. "Wonder" (Merchant) - 4:26
3. "Beloved Wife" (Merchant) - 5:03
4. "River" (Merchant) - 5:32
5. "Carnival" (Merchant) - 5:59
6. "I May Know the Word" (Merchant) - 8:07
7. "The Letter" (Merchant) - 2:12
8. "Cowboy Romance" (Merchant) - 4:39
9. "Jealousy" (Merchant) - 2:41
10. "Where I Go" (Merchant) - 3:59
11. "Seven Years" (Merchant) - 5:31

Personnel

• John Holbrook - Organ, Guitar (Electric), Engineer
• Katell Keineg - Vocals (bckgr)
• Barrie Maguire - Bass, Guitar (12 String)
• Natalie Merchant - Vocals, Piano, Organ, Vibraphone
• Jay Ungar - Violin
• Peter Yanowitz - Percussion, Drums
• Michelle Kinney - Cello
• Matt Henderson - Bass, Guitar (Electric)
• Eric Schenkman - Guitar (Electric)
• Adrian Lopez Guevarra - Percussion
• Jennifer Turner - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Vocals (bckgr)

Charting singles

1995    Carnival        Adult Contemporary	                     No. 8
1995	Carnival        The Billboard Hot 100	                No. 10
1995	Carnival	Modern Rock Tracks	                No. 12
1995	Wonder	        Modern Rock Tracks	                No. 16
1995	Carnival	Top 40 Mainstream	                No. 6
1995	Wonder	        Top 40 Mainstream	                No. 32
1995	Carnival	Adult Top 40	                        No. 8
1996	Jealousy	Adult Contemporary	                No. 17
1996	Wonder	        Adult Contemporary	                No. 18
1996	Jealousy	The Billboard Hot 100	                No. 23
1996	Carnival	Top 40 Adult Recurrents	                No. 1
1996	Jealousy	Top 40 Adult Recurrents	                No. 1
1996	Wonder	        Top 40 Adult Recurrents	                No. 1
1996	Carnival	Adult Top 40	                        No. 13
1996	Jealousy	Adult Top 40	                        No. 5
1996	Wonder	        Adult Top 40	                        No. 2
1996	Jealousy	Top 40 Mainstream	                No. 8
1996	Wonder	        Top 40 Mainstream	                No. 7
1996	Wonder	        The Billboard Hot 100	                No. 20

Trivia

Aileen Wuornos had requested that Natalie Merchant's song "Carnival" be played at her funeral. Natalie Merchant commented on this when asked why her song was run during the credits of the documentary "Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer".

"When director Nick Broomfield sent a working edit of the film, I was so disturbed by the subject matter that I couldn't even watch it. Aileen Wuornos led a tortured, torturing life that is beyond my worst nightmares. It wasn't until I was told that Aileen spent many hours listening to my album 'Tigerlily' while on death row and requested 'Carnival' be played at her funeral that I gave permission for the use of the song. It's very odd to think of the places my music can go once it leaves my hands. If it gave her some solace, I have to be grateful."