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Paula Cole Paula Cole (born April 5, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter. After gaining attention for her performances as a vocalist on Peter Gabriel's 1993–1994 Secret World Tour, she released her first album, ''Harbinger (Paula Cole album), Harbing ...

. It marks her return to the music scene after nearly a decade-long hiatus. The album is a departure from her previous work, towards more of a jazz and folk sound. " 14" was the first single, while " Comin' Down" was released to Triple A radio in the US in early August. The record also features the song "It's My Life", which was featured in Mercury automobile commercials.

Track listing

# "Comin' Down" (Paula Cole,

Dean Parks Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas. Albums Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher ...

) – 4:01 # "Lovelight" (Cole, Hassan Hakmoun,

Jeff Lorber Jeffrey H. Lorber (born November 4, 1952) is an American keyboardist, composer, and record producer. After six previous nominations, Lorber won his first Grammy Award on January 28, 2018 for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for '' Prototype' ...

) – 4:57 # "El Greco" (Cole, Mark Goldenberg) – 4:40 # "Lonelytown" (Cole, Jeremy Lubbock) – 4:40 # "14" (Cole,

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) – 3:38 # "Hard to Be Soft" (Cole, Goldenberg) – 4:53 (with

Ivan Lins Ivan Guimarães Lins (born June 16, 1945) is a Latin Grammy-winning Brazilian musician. He has been an active performer and songwriter of Brazilian popular music (MPB) and jazz for over thirty years. His first hit, "Madalena", was recorded by ...

) # "It's My Life" (Cole) – 5:31 # "Safe in Your Arms" (Cole,

Greg Phillinganes Gregory Arthur Phillinganes (born May 12, 1956) is an American keyboardist, singer-songwriter, and musical director based in Los Angeles, California. A prolific session musician, Phillinganes has contributed the role of keyboards to numerous alb ...

) – 4:56 # "I Wanna Kiss You" (Cole, Goldenberg) – 5:05 # "In Our Dreams" (Cole, Lubbock) – 4:17 # "Until I Met You" (Cole) – 5:03 (with Paul Buchanan) Bonus Tracks: * "Don't Miss Me" (

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version) * "Hero's History" (

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version) * "Love of a Lifetime" (

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version) * "Peace"

Charts

Personnel

* Paula Cole – piano, vocals, handclapping * Tom Arndt – package coordinator * Pat Barry – art direction *

Jay Bellerose Jay Bellerose is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session and live performance work. He has contributed to the work of many well-known artists. Biography Bellerose was born in Maine. A jazz enthusiast, he attended ...

– percussion, drums * Peter Bernstein – arranger, conductor, string arrangements, string conductor *

Chris Botti Christopher Stephen Botti ( ; born October 12, 1962) is an award-winning American trumpeter and composer. In 2013, Botti won the Grammy Award in the Best Pop Instrumental Album category, for the album ''Impressions''. He was also nominated in ...

– trumpet * Chris Bruce – guitar * Paul Buchanan – vocals * Caroline Buckman – strings * Susan Chatman – strings * Billy Childs Trio – piano, Fender Rhodes * Tim Christensen – strings * James Farber – engineer * Fabrizio Ferri – photography *

David Foster David Walter Foster (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian musician, composer, arranger, record producer and music executive who chaired Verve Records from 2012 to 2016. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. His music career spans mor ...

– piano * Brahim Fribgane – percussion * Steve Genewick – engineer *

Mark Goldenberg Mark Goldenberg (born April 10, 1952) is an American guitarist and songwriter, noted for his session work and composition of successful songs for Linda Ronstadt, the Pointer Sisters, and others. Biography Early career Raised in Chicago, Illin ...

– guitar, keyboards * Hassan Hakmoun –

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Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he help ...

– piano * Melissa "Missy" Hasin – strings * J'Anna Jacoby – strings * Jimmy Johnson – bass *

Steve Khan Steve Khan (born Steven Harris Cahn; April 28, 1947) is an American jazz guitarist. Career Steven Harris Cahn was born in Los Angeles. His father, lyricist Sammy Cahn, "loved to hear any and all versions of his songs". He took piano lessons as a ...

– guitar *

Kevin Killen Kevin Killen (born October 22, 1959) is a music producer, engineer, and mixer. His work has been recognized by multiple awards and nominations, and he has worked with a range of recording artists including Shakira, Peter Gabriel, U2, David Bowie, ...

– engineer, mixing * Billy Kilson – drums * Gina Kronstadt – strings, concert master *

Greg Leisz Gregory Brian Leisz ( ; born September 18, 1949) is an American musician. He is a songwriter, recording artist, and producer. He plays guitar, dobro, mandolin, lap steel and pedal steel guitar. Biography Leisz grew up in the garage band cu ...

– pedal steel *

Tony Levin Anthony Frederick Levin (born June 6, 1946) is an American musician and composer, specializing in electric bass, Chapman Stick and upright bass. He also sings and plays synthesizer. Levin is best known for his work with King Crimson (since 198 ...

– bass *

– vocals *

– organ, arranger, keyboards, engineer * Jeremy Lubbock – arranger, conductor *

Bob Ludwig Robert C. Ludwig (born c. 1945) is an American mastering engineer. He has mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists including Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Qu ...

– mastering * Pablo Munguia – engineer * David Palmer – piano, keyboards, melodica *

– dulcimer, guitar, engineer * David Piltch – bass * Vincent Potter – stylist * Kathleen Robertson – string contractor * Fredrik Sarhagen – engineer *

Al Schmitt Albert Harry Schmitt (April 17, 1930 – April 26, 2021) was an American recording engineer and record producer. He won twenty Grammy Awards for his work with Henry Mancini, Steely Dan, George Benson, Toto, Natalie Cole, Quincy Jones, and other ...

– engineer * Bill Airey Smith – engineer * Andy Snitzer – digital editing, editing * Edmund Stein – strings * Rudolph Stein – strings * David Stenske – strings * Ian Walker – bass * Todd Whitelock – engineer * Shari Zippert – strings

References

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