''Harbinger'' is

singer–songwriter A singer-songwriter is a musician who writes, composes, and performs their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies. In the United States, the category is built on the folk-acoustic tradition, although this role has transmuted th ...

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'', which suffered from a la ...

's debut album. It was released through

Imago Records Imago Records (The Imago Recording Company) was an American independent record label, which was active during the early 1990s. It was started by Terry Ellis after he left his previous record label, Chrysalis Records. In 1990 Ann Munday was hired as ...

, but just months after its release the company folded, so promotion for ''Harbinger'' was almost non-existent. A video was shot for the first single, "I Am So Ordinary", and is available on iTunes. There are two different covers for the album, which was re-released by Warner Brothers, who picked up Cole's contract in 1995 after absorbing Imago when it folded.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Paula Cole #"Happy Home" #"I Am So Ordinary" #"Saturn Girl" #"Watch the Woman's Hands" #"Bethlehem" #"Chiaroscuro" #"Black Boots" #"Oh John" #"Our Revenge" #"Dear Gertrude" #"Hitler's Brothers" #"She Can't Feel Anything Anymore" #"Garden of Eden" #"The Ladder" * Released singles included "I Am So Ordinary" and "Bethlehem".

Personnel

* Kevin Barry - acoustic guitar, high-string guitar * Paul Bushnell - bass *

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- drums, instruments ox*

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- acoustic guitar, electric guitar, E-Bow, Allen guitar, Leslie guitar * Mark Hutchins - hihat, programming, tambourine, handclaps *

Erik Friedlander Erik Friedlander is an American cellist and composer based in New York City. A veteran of New York City's experimental downtown scene, Friedlander has worked in many contexts, but is perhaps best known for his frequent collaborations with sax ...

- cello * Juliet Hafner - viola * Laura Seaton - violin * Mary Rowell - violin *

Eileen Ivers Eileen Ivers (born July 13, 1965) is an American fiddler. Ivers was born in New York City of Irish-born parents, grew up in the Bronx and attended St. Barnabas High School. She spent summers in Ireland and took up the fiddle at the age of n ...

- violin * Paula Cole - vocals, keyboards 1994 debut albums Paula Cole albums {{1990s-pop-rock-album-stub