''I Believe My Heart'' is the debut album by British singer Keedie. It was released on 18 November 2004. The album has a mixture of genres and songwriters. Two classics; "Ave Maria" and the

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" are sung in English. Seven other arias feature on the album (two of which are hidden). The classics include Rutter's version of "Pie Jesu" and

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's " Time to Say Goodbye". There are two popular covers featured on the album;

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Enya Enya Patricia Brennan (; ga, Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin; born 17 May 1961), known professionally by the mononym Enya, is an Irish singer, songwriter, and musician known for modern Celtic music. She is the best-selling Irish solo arti ...

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Only Time "Only Time" is a song by Irish musician Enya. It was released in November 2000 as the lead single from her fifth studio album, ''A Day Without Rain'' (2000). The song reached number one in Canada, Germany, Poland and Switzerland, number two in Au ...

". The album also features seven original songs. Two of these songs are interludes that Keedie co-wrote herself; "Interlude" and "Fio Est Toute". " I Believe My Heart" was written by

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for their musical '' The Woman In White''. "My Reason" (a favourite among Keedie fans) was composed by

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for the film '' Modigliani''. Farley was so impressed with Keedie's voice that he approached her to sing the theme song from the film. The song is sung in English in an

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tic style and is often praised for its emotional arrangement and Keedie's highly passionate delivery of the

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. Ben Robbins and Steve Hart both wrote the original songs "The Star in You" and "All Because of You". Both of the songs have a pop-like arrangement but are sung operatically in English. Chris Neil is responsible for the intimate "One Day".

Hidden tracks

''I Believe My Heart'' has three hidden tracks and two more interludes after the track 17 named only as "One Day". After this mini song the listener has to wait until the timer of the track has reached 7:20 when an interlude appears. When 8:38 has gone by, "

Lascia ch'io pianga "" ( en, "Let me weep"), originally "Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa" ( en, "Leave the Thorn, Take the Rose"), is an Italian-language soprano aria by composer George Frideric Handel that has become a popular concert piece. History Its melody is f ...

" comes on. Once twelve minutes have gone by, "

The Flower Duet The "Flower Duet" is a duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano in the first act of Léo Delibes' opera ''Lakmé'', premiered in Paris in 1883. It is sung by the characters Lakmé, daughter of a Brahmin priest, and her servant Mallika, as they go to g ...

" plays. At 15:10 an English rendition of "Un bel dì vedremo" comes on. Once this song has finished the listener can hear part two of the initial interlude. Track seventeen lasts a total of twenty minutes and fifty-one seconds.

Track listing

# "Ave Maria" # "Vedi, Maria" # "

Pie Jesu "Pie Jesu" ( ; original Latin: "Pie Iesu" ) is a text from the final couplet of the hymn " Dies irae", and is often included in musical settings of the Requiem Mass as a motet. The phrase means " pious Jesus" in the vocative. Popular settings The s ...

" # "All Because of You" # "You'll See" # " Ebben? Ne andrò lontana" # "Interlude" # "The Star in You" # " I Believe My Heart" # "Only Time" # "

O mio babbino caro "" ("Oh my dear Papa”) is a soprano aria from the opera ''Gianni Schicchi'' (1918) by Giacomo Puccini to a libretto by Giovacchino Forzano. It is sung by Lauretta after tensions between her father Schicchi and the family of Rinuccio, the boy she ...

" # " Time to Say Goodbye" # "My Reason" # "Intermezzo" # "Foi Est Toute" ncorrectly spelled 'Fio' on album art# "

Vissi d'arte "Vissi d'arte" is a soprano aria from act 2 of the opera ''Tosca'' by Giacomo Puccini. It is sung by Floria Tosca as she thinks of her fate, how the life of her beloved, Mario Cavaradossi, is at the mercy of Baron Scarpia and why God has seemingly ...

" # "One Day" ''Hidden tracks'' # "Lascia ch'io pianga" # "Sous le dôme épais" (The Flower Duet) # "Un bel dì vedremo"

References

{{Authority control 2004 debut albums Keedie Babb albums