''Living Under June'' is the second album by the Canadian singer-songwriter

Jann Arden Jann Arden (born Jann Arden Anne Richards; March 27, 1962) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actress. She is famous for her signature ballads, "Could I Be Your Girl" and "Insensitive (song), Insensitive", which is her biggest hit to date. Ea ...

, released in 1994. "

Could I Be Your Girl "Could I Be Your Girl" is a song by Jann Arden, released as a single in 1994 from her second album ''Living Under June''. The song reached number three in Canada and topped the country's ''RPM'' Adult Contemporary chart for one week. In the United ...

", " Insensitive" and "Good Mother" were all significant hits for Arden in Canada, with "Wonderdrug", "Unloved" and "Looking for It (Finding Heaven)" also becoming Canadian adult-contemporary hits. " Insensitive" was Arden's biggest hit internationally, entering the

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in several countries, including Italy and the United States ( 12 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100). In the U.S., "Could I Be Your Girl" was also a minor

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chart hit (No. 33). Total worldwide sales for this album come to 1.3 million, with 600,000 Canadian, and 500,000 US. The video for "Good Mother", directed by

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, won the

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at the 1996 Juno Awards. Weinrich also directed the video for "Insensitive", which was a nominee for the same award, but did not win, at the 1995 Juno Awards.

Production

The album was produced by

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and Arden. Most of the songs were written in a Calgary basement, where Arden lived under her landlady, June.

Jackson Browne Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and political activist who has sold over 18 million albums in the United States. Emerging as a precocious teenage songwriter in mid-1960s Los Angeles, he h ...

duets with Arden on "Unloved". Anne Loree wrote "Insensitive".

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played drums on the album.

Track listing

All songs written by

, except where noted. #"

" – 4:48 #"Demolition Love" – 4:04 #"Looking for It (Finding Heaven)" (Arden, Robert Foster) – 3:53 #" Insensitive" ( Anne Loree) – 4:16 #"Gasoline" – 4:35 #"Wonderdrug" (Arden, Mike Lent) – 3:35 #"Living Under June" – 4:02 #"Unloved" (with

) – 4:14 #"Good Mother" (Arden, Foster) – 4:58 #"It Looks Like Rain" (Arden, Foster) – 4:53 #"I Would Die for You" (Bonus track on international release) – 4:35 "I Would Die for You" was a significant single from Arden's previous album, '' Time for Mercy'', and does not appear on this album's original version.

Personnel

*Jann Arden – acoustic guitar, vocals *Bob Foster – acoustic and electric guitars *David Resnik – acoustic and electric guitars * Jeffrey (C. J.) Vanston – synthesizers,

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and acoustic piano,

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, drum programming *Mike Lent – bass guitar, acoustic guitar ("Wonderdrug") *

– drums, percussion *

– duet on ("Unloved") *

– backing vocals ("Looking for It (Finding Heaven)") *Lin Elder, Dillon O'Brian – backing vocals

Production

*Arranged by Jann Arden,

and Jeffrey Vanston, with vocal backing arranged by Dillon O'Brien and band charts by Peggy Sandvig *

Neil MacGonigill Neil MacGonigill (born 1949, Bowden, Alberta) is a Calgary-based music promoter, manager and record label owner. History Neil MacGonigill was born in the farming community of Bowden, Alberta in 1949.Heath McCoyof dreamers ''Calgary Herald'' via Can ...

: Executive Producer *Produced by Jann Arden and

; production assisted by Edd Kolakowski; assisted by Carrie McConkey; production co-ordination by Marsha Burns *Recording Engineers:

and Duane Seykora; assisted by Raymond Taylor-Smith and Ronnie Rivera *Mixed by

*Mastered by Doug Sax *Piano and guitar technician: Edd Kolakowski *Artwork and design by Jann Arden,

and Margo McKee, with photography by Jeth Weinrich

Charts

References

External links

*
Living Under June
' at

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