''Pages'' is the second studio album from the

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band Bering Strait. It was released June 28, 2005 via

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(now

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). The album was produced by

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, except for "From Ankara to Izmir", which was produced by

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Critical reception

Ken Devine of ''Glide'' magazine wrote that "With all their talent, Bering Strait is bound to attract the kind of following of an influence like

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. ''Pages'' may be a little hard to turn at times, but for Bering Strait, it’s one chapter closer to the walk of fame."

Track listing

#"Safe In My Lover's Arms" (Lydia Salnikova) – 4:12 #"Oy, Moroz-Moroz" (traditional; arr. by Natalya Borzilova, Lydia Salnikova, Alexander Arzamastsev, Sergei Olkhovskiy, Ilya Toshinsky and Sasha Ostrovsky) – 3:21 #"From Ankara to Izmir" (

) – 6:56 #"Long Time Comin'" (Salnikova,

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) – 3:33 #"Just Imagine" (Shane Teeters, Gary Harrison) – 3:33 #"Pages" (Jenny Yates, Tom Kimmel) – 3:33 #"

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" (

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) – 3:56 #"Cruel Man" (Borzilova) – 3:17 #"What's for Dinner?" (Borzilova, Salnikova, Arzamastsev, Olkhovskiy, Toshinsky, Ostrovsky) – 3:40 #"Choose Your Partner" (

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, Steve Bogard) – 3:34 #"It Hurts Just a Little" (Ostrovsky,

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) – 3:01

Personnel

Bering Strait

* Alexander Arzamastsev - drums, percussion * Natasha Borzilova - vocals, acoustic guitar, gut string guitar * Sergei "Spooky" Olkhovsky - bass guitar * Sasha Ostrovsky - Dobro, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, slide guitar * Lydia Salnikova - vocals, keyboards, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano

Additional musicians

- dobro * Carl Jackson - background vocals * Carl Marsh - string arrangement * Ilya Toshinsky - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, background vocals * Jerry Williams - string arrangement

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pages (Album) 2005 albums Bering Strait (band) albums Show Dog-Universal Music albums