''Timbre'' is the third album by American singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins, released in 1999 (see

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). This album was re-released in 2001 with a bonus disc. One release has censored lyrics in "The Darkest Childe" and "Help Me Breathe".

Track listing

All songs written by Sophie B. Hawkins. #" Strange Thing" – 3:53 #"No Connection" – 4:48 #"32 Lines" – 5:02 #"MMM My Best Friend" – 4:41 #"Bare the Weight of Me" – 4:29 #"Nocturne" – 4:08 #"The Darkest Childe" – 5:54 #"I Walk Alone" – 4:12 #"Your Tongue Like the Sun in My Mouth" – 5:43 #"

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" – 4:04 #"Help Me Breathe" – 5:42 #"The One You Have Not Seen" – 6:09 ;2001 re-release bonus disc #"You Turn Me On" (new song demo) #"Travelling Light" (new song demo) #"I Walk Alone" (''Timbre'' demo) #"No Connection" (''Timbre'' demo) #" Walking in My Blue Jeans" (radio edit) #"Lose Your Way" (Bounce Remix) #"Lose Your Way" (Spanish remix) The bonus disc also includes video enhancement: *Video biography *"No Connection" (video) *"The One You Have Not Seen" (video/home demo version) *''The Cream Will Rise'' Sundance promo

Personnel

* Sophie B. Hawkins – synthesizer,

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...

, percussion, piano, electric guitar, keyboards,

marimba The marimba () is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets. Below each bar is a resonator pipe that amplifies particular harmonics of its sound. Compared to the xylophone, the timbre ...

, vocals,

vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist,' ...

djembe A djembe or jembe ( ; from Maninka language, Malinke ''jembe'' , N'Ko script, N'Ko: ) is a rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, originally from West Africa. According to the Bambara people in Mali, the name of the djembe ...

udu The udu is a plosive aerophone (in this case implosive) and an idiophone of the Igbo people, Igbo of Nigeria. In the Igbo language, ''ùdù'' means 'vessel'. Actually being a water jug with an additional hole, it was played by Igbo women for ce ...

;Additional personnel *Joe Bashorun – synthesizer, keyboards *Paul Bushnell – bass guitar *Jon Clarke –

oboe The oboe ( ) is a type of double reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites. The most common oboe plays in the treble or soprano range. A ...

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– drums *Stefanie Fife – cello *Mark Goldenberg – guitar *

Michael Landau Michael Christopher Landau (born June 1, 1958) is an American musician, audio engineer, and record producer. He is a session musician and guitarist who has played on many albums since the early 1980s with Boz Scaggs, Minoru Niihara, Joni Mitch ...

– synthesizer, guitar *Gerry Leonard – guitar *Robin Lorenz – violin *

Novi Novog Novi Novog is an American viola player. She is sometimes simply credited as "Novi" and is a cousin of Lauren Wood (also known as "Chunky"). In 1973, Novi became one of three members of her cousin's band Chunky, Novi and Ernie with the bassist Ern ...

–

viola The viola ( , also , ) is a string instrument that is bow (music), bowed, plucked, or played with varying techniques. Slightly larger than a violin, it has a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of ...

*David Rubenstein – string conductor *Larry Saltzman – synthesizer, guitar *Carlos Vega – drums *Skip Waring – trumpet

Production

*Producer: Sophie B. Hawkins *Executive producer: Peter Asher, Kevin Killen *Engineers: Sophie B. Hawkins, Kevin Killen, Nathaniel Kunkel *Assistant engineer: Al Sanderson *Mixing: Kevin Killen *Remixing: Mike Shipley *Mastering: Bob Ludwig *Editing: Chris Fudurich *Programming: Chris Fudurich *Arrangers: Sophie B. Hawkins, Joe Bashorun, Stefanie Fife, Robin Lorenz, Novi Novog *String arrangements: David Rubenstein *Loops: Sophie B. Hawkins, Chris Fudurich *Production coordination: Ivy Skoff *Assistants: David Baerwald, Marnie Lehman-Riley *Art direction: Christine Wilson *Design: Christine Wilson

Notes

External links

Full lyrics of all tracks at official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Timbre (Album) Sophie B. Hawkins albums 1999 albums