''Maria'' is a 1995 album by

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singer and songwriter

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. It was her first album not to include any musical contributions from longtime collaborators such as

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and

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The album ends with "Oh My My," a 20 minute-plus ode that gathers the themes from the entire album. ''Rolling Stone'' wrote: " this heap of Siberjazz you realize that everything that has arisen on ''Maria'' has indeed converged and that you've actually been led on an unforgettable walk in a garden facing fall with a tour guide who's sure-footed in her wobbly pace. Awesome." ''Maria'' was her last major label album. In 1996, Siberry started her own independent record label,

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, and has released all of her subsequent recordings on that imprint.

Reception

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'' wrote about ''Maria'': " t damn, the girl's back in the driver's seat with ''Maria''...This is vintage Siberry: scissor-kicking around the soul's messiest spots in search of anything hinting toward redemption... That's exactly what this album's about: the pull of life. Not specifically the good or the bad or the ugly but just the pull and the subsequent release."

Track listing

All songs by Siberry, except "Would You Go?" by Siberry and Tim Ray. #"Maria" (4:25) #"See the Child" (6:24) #"Honey Bee" (4:17) #"Caravan" (7:30) #"Lovin' Cup" (3:39) #"Begat Begat" (6:33) #"Goodbye Sweet Pumpkinhead" (4:35) #"Would You Go?" (7:20) #"Mary Had a Little Lamb" (1:58) #"Oh My My" (20:15)

Personnel

*Jane Siberry -

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

lyrics Lyrics are words that make up a song, usually consisting of verses and choruses. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist. The words to an extended musical composition such as an opera are, however, usually known as a "libretto" and their writer, a ...

, producer with *Tim Ray -

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

* Brian Blade - drums *Christopher Thomas -

double bass The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox additions such as the octobass). Similar i ...

*David Travers-Smith -

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

*Ian McLauchlan -

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

*Ritesh Das -

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*George Koller -

sitar The sitar ( or ; ) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in medieval India, flourished in the 18th century, and arrived at its present form ...

esraj The (from the pa, ਇਸਰਾਜ) is an Indian stringed instrument found in two forms throughout the Indian subcontinent. It is a relatively recent instrument, being only about 300 years old. It is found in North India, primarily Punjab, whe ...

*Cullen Singers and *David Travers-Smith - recording engineer *Jeff Elliot - assistant engineer *Ormond Jobim - co-engineer *Michael Brooke - mixes *Gregory Calbi - mastering *Frank Ockenfels 3 - colour photos *Trevor Hughes - studio photos *Say-Lay-Pho - artwork design *Wyatt Mitchell - design co-ordination

References

{{Authority control 1995 albums Jane Siberry albums Reprise Records albums