''Public'' is the third album (the first on a major label) by

Emm Gryner Emm Gryner (born 8 June 1975 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a Canadian-Filipino singer, songwriter, recording artist, and author. She has released 20 albums as a solo performer, and has collaborated with artists including David Bowie and Chris Hadfie ...

, released in 1998. The album, released on

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, was not a strong seller, and Gryner was subsequently dropped from the label after Mercury was acquired by

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. She revived her own independent label,

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, for her next release, ''

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'', which sold significantly more copies than ''Public'' despite its more limited distribution and marketing. In 2006, Gryner released ''PVT'', a limited edition album featuring rerecorded versions of songs from ''Public''. ''PVT'' was initially released only as a bonus disc with preordered copies of Gryner's 2006 album '' The Summer of High Hopes''. It was later offered as a separate purchase.

Track listing

All songs written by Emm Gryner #"Hello Aquarius" #"Wisdom Bus" #"Summerlong" #"Death Is a New Day" #"Phonecall 45" #"Acid" #"The Good You Make" #"Your Sort of Human Being" #"The End" #"July" #"89 Days of Alcatraz" #"This Mad"

Cover versions

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the song "Summerlong" on their album ''Pulled Punches''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Public (Album) 1998 albums Emm Gryner albums Mercury Records albums