From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Compilation album series
This article is about the album series. For the festival tour, see
Lilith Fair .
Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music is a series of three live
compilation albums that collect performances from several years of the
Lilith Fair festival tour.
Volume 1
Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music, Volume 1 was released in 1998 and served as a fundraiser for Lifebeat and the
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network .
[1] The recording was produced by
Terry McBride and compiled over four months, going through recordings spanning the entire festival.
[1]
Writing for
The A.V. Club , Stephen Thompson called this compilation "a mixed bag of promising performers... and practitioners of pneumatic, white-bread girly music..., with precious few highlights worth owning".
[2] Editors at
AllMusic rated this album 3 out of 5 stars, with critic
Stephen Thomas Erlewine writing that "while it doesn't dispel the notion that Lilith Fair was essentially a homogenous music festival, it does capture the feeling of the tour quite well, and it has some very good music" and it makes for "a nice souvenir" from the festival.
[3] A review for
Entertainment Weekly rated this release a B−, noting criticisms about genre, lack of diversity, and individual performances, wrapping up that "the ultimate lesson to be gleaned is dispiritingly simple: As an album, Lilith is only fair".
[4]
Disc one
"Mississippi" (
Paula Cole ) by Paula Cole – 4:51
"Scooter Boys" (
Amy Ray ) by
Indigo Girls – 3:27
"Sur Tes Pas " by
Autour de Lucie – 3:25
"Been It" (lyrics:
Nina Persson and
Peter Svensson , music: Svensson) by
The Cardigans – 4:06
"I Want" (
Dayna Manning ) by Dayna Manning – 4:45
"
Four Leaf Clover " (
Abra Moore ) by Abra Moore – 4:31
"Falling in Love" (
Lisa Loeb ) by Lisa Loeb – 4:36
"Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" (
Shannon Worrell ) by
September '67 – 4:14
"El Payande " (Susan Urban) by
Lhasa de Sela – 3:59
"
Eternal Flame " (
Susanna Hoffs ,
Tom Kelly , and
Billy Steinberg ) by Susanna Hoffs – 3:16
"Rock in This Pocket (Song of David)" (
Suzanne Vega ) by Suzanne Vega – 4:09
"Ladder" (
Eric Bazilian ,
Rick Chertoff ,
Rob Hyman , and
Joan Osborne ) by Joan Osborne – 4:16
"
Building a Mystery " (
Pierre Marchand and
Sarah McLachlan ) by Sarah McLachlan – 4:25
Disc 2
"Water Is Wide" (traditional) by Sarah McLachlan, Indigo Girls, and
Jewel – 4:18
"Going Back to Harlan" (
Anna McGarrigle ) by
Emmylou Harris – 5:04
"Wash My Hands" (
Meredith Brooks ,
Larry Dvoskin , and Shelly Pelken) by Meredith Brooks – 5:18
"Cain" (
Patty Griffin ) by Patty Griffin – 3:49
"I Don't Want to Think About It" (Kenneth Harrison) by
Wild Strawberries – 4:02
"What Do You Hear in These Sounds" (
Dar Williams ) by Dar Williams – 3:52
"Trouble" (
Shawn Colvin ,
John Leventhal , and Tom Littlefield) by Shawn Colvin – 4:08
"Lama Dorje Chang" (
Yungchen Lhamo ) by Yungchen Lhamo – 3:05
"The One" (
Tracy Bonham ) by Tracy Bonham – 4:38
"Charm" (
Tony Berg ,
Jon Brion ,
Paul Cantelon ,
Angela McCluskey , and Scott Roewe) by
Wild Colonials – 3:22
"Hold Me Jordan" (
Tara MacLean ) by Tara MacLean – 5:04
"Periwinkle Sky" (
Victoria Williams ) by Victoria Williams – 2:36
Additional personnel:
Steve Addabbo –
mixing
Ray Coburn – mixing
Susan Alzner – photography
Cathy Barrett – photography
Greg Calbi – mastering
Angelique Crowther – artwork, design, photography
Tom Davis – mixing
Joe Ferla – mixing
Jim Grant – associate production
Gary L. Hacking – photography
Fred Hayes – photography
Crystal Heald – photography
Steve Jennings – photography
Steve Johnson – mixing assistance
Amy Lehman – photography
David Leonard – mixing
David Leyes – photography
Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
Terry McBride –
executive production
Buddy Miller – mixing
Brian Minato – photography
Roger Moutenot – mixing
Tim Oberthier – associate production, engineering, mixing
Juan Patino – mixing
Michelle Pedone – photography
Mike Plotnikoff – mixing
Neal Preston – photography
Scott Roewe – engineering, mixing
John Rummen –
art direction , artwork, design
Peter Shurkin – mixing assistance
Vanessa Smith – photography
A. W. Thomas – photography
Rick "Soldier" Will – mixing
Vanessa Williams – photography
Volumes 2 and 3
Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music, Volume 2 Released May 18, 1999 (1999-05-18 ) Recorded 1998 Venue various
Genre various Length 66 :20 Language English
Label
Arista
Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music, Volume 3 Released May 18, 1999 (1999-05-18 ) Recorded 1998 Venue various
Genre various Length 61 :19 Language English
Label
Arista
Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music, Volume 2 and 3 were released in 1999, alongside one another.
A review in
Entertainment Weekly for the two discs by Beth Johnson rated them a B, calling them "a more compelling, less whiny, listen" than the first volume and praising the diversity represented in this music.
[5]
[6]
Volume 2 :
"
Fire on Babylon " (
Sinéad O’Connor and
John Reynolds ) by Sinéad O’Connor – 7:28
"Never Know" by
Angélique Kidjo – 4:52
"Life" by
Queen Latifah – 5:28
"Island" by
Heather Nova – 5:09
"New Thing Now" by
Shawn Colvin – 3:46
"
Angel " (
Sarah McLachlan ) by
Sarah McLachlan with
Emmylou Harris – 5:58
"The Sea" (Paul Godfrey, Ross Godfrey, and
Skye Edwards ) by
Morcheeba – 5:19
"
I Do " (
Lisa Loeb ) by Lisa Loeb – 3:45
"Sway" (
Bic Runga ) by Bic Runga – 3:14
"
In the Ghetto " (
Mac Davis ) by
Natalie Merchant with
Meshell Ndegeocello – 4:13
"
Miles from Our Home (lyrics:
Michael Timmins , music: Greg Clarke, Brodie Lodge, and Timmins) by
Cowboy Junkies – 4:19
"Meat Hook" by
Tracy Bonham – 3:14
"Elmo" by
Holly McNarland – 5:41
"Trampoline" by
Wild Strawberries – 3:52
Volume 3 :
"Soul Record" (Ndegeocello) by Meshell Ndegeocello – 5:21
"Naked Eye" (
Jill Cunniff ,
Kate Schellenbach , and
Vivian Trimble ) by
Luscious Jackson – 4:16
"Never Said" (
Liz Phair ) by Liz Phair – 3:38
"Onion Girl" (
Laura Harding and Jeff Hull) by
Holly Cole – 4:20
"
Kiss Me (
Matt Slocum ) by
Sixpence None the Richer – 3:17
"
Luka " (
Suzanne Vega ) by Suzanne Vega – 3:20
"Black & White" (
Sarah McLachlan ) by Sarah McLachlan – 4:48
"Underneath a Red Moon" (
N’Dea Davenport and Colin Wolfe) by N’Dea Davenport – 3:33
"Not an Addict" (Gert Bettens and Sam Bettens) by
K’s Choice – 5:02
"Get Out the Map" (
Emily Saliers ) by
Indigo Girls – 3:23
"Little Black Girl" (
Rebekah ) by Rebekah – 4:06
"Deeper Well" (
Emmylou Harris ,
Daniel Lanois , and
David Olney ) by Emmylou Harris – 5:59
"Surrounded" (
Chantal Kreviazuk ) by Chantal Kreviazuk – 5:14
"Spit of Love" (
Bonnie Raitt ) by Bonnie Raitt – 5:01
See also
References
^
a
b
c Rafalski, Jennifer (May 27, 1998).
" '97 Lilith Fair Captured On CD" .
MTV . Retrieved November 11, 2023 .
^ Thompson, Stephen (March 29, 2002).
"Various Artists: Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music" . Music >> Reviews.
The A.V. Club . Retrieved November 12, 2023 .
^
Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (n.d.).
"Various Artists – Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music" .
AllMusic .
RhythmOne . Retrieved November 12, 2023 .
^
"Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music" . TV > Article.
Entertainment Weekly . May 1, 1998.
ISSN
1049-0434 .
OCLC
21114137 . Retrieved November 11, 2023 .
^ Johnson, Beth (May 21, 1998).
"Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music, Vol. 2" . TV > Article.
Entertainment Weekly .
ISSN
1049-0434 .
OCLC
21114137 . Retrieved November 12, 2023 .
^ Johnson, Beth (May 21, 1998).
"Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music, Vol. 3" . TV > Article.
Entertainment Weekly .
ISSN
1049-0434 .
OCLC
21114137 . Retrieved November 12, 2023 .