Relish (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Relish
Type = Studio album
Artist = Joan Osborne


Released = March 21 1995
Recorded = 1994-1995 at Big Blue, Katonah, NY
Genre = Rock
Length = 61:06
Label = Blue Gorilla Records/Mercury Records
Producer = Rick Chertoff
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4bkbu3rhan8k link]
*Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau|cut [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=joan+osborne link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/joanosborne/albums/album/323178/rid/5942622/ link]
Last album = "Soul Show" (1991)
This album = "Relish" (1995)
Next album = "Early_Recordings" (1996)

"Relish" is the second album by Joan Osborne, released on March 21 1995.

Background

"Relish" was nominated for several awards at the 38th Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, Record of the Year ("One of Us"), Song of the Year ("One of Us") and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance ("St. Teresa"). Joan Osborne was also nominated for Best New Artist.

At the 39th Grammy Awards, Osborne was nominated for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for the song "Spiderweb."

Its biggest hit single, "One of Us", was used as the theme to the 2003-2005 television series "Joan of Arcadia", although the show used a re-recorded version rather than the original version. "Right Hand Man" is very similar to "Clear Spot", a song by Captain Beefheart on the 1972 album of the same name, and is so credited. "Man in the Long Black Coat" is a cover of the Bob Dylan song from his 1989 album "Oh Mercy".

The final track, "Lumina", was used on the first episode of the HBO'S hit show "The Sopranos".

Track listing

All songs written by Joan Osborne, Eric Bazilian, Rob Hyman and Rick Chertoff unless otherwise indicated.
# "St. Teresa" – 5:20
# "Man in the Long Black Coat" (Bob Dylan) – 4:49
# "Right Hand Man" (Osborne, Bazilian, Hyman, Chertoff, Don Van Vliet) – 4:57
# "Pensacola" – 4:32
# "Dracula Moon" – 6:32
# "One of Us" (Bazilian) – 5:21
# "Ladder" – 4:11
# "Spider Web" (Osborne, Chertoff, Gary Lucas, Sammy Merendino, Chris Palmaro) – 5:34
# "Let's Just Get Naked" (Osborne, Bazilian) – 5:08
# "Help Me" (Sonny Boy Williamson II, Ralph Bass) – 5:14
# "Crazy Baby" (Osborne) – 6:31
# "Lumina" (Osborne, Bazilian) – 3:08

"One of Us" contains an introduction of "The Airplane Ride," a spiritual written by J. S. McConnel and sung by Nell Hampton, under license from Alan Lomax. Used by permission.""Ladder" contains a sample from "Marimbo Sun," written by Marc Bolan under license from Straight Ahead Productions Ltd. TRO/Essex Music International (ASCAP) as recorded by T. Rex. Used by permission."

Personnel

*Joan Osborne – vocals, percussion, acoustic guitar
*Eric Bazilian – guitar, mandolin, chant, saxophone, harmonica, electric piano
*Mark Egan – bass
*Rob Hyman – piano, organ, synthesizer, Mellotron, backing vocals, drums on 6
*Andy Kravitz – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

*Rick DiFonzo – acoustic guitar on 2 8
*Sammy Merendino – drums on 2 9, rhythm collage on 7 8
*Chris Palmaro – electric piano on 2 8, organ on 7, virtual fiddle on 8, Mellotron on 8 9
*William Wittman – electric guitar on 2, guitar on 7
*Rick Chertoff – percussion on 3 5
*Leo Osborne – backing vocals on 3
*Lee Campbell – actual fiddle on 8
*Omar Hakim – drums on 8
*Gary Lucas – guitar on 8 9
*Wade Schurman – harmonica on 8 9
*Catherine Russell – backing vocals on 8

Charts

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