- Facing Future
Infobox Album
Name = Facing Future
Type =Album
Artist =Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Released = 1993
Recorded = 1992–1993 atAudio Resource inHonolulu, Hawaii
Genre = Hawaii, World
Length = 56:37
Label = Mountain Apple
Producer =Israel Kamakawiwo'ole ,Jon de Mello
Last album = "Ka 'Ano'i "
(1990)
This album = "Facing Future"
(1993)
Next album = "E Ala E "
(1995)"Facing Future" is an
album by the late Hawaiian singerIsrael Kamakawiwo'ole , released in1993 .When this album was released, he became famous with his
medley of "Over the Rainbow " and "What a Wonderful World ", featured in films "Finding Forrester ", "Meet Joe Black ", "50 First Dates " and "Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School ", as well as an episode of television's "ER", and the final episode of theBBC program " Life On Mars". The ukulele intro to this song was also heard in TV commercials for the ill-fated Internet toy vendor eToys in the early 2000s, but without any of the vocals. A version of "Over the Rainbow" based on Kamakawiwo'ole's was performed by The Blanks on the "Scrubs" episode, "My Way Home". Kamakawiwo'ole's rendition of "Over the Rainbow" features fragments of different verses strung together in a new order. It remains a favorite of many listeners, and has become a cultural phenomenon, as attested by its frequent use in entertainment and advertising.Track listing
# "Hawaiokinai '78 Introduction" – 5:05
# "Ka Huila Wai" – 3:20
# "okinaAmaokinaama" – 2:14
# "Panini Pua Kea" – 3:07
# "Take Me Home Country Road" – 4:56
#* Version of "Take Me Home, Country Roads " byJohn Denver
# "Kuhio Bay" – 3:31
# "Ka Pua Uokinai" – 2:55
# "White Sandy Beach Of Hawaiokinai" – 2:37
# "Henehene Kou okinaAka" – 4:22
# "La okinaElima" – 3:40
# "Pili Me Kaokinau Manu" – 2:33
# "Maui Hawaiian Sup'pa Man" – 3:53
# "Kaulana Kawaihae" – 4:01
# "Over The Rainbow "/"What a Wonderful World " – 5:08
# "Hawaiokinai '78" – 5:15
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