Rockinghorse

Rockinghorse is the second studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Alannah Myles, released on October 13, 1992, by Atlantic Records. It spawned five singles, "Song Instead of a Kiss", "Tumbleweed", "Our World, Our Times", "Living on a Memory", and "Sonny Say You Will" (the first one of which Myles co-wrote). The album was nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards.

This article is about the Alannah Myles album. For other uses, see Rocking horse (disambiguation).
Rockinghorse
Studio album by
Alannah Myles
ReleasedOctober 13, 1992
GenreRock
Length49:49
LabelAtlantic
ProducerDavid Tyson
Alannah Myles chronology
Alannah Myles
(1989)		 Rockinghorse
(1992)		 A-lan-nah
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Our World Our Times"
6:25
2."Make Me Happy"
  • Ward
  • Tyson
5:47
3."Sonny Say You Will"Ward5:04
4."Tumbleweed"Ward4:36
5."Livin' on a Memory"
  • Ward
  • Tyson
5:50
6."Song Instead of a Kiss"
5:03
7."Love in the Big Town"
  • Ward
  • Tyson
4:45
8."The Last Time I Saw William"
  • Myles
  • Ward
  • Tyson
4:12
9."Lies and Rumours"
  • Ward
  • Tyson
5:06
10."Rockinghorse"
  • Myles
  • Simmonds
  • Ward
3:00

Personnel
  • Produced by David Tyson
  • Engineered by Brian Foraker
  • Additional Engineering by Peter Willis, Brad Aldredge, Richard Benoit and Bill Dooley
  • Assistant Engineers: Scott Stillman, Efren Herrera, Jeff Graham, Leslie Ann Kones, Dominique Schafer, Ben Wallach and Peter Doell
  • Mixed by Tom Lord-Alge
  • Song Instead Of a Kiss and Rockinghorse mixed by Brian Foraker
  • Recorded at Brooklyn Recording, Capitol Studios, Saturn Sound, The Complex, Mad Dog, Westlake Audio, and A&M Studios
  • Mixed at Image Recording Studios and Westlake Audio
  • Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Precision Mastering
  • Production Coordinator: Shari Sutcliffe
  • Cover Photography: Reisig & Taylor
  • Creative Director: A. Myles
  • Art Direction & Design: Tom Bricker
  • Atlantic Records Creative Director: Melanie Nissen
  • Wardrobe Design: A. Myles
  • Creative Design: Lisa Panagapka for Alannahworks
  • Make Up: Michael Bonneville
  • Hair Design: Helen Chudoba

Musicians:

  • Kurt Schefter - electric guitar
  • David Wipper - acoustic guitar, mandolin
  • Buzzy Feiten - electric guitar on "Livin' on a Memory"
  • Will Lee - bass
  • David Tyson - keyboards, bass
  • Denny Fongheiser - drums
  • Jørn Andersen - additional cymbals on "Our World Our Times"
  • Larry Williams - saxophone
  • Gary Grant - trumpet
  • Greg Smith - baritone saxophone on "Tumbleweed" and "Make Me Happy"
  • Alannah Myles, John Elefante, Mark Free, Tommy Funderburk, David Tyson, Christopher Ward, Rose Stone - backing vocals

Charts

Certifications
Certifications for Rockinghorse
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[12] 2× Platinum 200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 198.
  3. "Austriancharts.at – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  4. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 1857". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  5. "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 48. 28 November 1992. p. 24. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  6. "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 48. 28 November 1992. p. 25. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  7. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  8. "Offiziellecharts.de – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  9. "Swedishcharts.com – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  10. "Swisscharts.com – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  11. "The RPM Top 100 Albums of 1992" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 56, no. 25. 19 December 1992. p. 13. ISSN 0033-7064 – via World Radio History.
  12. "Canadian album certifications – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse". Music Canada. March 8, 1993. Retrieved September 28, 2021.



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