Natalie Merchant - Ophelia flac album

Ophelia is the title of a 1998 album, film, and song by Natalie Merchant. Kind & Generous" was the most successful single of the album, reaching the Top 20 in the . whilst Merchant was on tour with Lilith Fair. Break Your Heart" also received single and video treatment. These and the other videos from the album, plus three from Tigerlily, were gathered on a Warner Music Vision home video, also entitled Ophelia. I love the opportunity to flex my thespian muscle," Merchant quips on it.

Ophelia was a tempest cyclone A goddamn hurricane Your common sense, your best defense Lay wasted and in vain. For Ophelia'd know your every woe And every pain you'd ever had She'd sympathize and dry your eyes And help you to forget Help you to forget And help you to forget. Ophelia's mind went wandering You'd wonder where she'd gone Through secret doors down corridors She wanders them alone All alone.

Complete your Natalie Merchant collection. Ophelia ‎(CD, Album, Promo).

Ophelia was self-produced and primarily recorded in her own home studio in Upstate New York with engineer, Tod Vos. For the album package, Natalie collaborated with photograph by Mark Seliger (Rolling Stone & Vanity Fair) to bring to life six different female characters described in the title track of the album.

Exclusive discount for Prime members. Sample this album Artist (Sample). It makes a great soundtrack to your life.

Album: Ophelia (1998). Get the Sheet Music License This Song. songfacts ®. Artistfacts ®. Ophelia is a tragic character from Shakespeare's Hamlet who loses her mind when she's rejected by the title prince, who also killed her father. Merchant's song envisions Ophelia living varied lives throughout history as a Spanish nun, a German athlete, a sultry French star, a Depression-era American activist, a Vegas gambler's Italian mistress, and a Russian circus performer. In the end, they appear to be delusions from a mental patient (the real Ophelia). Ophelia's mind went wandering You'd wonder where she'd gone Through secret doors Down corridors She'd wander them alone.

Produced by Natalie Merchant.

Initially, the album appears to be conceptual, tracing the Ophelia character through modern times. That concept quickly falls away, leaving studied, if somewhat elliptical, lyrical portraits. Like Tigerlily, the songs on Ophelia have hushed, layered arrangements that are outgrowths, not replicas, of 10,000's jangly folk-rock. However, Ophelia lacks the subtle sonic textures and graceful hooks that made Merchant's debut so charming.