Rockinghorse
1992 studio album by Alannah Myles
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Rockinghorse is the second studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Alannah Myles, released on October 13, 1992, by Atlantic Records. It spawned three singles and two songs that weren't released as singles, but charted on RPM Top Singles Chart, "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.
ReleasedOctober 13, 1992
Studios
- Brooklyn Recording (New York City)
Saturn Sound (Studio City, California)
Mad Dog Studios (Burbank, California)
The Complex, Westlake Studios and Image Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Capitol Studios and A&M Studios (Hollywood, California)
GenreRock
Length50:10
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| Released | October 13, 1992 | |||
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| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 50:10 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | David Tyson | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[2] |
| Orlando Sentinel | [3] |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Our World Our Times" | 6:25 | |
| 2. | "Make Me Happy" |
| 5:47 |
| 3. | "Sonny Say You Will" | Ward | 5:04 |
| 4. | "Tumbleweed" | Ward | 4:36 |
| 5. | "Livin' on a Memory" |
| 5:50 |
| 6. | "Song Instead of a Kiss" |
| 5:03 |
| 7. | "Love in the Big Town" |
| 4:45 |
| 8. | "The Last Time I Saw William" |
| 4:12 |
| 9. | "Lies and Rumours" |
| 5:06 |
| 10. | "Rockinghorse" |
| 3:00 |
Personnel
Musicians
- Alannah Myles – vocals
- David Tyson – keyboards, bass, backing vocals
- Kurt Schefter – guitars
- David Wipper – acoustic guitars, mandolin
- Buzz Feiten – electric guitars (5)
- Will Lee – bass
- Denny Fongheiser – drums, percussion
- Jørn Andersen – additional cymbals (1)
- Larry Williams – saxophones
- Greg Smith – baritone saxophone (2, 4)
- Gary Grant – trumpets
- John Elefante – backing vocals
- Mark Free – backing vocals
- Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals
- Christopher Ward – backing vocals
- Rose Stone – backing vocals
Production
- Christopher Ward – executive producer
- David Tyson – producer
- Brian Foraker – engineer, mixing (6, 10)
- Tom Lord-Alge – mixing (1-5, 7-9)
- Brad Aldredge – additional engineer, assistant engineer
- Richard Benoit – additional engineer
- Bill Dooley – additional engineer
- Peter Willis – additional engineer
- Peter Doell – assistant engineer
- Jeff Graham – assistant engineer
- Efren Herrera – assistant engineer
- Leslie Ann Kones – assistant engineer
- Dominique Schafer – assistant engineer
- Scott Stillman – assistant engineer
- Ben Wallach – assistant engineer
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California)
- Shari Sutcliffe – production coordinator
- Reisig & Taylor – cover photography
- Alannah Myles – creative director, wardrobe design
- Tom Bricker – art direction, design
- Melanie Nissen – creative director for Atlantic Records
- Lisa Panagapka for Alannahworks – creative design
- Michael Bonneville – make-up
- Helen Chudoba – hair design
- Borman Entertainment – management
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[14] | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
