Shelter Me (Richard Page album)
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| Released | October 22, 1996 | |||
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| Genre | Adult contemporary | |||
| Length | 45:19 | |||
| Label | Blue Thumb | |||
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Shelter Me is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Richard Page, released on October 22, 1996, by Blue Thumb Records. It remained Page's only solo studio album until the release of Peculiar Life (2010), fourteen years later. Page dedicated the album to the memory of his mother, Joyce Horton Page, who died in the same year it was released.[1]
As part of Shelter Me's promotion, a bonus extended play (EP) called Acoustic was also distributed by Blue Note Records.
According to Page, Shelter Me was a "bittersweet experience", because while the album was creatively fulfilling for him, Blue Thumb Records "fell apart" when he finished it:
So it was really kind of a horrible experience, and like I said it was a high and low experience — I loved the music, the creative part of it was fantastic. But then it was bungled, and literally just lost in the shuffle. It kind of left a bad taste in my mouth about what I wanted to do and how much more time I wanted to put into something that might not see the light of day.[2]
All other Mr. Mister's members were involved in the album's production.[1] "My Oxygen" was originally written by Nik Kershaw as "Oxygen", and was first recorded by Elaine Paige in her album Love Can Do That (1991).[3] Page wrote three additional verses for his version, which was later covered by Avalon in their album Oxygen (2001).[4] "A Simple Life" was also sung by John Farnham and released as a single from his album Romeo's Heart (1996).[5] "Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away" is a cover version of a 1974 Stevie Wonder song.[1][6]
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Track listing
All tracks produced by Richard Page and Kim Bullard.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The Best Thing" | 4:35 | |
| 2. | "My Oxygen" |
| 4:13 |
| 3. | "Even the Pain" |
| 5:50 |
| 4. | "Shelter Me" |
| 5:21 |
| 5. | "Let Me Down Easy" |
| 3:26 |
| 6. | "A Simple Life" |
| 4:05 |
| 7. | "Dependence" |
| 5:25 |
| 8. | "Just to Love You" |
| 3:58 |
| 9. | "If All Else Fails" |
| 5:38 |
| 10. | "Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away" | 4:48 | |
| Total length: | 45:19 | ||
