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Meredith Brooks' debut album, Blurring the Edges is one of the most blatant examples of post-Alanis Morissette marketing by the record industry. At her musical core, Brooks is more like Sheryl Crow -- namely, a classic rocker with slightly edgy lyrics. She even works with producer David Ricketts, the former partner of Crow's Tuesday Night Music Club collaborator, David Baerwald. Ricketts gives Blurring the Edges a radio-friendly polish, one that glosses over any of the grit in Brooks' songs. And on the album's first single, "Bitch," Brooks and Ricketts devise an Alanis clone, from the semi-profane lyrics to the caterwauling chorus. "Bitch" isn't indicative of the rest of the album, which is considerably calmer and aimed at adult alternative stations, and while she fits neatly into the confines of that format, she doesn't really do anything to distinguish herself from the legions of similar post-alternative singer/songwriters. Blurring the Edges isn't necessarily a bad album -- Brooks is a competent melodicist and her lyrics are occasionally promising -- yet it isn't a distinctive one.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Shelly Peiken, Composer - Meredith Brooks, Composer, MainArtist - Paul Bushnell, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Freese, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cappy Japngie, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Ricketts, Producer, Keyboards, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Mauricio Iragorri, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Nasser, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - S. Husky Hoskulds, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Ebert, Engineer, Mix Engineer, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Capitol Records, LLC
Shelly Peiken, ComposerLyricist - Meredith Brooks, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Geza X, Producer
℗ 1997 Capitol Records, LLC
Meredith Brooks, Composer, MainArtist - Paul Bushnell, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Freese, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cappy Japngie, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Ricketts, Producer, Keyboards, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Mauricio Iragorri, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Nasser, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - S. Husky Hoskulds, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Ebert, Mixer, Engineer, Synthesizer, Mix Engineer, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Dvoskin, Composer - Victoria Levy, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Capitol Records, LLC
C. Ward, Composer - Meredith Brooks, Composer, MainArtist - Paul Bushnell, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Freese, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cappy Japngie, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Ricketts, Producer, Keyboards, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Mauricio Iragorri, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Nasser, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - S. Husky Hoskulds, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Ebert, Mixer, Engineer, Mix Engineer, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Capitol Records, LLC
Shelly Peiken, Composer - Meredith Brooks, Composer, MainArtist - Paul Bushnell, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Freese, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cappy Japngie, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Ricketts, Producer, Keyboards, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Mauricio Iragorri, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Nasser, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - S. Husky Hoskulds, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Ebert, Mixer, Engineer, Mix Engineer, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Capitol Records, LLC
Shelly Peiken, Composer - Meredith Brooks, Composer, MainArtist - Paul Bushnell, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Freese, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cappy Japngie, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Ricketts, Producer, Keyboards, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Mauricio Iragorri, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Nasser, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - S. Husky Hoskulds, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Ebert, Mixer, Engineer, Mix Engineer, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Capitol Records, LLC
S. Lynch, Composer - Meredith Brooks, Composer, MainArtist - Josh Freese, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cappy Japngie, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Ricketts, Producer, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Mauricio Iragorri, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Nasser, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - S. Husky Hoskulds, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Ebert, Mixer, Engineer, Mix Engineer, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - John Corey, Composer
℗ 1997 Capitol Records, LLC
Meredith Brooks, Composer, MainArtist - Paul Bushnell, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Freese, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cappy Japngie, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Ricketts, Producer, Keyboards, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Mauricio Iragorri, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Nasser, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - S. Husky Hoskulds, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Ebert, Mixer, Engineer, Mix Engineer, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Victoria Levy, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Capitol Records, LLC
Meredith Brooks, Composer, MainArtist - Paul Bushnell, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Freese, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cappy Japngie, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Ricketts, Producer, Keyboards, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Mauricio Iragorri, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Nasser, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - S. Husky Hoskulds, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Ebert, Mixer, Engineer, Mix Engineer, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - K. Dukes, Composer
℗ 1997 Capitol Records, LLC
Shelly Peiken, Composer - Meredith Brooks, Composer, MainArtist - Josh Freese, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cappy Japngie, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Ricketts, Producer, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Mauricio Iragorri, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Nasser, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - S. Husky Hoskulds, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Ebert, Mixer, Engineer, Mix Engineer, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Capitol Records, LLC
Meredith Brooks, Composer, MainArtist - Josh Freese, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cappy Japngie, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Ricketts, Producer, Keyboards, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Mauricio Iragorri, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Nasser, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - S. Husky Hoskulds, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Ebert, Engineer, Bass Guitar, Mix Engineer, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Woods, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Dvoskin, Composer
℗ 1997 Capitol Records, LLC
Shelly Peiken, Composer - Meredith Brooks, Composer, MainArtist - Paul Bushnell, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Freese, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cappy Japngie, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Ricketts, Producer, Keyboards, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Mauricio Iragorri, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Nasser, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - S. Husky Hoskulds, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Ebert, Mixer, Engineer, Mix Engineer, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Dvoskin, Composer
℗ 1997 Capitol Records, LLC
Meredith Brooks, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Doug Sax, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MARK NEEDHAM, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Weir, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVID DARLING, Producer - L. Dvoskin, Composer - John Bogosian, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1999 Capitol Records, LLC
Meredith Brooks, Composer, MainArtist - David Ricketts, Producer - Jim Ebert, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - T. DeLuca, Composer
℗ 1997 Capitol Records, LLC
Shelly Peiken, Composer - Meredith Brooks, Composer, MainArtist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - David Ricketts, Producer - Jim Ebert, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Capitol Records, LLC
Shelly Peiken, ComposerLyricist - Meredith Brooks, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2023 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Meredith Brooks, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Shelly Peiken, Composer - Meredith Brooks, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Dvoskin, Composer
℗ 2023 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Meredith Brooks' debut album, Blurring the Edges is one of the most blatant examples of post-Alanis Morissette marketing by the record industry. At her musical core, Brooks is more like Sheryl Crow -- namely, a classic rocker with slightly edgy lyrics. She even works with producer David Ricketts, the former partner of Crow's Tuesday Night Music Club collaborator, David Baerwald. Ricketts gives Blurring the Edges a radio-friendly polish, one that glosses over any of the grit in Brooks' songs. And on the album's first single, "Bitch," Brooks and Ricketts devise an Alanis clone, from the semi-profane lyrics to the caterwauling chorus. "Bitch" isn't indicative of the rest of the album, which is considerably calmer and aimed at adult alternative stations, and while she fits neatly into the confines of that format, she doesn't really do anything to distinguish herself from the legions of similar post-alternative singer/songwriters. Blurring the Edges isn't necessarily a bad album -- Brooks is a competent melodicist and her lyrics are occasionally promising -- yet it isn't a distinctive one.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:18:58
- Main artists: Meredith Brooks
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2023 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2023 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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