- folk rock, folk
- 44 min
- 10 tracks
- Elektra
Matters of the Heart is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released on April 28, 1992, by Elektra Records. It was her first not to be produced or co-produced by David Kershenbaum.
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Character
Spare, earnest, grave and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
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- AllMusic2/5 ★
- Calgary HeraldC
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- NME3/10
- Orlando Sentinel2/3 ★
- Rolling Stone2/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Bang Bang Bang4:23
- 2So3:28
- 3I Used to Be a Sailor3:59
- 4The Love That You Had4:12
- 5Woman's Work2:04
- 6If These Are the Things4:42
- 7Short Supply4:25
- 8Dreaming on a World5:04
- 9Open Arms4:36
- 10Matters of the Heart6:59
10 tracks, 44 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Tracy Chapman
- Label
- Elektra
- Released
- 1992
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- ZA
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