A New Beginning Song

Our sins were paid for at Calvary. Salvation is a free gift. But that “free” gift had a “high price.” And Friday on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie helps us appreciate the sacrifice Jesus made, and what kind of response it requires from us in return. What we don’t yet know is the new songs. And it takes some energy to write them and learn them. So the Scriptures need to remind us again and again to “sing a new song.” Sing Something New. Three Psalms start with precisely these words — Psalms 96, 98, and 149 — “sing to the Lord a new song.”.

New Beginning is the fourth album by singer-songwriterTracy Chapman, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music). According to Nielsen Soundscan, it is her biggest-selling recording since 1991, with 3.8 million copies sold,^[6] and according to the RIAA, it has shipped five million copies in the United States.

The album's sound consists of Chapman's trademark acoustic folk-rock sound and is mainly made up of slow low-key tunes and a few upbeat tracks. One notable exception is the hit 'Give Me One Reason', which is a blues piece. Most tracks on the album have backup singers, which was very rare in Chapman's earlier works.

Aside from the single 'Give Me One Reason', all songs are at least 4:56. The song 'Unsung Psalm' was originally written and recorded for this album, but didn't make it. It was later on her 2000 album Telling Stories as the sixth track out of eleven.

According to Billboard Magazine, the 'New Beginning' single was the first multi-session disc to have a sticker printed on the back of the packaging detailing system requirements to play the multi-media footage.

The use of a didgeridoo in the “New Beginnings“ track was a source of controversy. Chapman was taught to play at the Didgeridoo University in Alice Springs ^[7] however the use of a didgeridoo by women is taboo in many aboriginal nations.^[8]

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by Tracy Chapman.

1. 'Heaven's Here on Earth' – 5:23
2. 'New Beginning' – 5:33
3. 'Smoke and Ashes' – 6:39
4. 'Cold Feet' – 5:40
5. 'At This Point in My Life' – 5:09
6. 'The Promise' – 5:28
7. 'The Rape of the World' – 7:07
8. 'Tell It Like It Is' – 6:08
9. 'Give Me One Reason' – 4:31
10. 'Remember the Tinman' – 5:45
11. 'I'm Ready' – 4:56
12. 'Save a Place for Me' (hidden track)

Personnel[edit]

• Tracy Chapman – organ, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
• Rock Deadrick – percussion, drums, background vocals
• Lili Haydn – violin
• Steve Ferrone – drums
• Adam Levy – electric guitar, background vocals
• Eric Rigler – tin whistle, Uilleann pipes
• Scott Roewe – didgeridoo
• Glenys Rogers – percussion, background vocals
• John Philip Shenale – keyboards
• Andy Stoller – bass guitar, background vocals, tamboura
• Cameron Stone – cello
• John Thomas – piano

Production[edit]

• Producers: Tracy Chapman, Don Gehman
• Engineer: Don Gehman
• Assistant engineers: John Ewing, Jr., Kevin Scott, Doug Trantow
• Mixing: Don Gehman
• Mastering: Eddy Schreyer
• Production coordination: Diane Medak
• Art direction: Lee Cantelon
• Design: Lee Cantelon
• Graphic layout: Lavonne Murlowski
• Photography: Christine Alicino

Charts[edit]

Album

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Certifications[edit]

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Ruhlmann, William (1995-11-14). 'Allmusic review'. Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
2. ^Entertainment Weekly review
3. ^'Robert Christgau review'. Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
4. ^Rolling Stone Album Guide review
5. ^'Rolling Stone review'. Web.archive.org. 2008-07-26. Archived from the original on 2008-07-26. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
6. ^'Ask Billboard: Mariah Carey, Tracy Chapman, Jeff Bates'. Billboard.com. 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
7. ^'Learning to Play the Didgeridoo'. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
8. ^'The ongoing debate about women playing didgeridoo: how a musical icon can become an instrument of remembering and forgetting'(PDF). Retrieved 2019-06-16.
9. ^Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia’s Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 54.
10. ^'Austrian album certifications – Tracy Chapman – New Beginning' (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
11. ^'Canadian album certifications – Tracy Chapman – New Beginning'. Music Canada. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
12. ^'Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Tracy Chapman; 'New Beginning')' (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
13. ^'New Zealand album certifications – Tracy Chapman – New Beginning'. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
14. ^'American album certifications – Tracy Chapman – New Beginning'. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 15, 2012.If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.

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from the album What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World 路Copyright: Writer(s): Colin Meloy Lyrics Terms of Use

Advisory - the following lyrics contain explicit language:

Let's commence to coordinate our sights
And get them square to rights
(Get them square to rights)

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Condescend to calm this riot in your mind
Find yourself in time
(Find yourself in time)

If I am waiting, should I be waiting?
If I am wanting, should I be wanting?
And all around me
(All around me)

Document the world inside his skin
The tenor of your shins
The timbre of your limbs

Now commence to kick each brick apart
To center on your heart
Starting with your heart (bright heart)

If I am waiting, should I be waiting?
If I am wanting, should I be wanting?
And all around me
(All around me)

It's it sunlight, it's it shadow
It's the quiet, it's the word
It's the beating heart It's the ocean it's the boys

It's you, my sweet love (my sweet love)
Oh, my love (oh my love)

And the light, bright light
And the light, bright light
Bright light, bright light

It's all around me
It's all around me
It's all around me