Bleeding Heart Graffiti

Bleeding Heart Graffiti
Studio album by Nina Gordon
Released	August 8, 2006
Recorded	2005
Genre	Rock
Length	47:35
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Bob Rock
Nina Gordon chronology
Tonight and the Rest of My Life (2000) Bleeding Heart Graffiti (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
IGN	5.1/10
Jam!
Music Box
Melodic.net
PopMatters	5/10
RocknWorld
Silent Uproar
Slant Magazine
Sun Media

Bleeding Heart Graffiti is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Nina Gordon and marks her third album produced by Bob Rock. It peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums chart. Nine of the songs on the album are re-recorded tracks from Gordon's self-shelved album Even the Sunbeams. "The Time Comes" was featured in the Bones episode "The Priest in the Churchyard".

Track listing

1. "Bleeding Heart Graffiti" (Gordon) – 0:42
2. "Christmas Lights" (Gordon) – 5:13
3. "Kiss Me 'Til It Bleeds" (Gordon, Russo, Jaye) – 4:09
4. "Suffragette" (Gordon, S. Melvoin, W. Melvoin) – 3:37
5. "This Was the Year" (Gordon) – 0:32
6. "Don't Let Me Down" (Gordon) – 4:14
7. "Pure" (Gordon) – 4:29
8. "Watercolors" (Gordon) – 3:25
9. "Superstar" (Gordon) – 3:15
10. "Turn on Your Radio" (Gordon) – 4:05
11. "When You Don't Want Me Anymore" (Gordon) – 4:03
12. "Bones and a Name" (Gordon) – 4:55
13. "The Time Comes" (Gordon) – 4:19
14. "The Crickets Sound Like Sleigh Bells" (Gordon) – 0:37
15. "Tonight and the Rest of My Life [Acoustic Version](iTunes Bonus)" (Gordon) – 4:40

Personnel

• Peter Bradley Adams – piano
• Jamie Edwards – guitar, piano
• Wendy Melvoin – bass, guitar
• Joel Shearer – guitar
• Tom Morello – guitar
• Paul Bushnell – bass
• Josh Freese – drums
• Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums
• Sean Nelson – drums
• Joey Waronker – drums
• Bob Rock – guitar, producer
• Jeff Russo – bass, guitar, engineer
• Chris Reynolds – assistant engineer
• Eric Helmkamp – engineer
• Jens – mixing
• Rachel Salmon – illustrations
• Melanie Nissen – photography
• Stephen Walker – art direction, cover layout

Singles

Non-album tracks

The only known b-side from this recording session is The Blue Hour, which has yet to get an official release, but was leaked to the Internet. Nina also put the demos for A Different Song, Down and Dirty and Someday Is Too Far Away on her official site, which are from this album's recording sessions.

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