Rockinghorse

Rockinghorse
Studio album by
Alannah Myles
ReleasedOctober 13, 1992
Studios
  • Brooklyn Recording (New York City)
    Saturn Sound (Studio City, California)
    Mad Dog Studios (Burbank, California)
    The Complex, Westlake Studios and Image Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California)
    Capitol Studios and A&M Studios (Hollywood, California)
GenreRock
Length50:10
LabelAtlantic
ProducerDavid Tyson
Alannah Myles chronology
Alannah Myles
(1989)		 Rockinghorse
(1992)		 A-lan-nah
(1995)
Singles from Alannah Myles
  1. "Song Instead of a Kiss"
    Released: October 13, 1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarHalf star
Entertainment WeeklyB
Orlando SentinelStar

Rockinghorse is the second studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Alannah Myles, released on October 13, 1992, by Atlantic Records. It spawned three singles and two songs that weren't released as singles, but charted on RPM Top Singles Chart, "Song Instead of a Kiss", "Tumbleweed", "Our World, Our Times", "Living on a Memory", and "Sonny Say You Will" (the first one of which Myles co-wrote). The album was nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Our World Our Times"
6:25
2."Make Me Happy"
  • Ward
  • Tyson
5:47
3."Sonny Say You Will"Ward5:04
4."Tumbleweed"Ward4:36
5."Livin' on a Memory"
  • Ward
  • Tyson
5:50
6."Song Instead of a Kiss"
5:03
7."Love in the Big Town"
  • Ward
  • Tyson
4:45
8."The Last Time I Saw William"
  • Myles
  • Ward
  • Tyson
4:12
9."Lies and Rumours"
  • Ward
  • Tyson
5:06
10."Rockinghorse"
  • Myles
  • Simmonds
  • Ward
3:00

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Rockinghorse
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) 2× Platinum 200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ AllMusic review
  2. ↑ Moon, Tom (November 6, 1992). "Rockinghorse". Entertainment Weekly.
  3. ↑ Gettelman, Parry (November 13, 1992). "Alannah Myles". Orlando Sentinel.
  4. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 198.
  5. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Top Albums/CDs. Volume 56, Issue 20 (1992-11-14)". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 48. 28 November 1992. p. 24. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  8. ↑ "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 48. 28 November 1992. p. 25. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  9. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  10. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  13. ↑ "The RPM Top 100 Albums of 1992" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 56, no. 25. 19 December 1992. p. 13. ISSN 0033-7064 – via World Radio History.
  14. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse". Music Canada. March 8, 1993. Retrieved September 28, 2021.