Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music

Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music is a series of three live compilation albums that collect performances from several years of the Lilith Fair festival tour.

Volume 1

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Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music, Volume 1
Compilation album live by
various artists
ReleasedApril 28, 1998 (1998-04-28)[1]
Recorded1997
Venuevarious
Genrevarious
Length103:02
LanguageEnglish
LabelArista
ProducerTerry McBride
CompilerSarah McLachlan

Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music, Volume 1 was released in 1998 and served as a fundraiser for Lifebeat and the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network.[1] The recording was produced by Terry McBride and compiled over four months, going through recordings spanning the entire festival.[1]

Writing for The A.V. Club, Stephen Thompson called this compilation "a mixed bag of promising performers... and practitioners of pneumatic, white-bread girly music..., with precious few highlights worth owning".[2] Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3 out of 5 stars, with critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine writing that "while it doesn't dispel the notion that Lilith Fair was essentially a homogenous music festival, it does capture the feeling of the tour quite well, and it has some very good music" and it makes for "a nice souvenir" from the festival.[3] A review for Entertainment Weekly rated this release a B−, noting criticisms about genre, lack of diversity, and individual performances, wrapping up that "the ultimate lesson to be gleaned is dispiritingly simple: As an album, Lilith is only fair".[4]

Disc one

  1. "Mississippi" (Paula Cole) by Paula Cole – 4:51
  2. "Scooter Boys" (Amy Ray) by Indigo Girls – 3:27
  3. "Sur Tes Pas" by Autour de Lucie – 3:25
  4. "Been It" (lyrics: Nina Persson and Peter Svensson, music: Svensson) by The Cardigans – 4:06
  5. "I Want" (Dayna Manning) by Dayna Manning – 4:45
  6. "Four Leaf Clover" (Abra Moore) by Abra Moore – 4:31
  7. "Falling in Love" (Lisa Loeb) by Lisa Loeb – 4:36
  8. "Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" (Shannon Worrell) by September '67 – 4:14
  9. "El Payande" (Susan Urban) by Lhasa de Sela – 3:59
  10. "Eternal Flame" (Susanna Hoffs, Tom Kelly, and Billy Steinberg) by Susanna Hoffs – 3:16
  11. "Rock in This Pocket (Song of David)" (Suzanne Vega) by Suzanne Vega – 4:09
  12. "Ladder" (Eric Bazilian, Rick Chertoff, Rob Hyman, and Joan Osborne) by Joan Osborne – 4:16
  13. "Building a Mystery" (Pierre Marchand and Sarah McLachlan) by Sarah McLachlan – 4:25

Disc 2

  1. "Water Is Wide" (traditional) by Sarah McLachlan, Indigo Girls, and Jewel – 4:18
  2. "Going Back to Harlan" (Anna McGarrigle) by Emmylou Harris – 5:04
  3. "Wash My Hands" (Meredith Brooks, Larry Dvoskin, and Shelly Pelken) by Meredith Brooks – 5:18
  4. "Cain" (Patty Griffin) by Patty Griffin – 3:49
  5. "I Don't Want to Think About It" (Kenneth Harrison) by Wild Strawberries – 4:02
  6. "What Do You Hear in These Sounds" (Dar Williams) by Dar Williams – 3:52
  7. "Trouble" (Shawn Colvin, John Leventhal, and Tom Littlefield) by Shawn Colvin – 4:08
  8. "Lama Dorje Chang" (Yungchen Lhamo) by Yungchen Lhamo – 3:05
  9. "The One" (Tracy Bonham) by Tracy Bonham – 4:38
  10. "Charm" (Tony Berg, Jon Brion, Paul Cantelon, Angela McCluskey, and Scott Roewe) by Wild Colonials – 3:22
  11. "Hold Me Jordan" (Tara MacLean) by Tara MacLean – 5:04
  12. "Periwinkle Sky" (Victoria Williams) by Victoria Williams – 2:36

Additional personnel:

  • Steve Addabbo – mixing
  • Ray Coburn – mixing
  • Susan Alzner – photography
  • Cathy Barrett – photography
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Angelique Crowther – artwork, design, photography
  • Tom Davis – mixing
  • Joe Ferla – mixing
  • Jim Grant – associate production
  • Gary L. Hacking – photography
  • Fred Hayes – photography
  • Crystal Heald – photography
  • Steve Jennings – photography
  • Steve Johnson – mixing assistance
  • Amy Lehman – photography
  • David Leonard – mixing
  • David Leyes – photography
  • Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
  • Terry McBride – executive production
  • Buddy Miller – mixing
  • Brian Minato – photography
  • Roger Moutenot – mixing
  • Tim Oberthier – associate production, engineering, mixing
  • Juan Patino – mixing
  • Michelle Pedone – photography
  • Mike Plotnikoff – mixing
  • Neal Preston – photography
  • Scott Roewe – engineering, mixing
  • John Rummen – art direction, artwork, design
  • Peter Shurkin – mixing assistance
  • Vanessa Smith – photography
  • A. W. Thomas – photography
  • Rick "Soldier" Will – mixing
  • Vanessa Williams – photography

Volumes 2 and 3

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Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music, Volume 2
Compilation album live by
various artists
ReleasedMay 18, 1999 (1999-05-18)
Recorded1998
Venuevarious
Genrevarious
Length66:20
LanguageEnglish
LabelArista
Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music, Volume 3
Compilation album live by
various artists
ReleasedMay 18, 1999 (1999-05-18)
Recorded1998
Venuevarious
Genrevarious
Length61:19
LanguageEnglish
LabelArista

Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music, Volume 2 and 3 were released in 1999, alongside one another.

A review in Entertainment Weekly for the two discs by Beth Johnson rated them a B, calling them "a more compelling, less whiny, listen" than the first volume and praising the diversity represented in this music.[5][6]

Volume 2:

  1. "Fire on Babylon" (Sinéad O’Connor and John Reynolds) by Sinéad O’Connor – 7:28
  2. "Never Know" by Angélique Kidjo – 4:52
  3. "Life" by Queen Latifah – 5:28
  4. "Island" by Heather Nova – 5:09
  5. "New Thing Now" by Shawn Colvin – 3:46
  6. "Angel" (Sarah McLachlan) by Sarah McLachlan with Emmylou Harris – 5:58
  7. "The Sea" (Paul Godfrey, Ross Godfrey, and Skye Edwards) by Morcheeba – 5:19
  8. "I Do" (Lisa Loeb) by Lisa Loeb – 3:45
  9. "Sway" (Bic Runga) by Bic Runga – 3:14
  10. "In the Ghetto" (Mac Davis) by Natalie Merchant with Meshell Ndegeocello – 4:13
  11. "Miles from Our Home (lyrics: Michael Timmins, music: Greg Clarke, Brodie Lodge, and Timmins) by Cowboy Junkies – 4:19
  12. "Meat Hook" by Tracy Bonham – 3:14
  13. "Elmo" by Holly McNarland – 5:41
  14. "Trampoline" by Wild Strawberries – 3:52

Volume 3:

  1. "Soul Record" (Ndegeocello) by Meshell Ndegeocello – 5:21
  2. "Naked Eye" (Jill Cunniff, Kate Schellenbach, and Vivian Trimble) by Luscious Jackson – 4:16
  3. "Never Said" (Liz Phair) by Liz Phair – 3:38
  4. "Onion Girl" (Laura Harding and Jeff Hull) by Holly Cole – 4:20
  5. "Kiss Me (Matt Slocum) by Sixpence None the Richer – 3:17
  6. "Luka" (Suzanne Vega) by Suzanne Vega – 3:20
  7. "Black & White" (Sarah McLachlan) by Sarah McLachlan – 4:48
  8. "Underneath a Red Moon" (N’Dea Davenport and Colin Wolfe) by N’Dea Davenport – 3:33
  9. "Not an Addict" (Gert Bettens and Sam Bettens) by K’s Choice – 5:02
  10. "Get Out the Map" (Emily Saliers) by Indigo Girls – 3:23
  11. "Little Black Girl" (Rebekah) by Rebekah – 4:06
  12. "Deeper Well" (Emmylou Harris, Daniel Lanois, and David Olney) by Emmylou Harris – 5:59
  13. "Surrounded" (Chantal Kreviazuk) by Chantal Kreviazuk – 5:14
  14. "Spit of Love" (Bonnie Raitt) by Bonnie Raitt – 5:01

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Rafalski, Jennifer (May 27, 1998). "'97 Lilith Fair Captured On CD". MTV. Archived from the original on November 12, 2023. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  2. ^ Thompson, Stephen (March 29, 2002). "Various Artists: Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music". Music >> Reviews. The A.V. Club. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  3. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (n.d.). "Various Artists – Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  4. ^ "Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music". TV > Article. Entertainment Weekly. May 1, 1998. ISSN 1049-0434. OCLC 21114137. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  5. ^ Johnson, Beth (May 21, 1998). "Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music, Vol. 2". TV > Article. Entertainment Weekly. ISSN 1049-0434. OCLC 21114137. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  6. ^ Johnson, Beth (May 21, 1998). "Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music, Vol. 3". TV > Article. Entertainment Weekly. ISSN 1049-0434. OCLC 21114137. Retrieved November 12, 2023.