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Merchant took on what could have been a daunting task: she's adapted 19th and 20th century British and American poetry - well-known and obscure works, anonymous rhymes, children's lullabies, all of it timeless material full of direct emotion - and fashioned new songs from these words. The project, five years in the making, has clearly had a liberating effect on Merchant. Never has she sounded so free-spirited, so full of musical adventure, whether backed by small jazzy combos or elegant chamber ensembles. Leave Your Sleep is an inspired return for Merchant, her first studio album in six years - an effort long awaited by her considerable fan base. It also marks her 25th year as a uniquely successful major-label artist, one whose work has consistently enjoyed equal measures of commercial and critical success.
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TRACK LISTING
1 Nursery Rhyme of Innocens and Experience 5:12
2 The Man In the Wilderness 3:44
3 Equestrienne 4:39
4 The Dancing Bear 5:36
5 Calico Pie 2:41
6 The The Janitor's Boy 3:52
7 The Peppery Man 5:05
8 Topsyturvey-World 5:09
9 Bleezer's Ice-Cream 5:17
10 It Makes a Change 3:30
11 Adventures of Isabel 3:24
12 The King of China's Daughter 2:39
13 The Sleepy Giant 3:19
14 If No One Ever Marries Me 2:21
15 Maggie and Milly and Molly and May 4:07
16 Spring and Fall: To a Young Child 3:05
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