Nonesuch Records releases Natalie Merchant's Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings on November 6, 2015. This collection of all-new recordings revisits Merchant's multi-platinum solo debut, Tigerlily, originally released in 1995 following her departure from 10,000 Maniacs. The new release is accompanied by a documentary DVD. The memoir-style film contains live performances, archival footage, and interviews with musicians, friends, and fans about the influence the songs of Tigerlily have had over the past 20 years.

Tigerlily was described by the New York Times in 1995 as "an anomaly in a music scene in which reckless female performers reign supreme." The album sold more than five million copies worldwide and featured the popular hit singles "Carnival," "Wonder," and "Jealousy." Paradise Is There presents the songs as they have evolved over the past two decades of live performance. Joining Merchant on the album, which she produced herself, are her long-time band members Gabriel Gordon (guitar), Jesse Murphy (bass), Uri Sharlin (piano & accordion), and Allison Miller (drums), as well as a string quartet—Scot Moore (violin), Shawn Moore (violin), Marandi Hostetter (viola), and Stanley Moore (cello)—plus Sharel Cassity (saxophone) and guest vocals by Simi Stone, Gail Ann Dorsey, and Elizabeth Mitchell.

"Tigerlily is the most significant album I've made because it defined me as an independent songwriter after 12 years in 10,000 Maniacs," Merchant explains, "It also created a bond between me and an audience that has supported and sustained me for 20 years. I decided to make the Paradise Is There album and film for them, to honor the journey that we, and these songs, have all taken. Songs have new life breathed into them every time they are sung. Time has changed them as much as it has changed me." She continues, "I wanted to record these songs again because it seemed unfair to confine them to the way that they were performed in the studio in 1995. They are so versatile, whether I strip them bare or enhance them with strings, and they lend themselves so well to re-arrangement.

"There are several songs from Tigerlily—'Carnival', 'Wonder', 'Beloved Wife', 'River', and 'Cowboy Romance'—that remain at the core of my live shows. They still have relevance to me and, by the response they receive, I can tell that they still resonate with my audience," Merchant says. "I've spent a full year preparing this album and film, and the process gave me a chance to take the measure of everything that's happened because of Tigerlily. The distance this music traveled once it left my hands is humbling, and I am moved by how many lives it has touched along the way."

Tracklist

A1       San Andreas Fault      4:49

A2       Beloved Wife

            Adapted By [For String Quintet] – Tony Finno / Orchestrated By – Randall Craig Fleischer  5:26

A3       Carnival          4:57

B1       River

            Arranged By [Strings] – Stephen Barber / Backing Vocals – Bella Blasko, Elizabeth Mitchell   5:43

B2       The Letter

            Arranged By [Strings] – Sean O'Loughlin   3:56

B3       Where I Go

            Backing Vocals – Elizabeth Mitchell   4:02

C1       I May Know The Word

            Arranged By [Strings] – Uri Sharlin   7:41

C2       Seven Years

            Arranged By [Strings] – Tony Finno   5:04

C3       Cowboy Romance      6:07

D1       Jealousy          4:05

D2       Wonder

            Backing Vocals – Gail Ann Dorsey   4:49

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Big City Sister, Inc.

Copyright (c) – Big City Sister, Inc.

Record Company – Nonesuch Records

Record Company – Warner Music Group

Licensed To – Nonesuch Records Inc.

Licensed To – WEA International Inc.

Recorded At – Clubhouse Recording Studios

Mixed At – The Isokon

Mastered At – Masterdisk

Made By – Record Industry – 13808

Pressed By – Record Industry – 13808

Published By – Indian Love Bride

Credits

Acoustic Bass, Electric Bass – Jesse Murphy

Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals – Gabriel Gordon

Cello – Stanley Moore (5)

Coordinator [Editorial, For Nonsuch Records] – Robert Edridge-Waks

Coordinator [Production, For Nonsuch Records] – Arthur Moorhead

Coordinator [Project, For Nonsuch Records] – Matthew Rankin

Coordinator [Project] – Jennifer McKinley, Summer Damon

Drums, Percussion – Allison Miller

Edited By, Mixed By – Eli Walker

Management [Maine Road, Assisted By] – Brian Hultgren

Management [Maine Road] – David Whitehead

Mastered By – Scott Hull (2)

Photography By – John Huba

Piano, Accordion – Uri Sharlin

Producer – Natalie Merchant

Recorded By – Eli Walker, George Cowan

Recorded By [Assisted] – Bella Blasko

Sleeve Notes – Natalie Merchant

Supervised By [Production, For Nonsuch Records] – Karina Beznicki

Tenor Saxophone – Sharel Cassity

Translated By [French] – Thierry D'Aboville

Translated By [German] – Simon Dreser

Translated By [Italian] – Alessandra Jori

Translated By [Japanese] – Chikako Tani

Translated By [Spanish] – Dani Rodriguez (2)

Viola – Marandi Hostetter

Violin – Scot Moore, Shawn Moore (2)

Vocals – Natalie Merchant, Simi Stone

Written-By – Natalie Merchant