Melissa Etheridge (album)

Melissa Etheridge
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 2, 1988
RecordedOctober 19–25, 1987
StudioCherokee (Hollywood)
GenreRoots rock[1]
Length45:50
LabelIsland
Producer
Melissa Etheridge chronology
Melissa Etheridge
(1988)
Brave and Crazy
(1989)

Melissa Etheridge is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge, released in 1988.

The album was re-released on September 23, 2003, as a two-CD remastered edition containing a bonus disc of ten tracks recorded live at the Roxy in Los Angeles and a five-track session from BBC Kent in April 1988.

As of 2010, the album has tallied 1,145,000 copies in the United States alone, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[2] This figure does not include sales of the album between 1988 and 1991.

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  2. ^ Trust, Gary (August 5, 2010). "Ask Billboard: Records About Records". Billboard. Retrieved February 17, 2020.