Telling Stories (album)

For the album by The Charlatans, see Tellin' Stories. For other uses, see Telling Stories.

Telling Stories
A blurred photograph of a sign reading "TELLING STORIES"
Studio album by
Tracy Chapman
ReleasedFebruary 14, 2000
Recorded1999
Genre
Length42:09
LabelElektra
Producer
Tracy Chapman chronology
New Beginning
(1995) 		Telling Stories
(2000) 		Collection
(2001)
Singles from Telling Stories
  1. "Telling Stories"
    Released: February 29, 2000[1]
  2. "It's OK"
    Released: 2000
  3. "Wedding Song"
    Released: 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert Christgau(dud)[3]
Rolling Stone[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

Telling Stories is the fifth album by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released on February 14, 2000, by Elektra Records.

A two-disc special edition was released in Europe in 2000.[6] The album is composed of contemporary rock songs in the first half, and folk songs in the second half.

The record marked a return to shorter songs for Tracy; on New Beginning they had been somewhat longer.

  1. ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1339. February 25, 2000. p. 71.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Telling Stories at AllMusic
  3. ^ "Robert Christgau review". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
  4. ^ Rolling Stone review Archived July 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Rolling Stone Album Guide review
  6. ^ "Tracy Chapman - Telling Stories". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 2, 2021.