Tongues and Tails

Tongues and Tails
Studio album by
Sophie B. Hawkins
ReleasedApril 21, 1992
RecordedJuly 1991 – February 1992
Length52:23
LabelColumbia
Producer
Sophie B. Hawkins chronology
Tongues and Tails
(1992) 		Whaler
(1994)
Singles from Tongues and Tails
  1. "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover"
    Released: 31 March 1992
  2. "California Here I Come"
    Released: July 1992
  3. "I Want You"
    Released: October 1992

Tongues and Tails is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins, released in 1992 on Columbia records. It was produced by Rick Chertoff and Ralph Schuckett.[1][2]

The album contains ten original tracks, including "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" and "California Here I Come", and a cover of Bob Dylan's "I Want You"; in Rolling Stone, Paul Evans described the style of her version as "breathy techno-MOR".[3]

The album, which sold over 850,000 units worldwide,[4] was a commercial and critical success.[5] It was awarded "Best Pop Album" and "Best Debut Album by a Solo Artist" at the 1992 New York Music Awards,[6] and earned Hawkins a Grammy Award nomination for Best New Artist in 1993.[7]

  1. ^ Flick, Larry (October 10, 1992). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. p. 78. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 8, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via World Radio History.
  2. ^ Gettelman, Parry (May 22, 1992). "Sophie B. Hawkins". Orlando Sentinel. p. C8.
  3. ^ "Rollin' & tumblin'". Rolling Stone. August 11, 1994. p. 70.
  4. ^ "Sophie B. Hawkins - Whaler advertisement". Billboard. Vol. 106, no. 32. Billboard Publications, Inc. August 6, 1994. p. 1. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. ^ Deming, Mark. "Sophie B. Hawkins - Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
  6. ^ Applefeld, Catherine (October 24, 1992). "Hawkins gets her wish at N.Y. Awards". Billboard. Vol. 104, no. 43. Billboard Publications, Inc. p. 19. ISSN 0006-2510.
  7. ^ "35th Annual GRAMMY Awards". Grammy Awards. Retrieved September 21, 2024.