South (Heather Nova album)
| South | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | December 11, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 2001 | |||
| Genre | Soul, alternative pop, pop rock | |||
| Length | 52:40 | |||
| Label | V2 | |||
| Producer | See Track listing for producer(s) | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 69/100 link |
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| Rolling Stone | link |
South is the fourth studio album by Heather Nova. There were two versions of this album—the original release on December 11, 2001, and an American release on May 21, 2002. The US release contained one extra track, "Welcome", which also appeared on the 2005 album Redbird. "Virus of the Mind" was released as a single in the United States.
The album was recorded in London, New York, Sweden and Los Angeles and featured Bernard Butler on some of the tracks.
For this album, Nova also recorded a contemporary-styled cover of the standard "Gloomy Sunday", a song originally made popular by Billie Holiday. In retrospect, Nova found the album to be far too polished and not entirely to her liking. She declared that her next album, Storm, would be bare and would be the album she's always wanted to make.