Little Light is the fifth studio album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 from Canadian singer-aongwriter Allison Crowe

Allison Crowe

Allison Louise Crowe is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist from Nanaimo, British Columbia who lives in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, communities spanning the breadth of Canada....

 and the sixth CD release overall from her record label, Rubenesque Records Ltd. As on her previous album, "This Little Bird

This Little Bird

This Little Bird is the fourth studio album by Allison Crowe to be released on her independent label, Rubenesque Records Ltd. Overall, it's the fifth album release from the Canadian singer-songwriter — following Crowe's double-CD ...

", the independent musician recorded the songs live-off-the-floor, and in concert, at locations spanning the breadth of Canada - from Corner Brook, Newfoundland on the Atlantic coast, to White Rock and Nanaimo, British Columbia on the Pacific shores. The album was released on May 2, 2008.

This acoustic collection consists of eight original songs along with cover version

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

s of: Cyndi Lauper

Cyndi Lauper

Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...

's Time After Time; Matthew Good Band

Matthew Good Band

Matthew Good Band was a Canadian alternative rock band formed by Matthew Good that existed from 1993 to 2002. The band consisted of Good , Dave Genn , Ian Browne and Geoff Lloyd from 1995 to 1999...

's Running for Home; and Phil Ochs

Phil Ochs

Philip David Ochs was an American protest singer and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and haunting voice...

' When I'm Gone.

On Little Light, Allison Crowe

Allison Crowe

Allison Louise Crowe is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist from Nanaimo, British Columbia who lives in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, communities spanning the breadth of Canada....

, continues in her production roles - being sole Engineer and Producer for all but three of the album's songs.

Track listing

1. Northern Lights (Allison Crowe) – 4:10
2. Angels (Allison Crowe) – 3:27
3. Disease (Allison Crowe) – 8:19
4. Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper
   Cyndi Lauper
   Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...
   
   , Rob Hyman
   Rob Hyman
   Robert Andrew "Rob" Hyman is an American singer, songwriter, keyboard player, accordion player, producer, arranger and recording studio owner, best known for being a founding member of the rock band The Hooters.-Early life:Hyman started taking piano lessons at the age of four and grew up playing...
   
   ) – 3:49
5. Little Light (Allison Crowe) – 4:49
6. Happy People (Allison Crowe) – 3:44
7. Hold Back (Allison Crowe) – 4:11
8. Choose to Be (Allison Crowe) – 3:26
9. Running for Home (Matthew Good
   Matthew Good
   Matthew Frederick Robert Good is a Canadian rock musician. He was the lead singer for the Matthew Good Band, one of Canada's most successful alternative rock bands in the 1990s, before dissolving the band in 2002...
   
   , Dave Genn
   Dave Genn
   David Robert Madison Genn is a musician and a member of Canadian rock group 54-40. Genn was born in Vancouver, British Columbia on 2 March 1969.-Matthew Good Band:...
   
   ) – 4:01
10. When I'm Gone (Phil Ochs
    Phil Ochs
    Philip David Ochs was an American protest singer and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and haunting voice...
    
    ) – 2:57
11. Wedding Song (Allison Crowe) – 4:02

Personnel

• Allison Crowe - vocals, piano
  Piano
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  , guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
   - all songs
• Dave Baird - electric bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
   on "Angels"
• Laurent Boucher - percussion on "Angels"

Production

• Producer: Allison Crowe
• Engineer: Allison Crowe
• Production and Engineering of "Angels" and "Time After Time": Scott Littlejohn
• Production and Engineering of "Disease": Larry Anschell
• Co-Engineering of "Disease": Brad Graham
• Cover photos: Billie Woods
• Art Direction: Adrian du Plessis
• Art Design: Christina Richard

External links

• Allison Crowe official site
• Little Light reviews
  • “Northern Lights” music video w. David Cartier images of Aurora Borealis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmSs7Apu9Cs
• “Time After Time” music video (Windows Media) 512 kb/s