Public is the third album (the first on a major label) by Emm Gryner

Emm Gryner

Emm Gryner is a Canadian singer-songwriter and occasional actress.-Biography:Gryner's childhood was spent in Forest, Lambton County, Ontario. Her father was of half Irish heritage and her mother was Filipina....

, released in 1998.

The album, released on Mercury Records

Mercury Records

Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...

, was not a strong seller, and Gryner was subsequently dropped from the label after Mercury was acquired by Universal Music. She revived her own independent label, Dead Daisy Records

Dead Daisy Records

Dead Daisy Records is a Canadian independent record label, owned and operated by singer-songwriter Emm Gryner. Artists who have released material on the label include Gryner, In-Flight Safety, Daniel Ledwell, Hot One, Andrew Spice, Royal Wood and Noah's Arkweld....

, for her next release, Science Fair

Science Fair (album)

Science Fair is the fourth album by Emm Gryner, released in 1999 on Gryner's independent label Dead Daisy Records.Ironically, within just two months of its release, Science Fair had significantly outsold its major label predecessor, Public, despite its more limited independent label distribution...

, which ironically sold significantly more copies than Public despite its more limited distribution and marketing.

In 2006, Gryner released PVT, a limited edition album featuring rerecorded versions of songs from Public. PVT was initially released only as a bonus disc with preordered copies of Gryner's 2006 album The Summer of High Hopes

The Summer of High Hopes

The Summer of High Hopes is the tenth album by Emm Gryner, released in 2006.In an interview with Q Magazine, Bono cited Gryner's "Almighty Love" as one of the songs he most wished he had written himself....

. It was later offered as a separate purchase.

Track listing

1. "Hello Aquarius" (Gryner)
2. "Wisdom Bus" (Gryner)
3. "Summerlong" (Gryner)
4. "Death is a New Day" (Gryner)
5. "Phonecall 45" (Gryner)
6. "Acid" (Gryner)
7. "The Good You Make" (Gryner)
8. "Your Sort of Human Being" (Gryner)
9. "The End" (Gryner)
10. "July" (Gryner)
11. "89 Days of Alcatraz" (Gryner)
12. "This Mad" (Gryner)