Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings
# Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings

Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant, released on November 6, 2015 by Nonesuch Records. It is a collection of new recordings of the songs from Merchant's solo debut, Tigerlily (1995).

## Critical reception

Professional ratings :

| Aggregate scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 78/100 |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B |
| Mojo | |
| musicOMH | |
| Uncut | |

Upon release, Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings received positive acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 based on reviews from critics, the album has a weighted average of 78 based on reviews from 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Natalie Merchant.

## Personnel

Credits for Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings adapted from Tidal and Nonesuch Records' official website.

### Musicians

* Natalie Merchant - lead vocals (all tracks), writing
* Jesse Murphy - acoustic bass, bass
* Gabriel Gordon - acoustic guitar, background vocals, electric guitar
* Simi Stone - background vocals
* Bella Blasko - background vocals (4)
* Elizabeth Mitchell - background vocals (4, 6)
* Gail Ann Dorsey - background vocals (11)
* Stanley Moore - cello
* Allison Miller - drums
* Uri Sharlin - piano, accordion
* Sharel Cassity - tenor saxophone
* Marandi Hostetter - viola
* Scott Moore - violin
* Shawn Moore - violin

### Technical

* Eli Walker - engineering, editing
* George Cowan - engineering
* Scott Hull - mastering
* Randall Craig Felischer - orchestration (2)
* Tony Finno - string quintet (2), string arrangement (8)
* Stephen Barber - string arrangement (4)
* Sean O'Loughlin - string arrangement (5)
* Uri Sharlin - string arrangement (7)
* Arthur Moorehead - production coordination
* Karina Beznicki - production supervisor
* Jennifer McKinley - project coordinator
* Matthew Rankin - project coordinator
* Summer Damon - project coordinator
* Natalie Merchant - liner notes, production
* John Huba - photography

## Charts

| Chart (2015) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) | 90 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) | 185 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) | 61 |
| US Billboard 200 | 96 |
| US Folk Albums (Billboard) | 5 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) | 9 |
| US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) | 12 |
