In recognition of the 25th anniversary of her double platinum-selling album Colour Moving and Still, JUNO and Grammy Award-winning artist Chantal Kreviazuk has announced a deluxe edition re-release on double vinyl coming October 4. Kreviazuk will celebrate the anniversary with a special homecoming concert at Toronto’s Massey Hall on November 8, where she will perform the album in its entirety plus some of her other popular hit songs. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10:00 AM, with pre-sale access to Massey Hall FriendsFirst members this Wednesday at 10:00 AM.
The Colour Moving and Still double LP will include all 10 tracks from the album remastered, her iconic recording of “Leaving on a Jet Plane” and six previously unreleased live recordings, being produced on 180 gram vinyl, via Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc. This is the first time that Colour Moving and Still has ever been made available on vinyl.
Colour Moving and Still was the follow-up to Kreviazuk’s debut breakthrough album Under These Rocks and Stones, and helped Kreviazuk continue to establish herself as an artist beloved and revered in North America and across the globe, setting her up for an impressive career as both a musician and songwriter that continues today, nearly three decades and counting.
First released on October 5, 1999, Colour Moving and Still features one of Kreviazuk’s biggest songs of her career “Before You,” inspired by her husband Raine Maida, who she married just before the album’s release. Now a seasoned songwriting duo, Kreviazuk and Maida wrote together for the first time for two cuts off this album, “Dear Life” and “Little Things.”
“I look back at the making of this album as such a special time in my life, not just as an artist and musician but as a human being. I was in such a growth spurt embracing the difficulties of life and learning to channel challenges into creativity. I love that I can still hear that process and my maturation happening on each song,” says Kreviazuk.
No stranger to the Massey Hall stage, Kreviazuk will perform at the historic venue for the first time since 2011. Toronto became home for Kreviazuk in the mid-1990s when she moved from Winnipeg to pursue her music career.
“It’s an honour to play at Massey Hall even once, and I am so happy to be returning,” says Kreviazuk. “Being a woman in the music business is a long and storied journey and to land back on such an esteemed stage has me feeling so incredibly grateful, especially in celebration of such a special album in my career. My babies have been on that stage with me; hopefully they will come back, all grown up!”
Earlier this year, Anthem Entertainment acquired a catalogue of hit songs written by Kreviazuk, beginning a brand-new partnership between one of the world’s leading independent music companies and the internationally-recognized songwriter. The catalogue includes several Kreviazuk cuts, including “In This Life,” “Time” and “Get To You” alongside certified hits and collaborations recorded by Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson, Drake, Avril Lavigne, Pitbull, Shakira, Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, Carrie Underwood and more.
ABOUT CHANTAL KREVIAZUK
Chantal Kreviazuk made her critically acclaimed full-length debut, “Under These Rocks and Stones,” in 1997. Since then, the Winnipeg-born and internationally celebrated 3x JUNO Award and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and musician, classically trained pianist, actress, movie producer, philanthropist, humanitarian and proud wife and mother of three has recorded 10 albums, including a live album, a holiday album and a collaboration with her husband and Our Lady Peace frontman Raine Maida. A prolific songwriter, Kreviazuk has written global smashes for the likes of Drake, Gwen Stefani, Pitbull, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Carrie Underwood, Avril Lavigne, Shakira, Kelly Clarkson and Kendrick Lamar. Equally committed to helping those in need, Kreviazuk was awarded the Order of Canada in 2014 along with Maida, for their efforts to raise awareness and support for human and animal rights, mental health, education and the environment. Kreviazuk has been an ambassador to War Child for more than two decades and one of the organization’s founding artists.
Colour Moving and Still Deluxe Edition track list*:
SIDE A
Blue
Dear Life
Until We Die
Souls
Before You
SIDE B
M
Soul Searching
Far Away
Eve
Little Things
SIDE C
Leaving on a Jet Plane (bonus track)
Before You (live recording)
Blue (live recording)
SIDE D
Until We Die (live recording)
M (live recording)
Far Away (live recording)
Dear Life (live recording)
*Track list subject to change
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