The Woman's Boat is the third album by American singer/songwriter Toni Childs. Released in 1994, it was Childs' first and only album for the Geffen Records label and would be her last studio album for fourteen years.
The album was not a commercial success and failed to chart in the U.S., although the single "Lay Down Your Pain" reached #13 on the U.S. Billboard Dance/Club Play Chart in January 1995[ Billboard.com – Toni Childs (Lay Down Your Pain)] and also earned Childs a Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.
Track listing All tracks composed by Toni Childs and Jimmy Smyth; except where indicated "Womb" (Childs) – 4:49 "Welcome to the World" – 6:15 "Predator" – 6:46 "I Just Want Affection" (Childs) – 5:58 "I Met a Man" (Childs) – 4:44 "The Woman's Boat" (Childs, David Rhodes) – 5:04 "Wild Bride" – 4:02 "Sacrifice" – 5:16 "Lay Down Your Pain" (Childs, David Rhodes) – 6:10 "Long Time Coming" – 4:33 "Death" – 10:27
Personnel Toni Childs – vocals, synthesizer Peter Gabriel – vocals Sultan Khan – sarangui Trey Gunn – stick Ron Aslan – programming, engineer Caroline Dale – cello Robert Fripp – guitar Lee Ann Harris – percussion Sabine Kabongo – voices Peter McKinney – drums David Rhodes – guitar Carole Rowley – voices Jimmy Smyth – synthesizer, bass, guitar, piano Kate St. John – cor anglais Martin Tillman – cello Pandit Dinesh – tabla, voices Eric Flickinger – voices Ben Findlay – voices Kirsty Allen – voices Max Jules Brooks – programming Ron Reeves – didjerid
Charts Chart (1994)PeakPosition
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