Melissa Etheridge | ||||
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Released | May 2, 1988 | |||
Recorded | October 19–25, 1987 | |||
Studio | Cherokee (Hollywood) | |||
Genre | Roots rock[1] | |||
Length | 45:50 | |||
Label | Island | |||
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Melissa Etheridge is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge, released in 1988.
The album was re-released on September 23, 2003, as a two-CD remastered edition containing a bonus disc of ten tracks recorded live at the Roxy in Los Angeles and a five-track session from BBC Kent in April 1988.
As of 2010, the album has tallied 1,145,000 copies in the United States alone, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[5] This figure does not include sales of the album between 1988 and 1991.
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