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
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".

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