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North is the first album by the German singer-songwriter Astrid North. The self-titled 10 track album was released on 20 July 2012 on CD and later as a MP3 download.

After the end of her previous band Cultured Pearls in 2003 with whom she published four albums and four singles, she first moved to New York and it took nine years

Tracklisting

 * 1) Twang - 3:59
 * 2) How Beautiful You Are - 4:22
 * 3) Dither - 4:45
 * 4) Lightning - 5:37
 * 5) Wishbone - 3:38
 * 6) Impossibilities - 5:04
 * 7) Honda - 3:20
 * 8) Love - 5:30
 * 9) Thursday - 4:15
 * 10) Whenever - 9:01

Participants

 * Arranged By – B. Lauber* (tracks: 5), M. Schneider* (tracks: 5)
 * Bass – Beat Halberschmidt
 * Drums – Jan Burkamp
 * Guitar – Jens Nickel
 * Lead Vocals, Lyrics By – Astrid North
 * Mastered By – Dog Young
 * Mixed By – Böni Hahn (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 7, 9, 10), Tilman Hopf (tracks: 4, 8)
 * Photography By – Glenda Moor*
 * Piano, Organ – Christopher Noodt
 * Producer – North, Beat Halberschmidt, Tilman Hopf
 * Recorded By – Rico Spitzner, Tilman Hopf
 * Written-By – A. North, B. Halberschmidt (tracks: 1 to 3), C. Celli (tracks: 4, 5), C. Noodt (tracks: 10), J. Burkamp (tracks: 1 to 3, 7), J. Nickel (tracks: 1 to 3, 10), P.F. Conte (tracks: 5), R. Philipp (tracks: 1 to 3, 6 to 9), S. Demmin (tracks: 1, 3), T. Sander (tracks: 10)