Wilder Shores

Wilder Shores is the eighth studio album by vocalist Belinda Carlisle. Unlike her previous releases, which have largely been characterized as pop music, it consists of a series of Sikh chants performed by Carlisle in Gurmukhi.[1] It is her first studio album in ten years, since the release of Voila (2007), a collection of chansons Carlisle performed in French.

Wilder Shores
Studio album by
Belinda Carlisle
ReleasedSeptember 29, 2017
Genre
LabelEdsel Records
ProducerGabe Lopez
Belinda Carlisle chronology
The Collection
(2014)		 Wilder Shores
(2017)

Conception

Carlisle commented on her inspiration behind making the album, specifically her practising of Kundalini yoga; "I have been practicing Kundalini Yoga for over twenty five years and in the last twelve years I have built up a serious practice routine and begun studying the mantras that are used in classes much more closely. I’ve always wanted to do an album like this but I never felt I was ready until early in 2015. It’s not just music on this album, it’s a science that requires an element in the voice called the naad. Naad is almost a transference of energy through the voice and it wasn’t easy for me to learn.

"That being said, I am a pop singer so I could never be a traditional chant or kirtan artist as it would not be true to who I am. Wilder Shores is therefore still a pop album with the same structure of verse, bridge and chorus as my previous records but it is done with repetitive chanting."[2]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Adi Shakti"
7:19
2."Ek Ong Kar Sat Gur Prasad"
  • Carlisle
  • Lopez
6:31
3."Light of My Soul"
  • Carlisle
  • Lopez
4:29
4."Rakhe Rakhan Har"
  • Carlisle
  • Lopez
4:50
5."Har Gobinday"
  • Carlisle
  • Krishan Khalsa
  • Lopez
5:59
6."Humee Hum Brahm Hum"
  • Carlisle
  • Lopez
4:44
7."Aad Guray Nameh"
  • Carlisle
  • Khalsa
  • Lopez
5:05
8."Long Time Sun"
  • Carlisle
  • Lopez
2:29
9."Heaven Is a Place on Earth" (acoustic version)
4:01

Charts
Chart (2017) Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[3] 86
UK Album Sales (OCC)[4] 50
US World Albums (Billboard)[5] 4

References
  1. Pena, Xochitl (May 8, 2017). "Belinda Carlisle talks about her gay son, new album and lack of all-female bands". The Desert Sun. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
  2. "Wilder Shores". Demon Music Group. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
  3. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  4. "Official Albums Sales Chart Top 100: 6 October 2017 – 12 October 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  5. "Belinda Carslisle Chart History (World Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
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