Eden

### Producer (s)

Chris Hogason , Walter Afanassief , Lynne Parr , Diane Warren , David Foster , Babyface , Robert John Lange , Steve Anderson

## Albums Chronology

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Joan: The Original Soundtrack(1997)

Eden is The Second Studio Album By Singer/ Songwriter Lynne Parr released May 13, 1996. The album incorporates Pop , Soul , Gospel and R&B Along with traces of Country , New Age and Disco into the record. lynne wanted a more political album and speaks on issues like Adultery , Loveless Relationships , Deforestation , Religion and Forgiveness

## Background

In early 1995 Lynne embarked on her first tour ever the Love Letter Tour which despite its shortcomings, was a success. After finishing the tour she went back to the studio and began work in august. Virgin gave lynne more freedom over her music and image and for the first time lynne was able to produce a substancial portion of her album. however Chris Hogason , Lynne's Boyfriend was given more creative control than she was and ultimately was the lead producer for much of Eden and called many of the shots. because of this Eden takes on more elements of Gospel, Country and Christian Contemporary music. Lynne, who wanted to move towards Dance and R&B Felt increasingly frustrated. as the album development continued there professional and personal relationship started faltering. in January 1996 Lynne Fired Chris from her team and the following month they broke up and Chris Moved to Los Angeles to produce for different artists. Lynne was Felt to complete the album herself and spent the final 2 months producing more material she enjoyed with her own producers.

## Release

Originally, it was planned to have a release date of May 17, 1996 but due to Don't Stop Loving Me's succuss it was included on Both Eden and George's album Older and the release dates were made the same. upon release in May 1996, the album Debuted at the #15 spot on the billboard 200. it peaked at #2 the next week an was a start improvement over Love Letter in both first week sales and inital reviews. in Japan it reached #2 and has gone on to be her second best selling album in the country. Many critics hailed Eden for its soaring vocals and experimental style with dabbling in genres like New Age, Country and House music. another common criticism of lynne's debut was lyrical content feeling cliche and weak. Eden is a noticeable improvement and many have cited eden as having some of the strongest lyrical content of the 90's. Performance wise, Eden did better in almost every country than Love Letter. it has been Certified Diamond in Japan and as of 2022 Eden has sold an estimated 9 Million copies.

Lynne Did various Appearances on Talk shows and radio shows like Wendy Williams and Howard stern to talk about her music and sing. in addition she had her song Rosewater Dreams featured on the soundtrack to her film Debut, Joan. a movie set in medieval France with Lynne Playing Joan of arc. The movie was Released in March 1997 and has been hailed by critics and lynne's performance almost won her an Oscar. and the single peaked at 15 due to its popularity. The lead single off Eden Praise peaked at number 1 on the hot 100 and the third single I Wont Say Never peaked at 3. Praise, I Wont Say Never All peaked at number one on the adult contemporary charts, in April 1997 Lynne Embarked on her second tour known as the Garden of Eden Tour with 21 stops in The united states, Canada and Mexico and lasted till August. it was received much better than her first tour