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''Ophelia'' is the title of a 1998 album, film, and song by Natalie Merchant. As evidenced in the pictures in the booklet that comes with the album, Merchant seems to see Shakespeare's Ophelia as a figure encompassing many important feminine archetypes. The album and film explore several of these. "Kind & Generous" was the most successful single of the album, reaching the Top 10 in the U.S. whilst Merchant was on tour with Lilith Fair. "Break Your Heart" also received single and video treatment. These and the other videos from the album, plus three from ''Tigerlily'', were gathered on a Warner Music Vision home video, also entitled ''Ophelia''. "I love the opportunity to flex my thespian muscle," Merchant quips on it.〔''Q'', , May 1999〕 The song "King of May" is a tribute to poet Allen Ginsberg. In 2009, a line from "My Skin," accompanied by images of animal abuse, served as the basis for an ASPCA commercial. It was also featured in the television series ''Alias'' some years earlier. "Kind & Generous", "The Living", "Break Your Heart" and "Life is Sweet" appeared on Merchant's best-of collection, ''Retrospective: 1995–2005''. ==Track listing== #"Ophelia" – 5:10 #"Life is Sweet" – 5:12 #"Kind & Generous" – 4:07 #"Frozen Charlotte" (with Karen Peris of The Innocence Mission) – 5:23 #"My Skin" – 5:30 #"Break Your Heart" (with N'Dea Davenport) – 4:47 #"King of May" – 4:09 #"Thick as Thieves" – 6:57 #"Effigy" – 2:30 #"The Living" – 3:18 #"When They Ring Them Golden Bells (with Karen Peris of The Innocence Mission) / Ophelia (Reprise)" (string arrangement by Gavin Bryars) – 9:33 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ophelia (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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