When Kendall Payne appeared at 1998's Lillith Fair festival and made her recording debut with Jordan's Sister, the artists she was compared to ranged from Jewel to Alanis Morrissette. But the singer/songwriter's amplified, uptempo rockers aren't as angry or as angst-ridden as Morrissette's, and her introspective ballads aren't as light or as gossamer as Jewel's. The bottom line is that Payne, who was 19 when this CD came out, is her own person--and she's also someone who has a lot on her mind. The lyrics, all of which the L.A. native wrote or co-wrote, tend to be serious rather than escapist. The riveting "It's Not The Time" finds a young woman facing an unplanned pregnancy and weighing her options, while "Hollywood" finds a recent Tinseltown arrival coping with life on Hollywood's potentially dangerous streets. On the poignant ballad "Fatherless At 14," Payne portrays a father who has died unexpectedly and, in the afterlife, is missing the teen-age daughter he left behind. This promising debut album makes it clear that Payne is an artist of substance. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
Jordan's Sister
07/13/1999
All Music Guide Review
Jordan's Sister Track Listing
Credits of Jordan's Sister
- David Miner
- Bass, Bass (Upright)
- Lance Morrison
- Bass
- John Paterno
- Engineer
- Steve Porcaro
- Organ, Synthesizer, Moog Bass
- Doug Pryzbocki
- Percussion
- Jack Joseph Puig
- Mixing
- David Raven
- Drums
- Jeff Robinson
- Engineer, Assistant Engineer
- Martin Tillman
- Cello
- Gabe Veltri
- Engineer
- Bob Kearney
- Engineer, Mixing
- Matt Laug
- Drums
- Tommy Steele
- Art Direction
- Bryan Carrigan
- Engineer
- Chris Fogel
- Engineer
- Jean Krikorian
- Design
- Dana Tynan
- Photography
- Jeffery Fey
- Art Direction
- Juliet Prater
- Percussion, Tambourine
- Walter Rodriguez
- Percussion
- Jolie Levine-Aller
- Production Coordination
- Jamie Carter
- Bass
- Kendall Payne
- Vocals, Main Performer
- Shad T. Scott
- Programming
- Jason Wade
- Guitar, Vocals (Background)
- Mike Lawrence
- Drums
- Aaron Embry
- Organ, Harpsichord, Moog Synthesizer, Synthesizer, Piano
- Michael Thompson
- Organ
- Brian Adler
- Sitar
- Ron Aniello
- Arranger, Producer, Engineer, Multi Instruments
- Neal Avron
- Mixing
- Glen Ballard
- Synthesizer, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Producer, Piano
- Paul Bushnell
- Bass
- Greg Calbi
- Mastering
- David Campbell
- Conductor, String Arrangements
- Marc Greene
- Engineer
- Ted Jensen
- Mastering
- Michael Landau
- Guitar (Electric)
- Jude Cole
- Vocals (Background)











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