Language (Annie Crummer album)

Although Crummer had been offered a number of record contracts following her appearance on the Netherworld Dancing Toys' 1985 hit "For Today," which reached No. 3 on the New Zealand charts, she prioritized her membership in supergroup When The Cat's Away and did not begin work on her first major solo project until 1991. Produced by Crummer herself alongside Nigel Stone, much of Language was recorded in Auckland, though parts were also recorded in Wellington, Sydney, and the Cook Islands, her father's home country.

Track listing

Track listing and song credits adapted from CD liner notes.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Language"	Annie Crummer Don Freeman David Batteau	5:30
2.	"See Forever"	Crummer	4:41
3.	"See What Love Can Do"	Jerry Lynn Williams	4:35
4.	"All I Know"	Jerry Ragovoy Estelle Levitt	5:47
5.	"You Oughta Be In Love"	Dave Dobbyn	5:18
6.	"Surrender"	Keith Reid Maggie Ryder	5:40
7.	"Provocative"	Reid Ryder	3:40
8.	"More Than A Feeling"	Tom Scholz	6:18
9.	"Make Up"	Mahinārangi Tocker	3:24
10.	"Seven Waters"		4:39
11.	"Guilty"	Dobbyn	5:30
Total length:			55:02

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes.

Annie Crummer – production, lead vocals
Nigel Stone – production, recording (tracks 1–8, 10, 11), sequence programming, drum/percussion programming (tracks 1–8, 10)
Raging Goose Productions – executive production
Peter Blake – synth bass (track 6)
Callie Blood – backing vocals (tracks 2, 8)
Jackie Clarke – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5, 8)
Clive Cockburn – strings (track 2), vocoder (track 7)
Liz Fa'alogo – backing vocals (tracks 2, 5, 8)
Jay Foulkes – percussion (track 11)
Dave Fraser – strings (track 11)
Steve Garden – drums (track 11)
Barbara Griffin – backing vocals (tracks 2, 5, 8), piano/keyboards (tracks 1–8, 10), synth bass (track 6)
Debbie Harwood – backing vocals (track 6)
Herbs – backing vocals
Peter Kekel – piano/keyboards (track 11)
Suzanne Lynch – backing vocals (tracks 7, 11)

Dennis Mason – saxophone (track 7)
Ross McDermott – bass guitar (track 11)
Nick Morgan – recording (track 11)
Tony Mosely – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 10)
Graham Myhre – recording (track 9)
Jeff Neil – guitar (track 8)
Dave Parsons – vocoder (track 7)
Brendan Power – harmonica (track 11)
Sheryl Rogers – backing vocals (tracks 2, 5, 8)
Bob Smith – organ (tracks 6, 10)
Gina Stevens – backing vocals (tracks 2, 8)
Lance Su'a – guitar (tracks 1, 3, 6, 9)
Gary Verberne – guitar (tracks 8, 11)
Anthony Wallace – drum/percussion programming (tracks 4, 7)
Rob Winch – backing vocals (tracks 2, 5, 8, 10), drum/percussion programming (track 5), bass guitar (tracks 1–5, 8, 10) guitar (tracks 2, 3, 8, 10), mandolin (track 10), percussion (track 1)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)	9

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)	Position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)	33

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)	Gold	7,500
Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

"See what love can do [sound recording] / Annie Crummer". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
"Language [sound recording] / Annie Crummer". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
"See forever / Annie Crummer". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
"Seven waters / Annie Crummer". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
^ Bollinger, Nick (18 January 2018). "Annie Crummer". Audioculture. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
^ Language (CD liner). Annie Crummer. New Zealand: Warner Music Group. 1992. 4509912082.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
"Charts.nz – Annie Crummer – Language". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
"Top Selling Albums of 1993 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
"New Zealand album certifications – Annie Crummer – Language". Recorded Music NZ. 14 February 1993. Retrieved 20 November 2024.

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