title: Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings
text: # Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings
  
  Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant, released on November 6, 2015 by Nonesuch Records. It is a collection of new recordings of the songs from Merchant's solo debut, Tigerlily (1995).
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Aggregate scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Metacritic | 78/100 |
  | Review scores ||
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | Entertainment Weekly | B |
  | Mojo | |
  | musicOMH | |
  | Uncut | |
  
  Upon release, Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings received positive acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 based on reviews from critics, the album has a weighted average of 78 based on reviews from 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All tracks are written by Natalie Merchant.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  Credits for Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings adapted from Tidal and Nonesuch Records' official website.
  
  ### Musicians
  
  * Natalie Merchant - lead vocals (all tracks), writing
  * Jesse Murphy - acoustic bass, bass
  * Gabriel Gordon - acoustic guitar, background vocals, electric guitar
  * Simi Stone - background vocals
  * Bella Blasko - background vocals (4)
  * Elizabeth Mitchell - background vocals (4, 6)
  * Gail Ann Dorsey - background vocals (11)
  * Stanley Moore - cello
  * Allison Miller - drums
  * Uri Sharlin - piano, accordion
  * Sharel Cassity - tenor saxophone
  * Marandi Hostetter - viola
  * Scott Moore - violin
  * Shawn Moore - violin
  
  ### Technical
  
  * Eli Walker - engineering, editing
  * George Cowan - engineering
  * Scott Hull - mastering
  * Randall Craig Felischer - orchestration (2)
  * Tony Finno - string quintet (2), string arrangement (8)
  * Stephen Barber - string arrangement (4)
  * Sean O'Loughlin - string arrangement (5)
  * Uri Sharlin - string arrangement (7)
  * Arthur Moorehead - production coordination
  * Karina Beznicki - production supervisor
  * Jennifer McKinley - project coordinator
  * Matthew Rankin - project coordinator
  * Summer Damon - project coordinator
  * Natalie Merchant - liner notes, production
  * John Huba - photography
  
  ## Charts
  
  | Chart (2015) | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) | 90 |
  | Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) | 185 |
  | Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) | 61 |
  | US Billboard 200 | 96 |
  | US Folk Albums (Billboard) | 5 |
  | US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) | 9 |
  | US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) | 12 |
  