Traces of You

Traces of You
Studio album by Anoushka Shankar
Released	4 October 2013 (2013-10-04)
Genre	Indian music
Label	Deutsche Grammophon
Producer	Nitin Sawhney
Anoushka Shankar chronology
Traveller (2011) Traces of You (2013)
Singles from Traces of You
"Traces of You" Released: 22 July 2013 "The Sun Won't Set" Released: 11 April 2014

Traces of You is the seventh studio album by British-American sitarist Anoushka Shankar. It was released on 4 October 2013 through Deutsche Grammophon.^[1] The album, which is Shankar's first release since her 2011 Grammy-nominated album Traveller, was produced by British composer and multi-instrumentalist Nitin Sawhney.^[2] Traces of You features vocals by Norah Jones, Shankar's half-sister, on three tracks. In December 2014, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best World Music Album category.^[3]

Promotion

The lead single to promote the album, "Traces of You", was released internationally on 22 July 2013.^[4] "People who have gone, are still here, in us. Places we came from, are carried to the places we go," said Shankar about the song.^[2]

A music video for the track, which featured Norah Jones, was released onto YouTube on 12 September 2013.^[5] It was directed by Shankar's husband, English film director Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, Anna Karenina).^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Sun Won't Set" (featuring Norah Jones)	Anoushka Shankar, Nitin Sawhney	3:34
2.	"Flight"	Shankar	3:37
3.	"Indian Summer"	Shankar, Sawhney	4:54
4.	"Maya"	Shankar, Manu Delago	5:05
5.	"Lasya"	Shankar	4:38
6.	"Fathers"	Shankar, Sawhney	2:30
7.	"Metamorphosis"	Shankar, Sawhney	4:57
8.	"In Jyoti's Name"	Shankar	3:33
9.	"Monsoon"	Shankar	3:40
10.	"Traces of You" (featuring Norah Jones)	Shankar, Sawhney	3:45
11.	"River Pulse"	Sawhney	3:04
12.	"Chasing Shadows"	Shankar, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt	8:17
13.	"Unsaid" (featuring Norah Jones)	Shankar, Norah Jones	4:26

Personnel

Credits from Deutsche Grammophon website^[1] and the album liner notes:

• Anoushka Shankar – sitar on all; vocals on 7
• Norah Jones – vocals on 1, 10, and 13
• Nitin Sawhney – guitar on 1, 10, and 11; programming on 2, 3, 4, 7, 9. 10, and 11; string arrangement on 2 and 13, piano on 3 and 6; bass guitar on 7 and 10; percussion on 10; ukulele on 10
• Pirashanna Thevarajah – ghatam on 1, 8, 11, and 12; mridangam on 5, 8, and 12; moorsing on 5 and 11; vocals on 5; shaker percussion on 11; kanjira on 12
• Manu Delago – hang on 2, 4, and 5; glockenspiel on 10
• Ian Burdge – cello on 2, 4, 11, and 13
• Bernhard Schimpelsberger – udu on 5
• Kenji Ota – tanpura on 5, 7, 8, 9, and 12
• Anil Narasimha, Sandhya Chandrachood – vocals on 7
• Sanjeev Shankar – shehnai on 7 and 12
• Tanmoy Bose – tabla on 7, 10, and 12
• Aref Durvesh – tabla on 11
• Ravichandra Kulur – bansuri on 12

Charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)[6]	190
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[7]	90
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[8]	77
US Billboard 200[9]	185
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[10]	4
US World Albums (Billboard)[11]	1

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format(s)
Austria[12]	4 October 2013	Deutsche Grammophon	CD, LP, digital download
Germany[13]
New Zealand[14]
Sweden[15]
France[16]	7 October 2013
United Kingdom[17]
Italy[18]	8 October 2013
Spain[19]
Japan[20]	9 October 2013
Australia[21]	11 October 2013
Canada[22]	22 October 2013
United States[23]

References

1. "ANOUSHKA SHANKAR Traces Of You – Catalogue". Deutsche Grammophon. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
2. "Anoushka Shankar & Norah Jones: Traces of You – exclusive video". The Daily Telegraph. 25 August 2013. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
3. Grebey, James (5 December 2014). "Grammys 2015 Nominees: Sam Smith, HAIM, Iggy Azalea, and More". Spin. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
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