Bleeding Heart Graffiti

Bleeding Heart Graffiti
Studio album by Nina Gordon
Released	August 8, 2006
Recorded	2005
Genre	Rock
Length	47:35
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Bob Rock
Nina Gordon chronology
Tonight and the Rest of My Life (2000) Bleeding Heart Graffiti (2006)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
allmusic	[1]
IGN	(5.1/10)[2]
Jam!	[3]
Music Box	[4]
Melodic.net	[5]
Pop Matters	[6]
RocknWorld	[7]
Silent Uproar	[8]
Slant Magazine	[9]
Sun Media	[10]

Bleeding Heart Graffiti is the second album from Nina Gordon and marks her third album produced by Bob Rock. It peaked at #30 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers Album chart. Nine of the songs on the album are re-recorded tracks from Nina's self-shelved Even the Sunbeams album. The Time Comes was featured in the Bones episode The Priest in the Churchyard.^[11]

Track listing

1. "Bleeding Heart Graffiti" (Gordon) – 0:42
2. "Christmas Lights" (Gordon) – 5:13
3. "Kiss Me 'Til It Bleeds" (Gordon, Russo, Jaye) – 4:09
4. "Suffragette" (Gordon, S. Melvoin, W. Melvoin) – 3:37
5. "This Was the Year" (Gordon) – 0:32
6. "Don't Let Me Down" (Gordon) – 4:15
7. "Pure" (Gordon) – 4:29
8. "Watercolors" (Gordon) – 3:25
9. "Superstar" (Gordon) – 3:15
10. "Turn on Your Radio" (Gordon) – 4:05
11. "When You Don't Want Me Anymore" (Gordon) – 4:03
12. "Bones and a Name" (Gordon) – 4:55
13. "The Time Comes" (Gordon) – 4:19
14. "The Crickets Sound Like Sleigh Bells" (Gordon) – 0:37
15. "Tonight and the Rest of My Life [Acoustic Version](iTunes Bonus)" (Gordon) – 4:40

Personnel

• Peter Bradley Adams – Piano
• Paul Bushnell – Bass
• Jamie Edwards – Guitar, Piano
• Josh Freese – Drums
• Eric Helmkamp – Engineer
• Jens – Mixing
• Abe Laboriel Jr. – Drums
• Wendy Melvoin – Bass, Guitar
• Tom Morello – Guitar
• Sean Nelson – Drums
• Melanie Nissen – Photography
• Chris Reynolds – Assistant Engineer
• Bob Rock – Guitar, Producer
• Rob Rock – Producer
• Jeff Russo – Bass, Guitar, Engineer
• Rachel Salmon – Illustrations
• Joel Shearer – Guitar
• Stephen Walker – Art Direction, Cover Layout
• Joey Waronker – Drums

Singles

Year	Single
2006	Kiss Me 'Til It Bleeds

Non-album tracks

The only known b-side from this recording session is The Blue Hour, which has yet to get an official release, but was leaked to the Internet. Nina also put the demos for A Different Song, Down and Dirty and Someday Is Too Far Away on her official site, which are from this album's recording sessions.

References

1. allmusic review
2. IGN review
3. Jam! review
4. Music Box review
5. Melodic.net review Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
6. Pop Matters review
7. RocknWorld review
8. Silent Uproar review Archived October 18, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
9. Slant Magazine review
10. Sun Media review
11. Bones Season 2 music