Post by Goober on Apr 6, 2023 17:11:06 GMT
Tanya Donelly (July 14th, 1966)
Associated Acts: Throwing Muses (1983 - 1991, 2001 - 2003), Breeders (1989 - 1991), Belly (1991 - 1996, 2017 - Present), The Loyal Seas (2020 - Present)
Vocal Range: C3 - G♯6
{Vocal Summary}Just listen to Throwing Muses.
{Album Ranges}Throwing Muses:
Throwing Muses (1986): F3 - G5
House Tornado (1988): F♯3 - D5
Hunkpapa (1989): E3 - G5
The Real Ramona (1991): F3 - C5
Throwing Muses (2003): E3 - E5
Belly:
Star (1993): E3 - G♯6
King (1995): E3 - B5
Dove (2018): D3 - A5
Bees (2021): E3 - E5
Solo:
Love Songs for Underdogs (1997): C♯3 - D6
Beautysleep (2002): C3 - A5
Whiskey Tango Ghosts (2004): D3 - B5
This Hungry Life (2006): C♯3 - D5
Swan Song Series (2016): C3 - C♯6
Tanya Donelly and the Parkington Sisters (2020): E♭3 - G5
The Loyal Seas:
Strange Mornings In the Garden (2022): C♯3 - B5
Throwing Muses (1986): F3 - G5
House Tornado (1988): F♯3 - D5
Hunkpapa (1989): E3 - G5
The Real Ramona (1991): F3 - C5
Throwing Muses (2003): E3 - E5
Belly:
Star (1993): E3 - G♯6
King (1995): E3 - B5
Dove (2018): D3 - A5
Bees (2021): E3 - E5
Solo:
Love Songs for Underdogs (1997): C♯3 - D6
Beautysleep (2002): C3 - A5
Whiskey Tango Ghosts (2004): D3 - B5
This Hungry Life (2006): C♯3 - D5
Swan Song Series (2016): C3 - C♯6
Tanya Donelly and the Parkington Sisters (2020): E♭3 - G5
The Loyal Seas:
Strange Mornings In the Garden (2022): C♯3 - B5
Significant High Notes:
G♯6 ("Every Word")
D6 ("The Bright Light")
C♯6 ("Oh Me of Little Faith")
C6 ("The Bright Light" + Live 1997, "The Lovecats")
B5 ("Last of the Great Machines", "Red", "The Promise")
B♭5 ( "Edelweiss", "Landspeed Song")
A5 ("Moonbeam Monkey", "Sharks Can't Sleep", "Shiny One", "Strange Mornings in the Garden", "This Love Ain't Dead")
G♯5 ("Full Moon, Empty Heart", "Spaghetti")
G5 ("Angel", "Call Me", "Dance Me to the End of Love", "Heaven Or Hyannis", "My Life As a Ghost", "Strange Mornings in the Garden", "Swoon")
F♯5 ( "Automatic", "Breathe Around You", "Edelweiss", "Pretty Deep", "[So Far From] Silverlake", "The Promise", "You Will Be Loved Again")
F5 ("Dona Nobis Pacem", "Here Comes Your Man", "Making Light", "Mine", "Moonbeam Monkey", "Red", "Sharks Can't Sleep", "Silverfish", "Strange Mornings in the Garden", "Vivakaraoke", "Worry Doll")
E5 ("Acrobat", "Angel", "Army of Clay", "Automatic", "Divine Sweet Divide", "Do You Love Me Now", "Far Away and Hard to See", "Flying", "Full Moon, Empty Heart", "Girl", "Heaven Or Hyannis", "Jars Of Fireflies", "Low Red Moon", "Mary Magdelene in the Great Sky" The Loyal Seas Version, "Morna", "Mysteries of the Unexplained", "Now They'll Sleep", "Soap and Water", "Spaceman", "The Storm", "Worry Doll", "You, Me, and the Sea)
E♭5 ("Another Moment", "Diamond Rib Cage", "Driving with a Ghost", "Garden Of Eden", "Lantern", "Making Light", "Mine", "Snow Goose and Me", "Spaghetti", "Swimmers in the Gold")
D5 ("Cygnet Song", "Dancing Gold", "Dona Nobis Pacem", "Dream On Me", "Flying at Night", "Judy Staring at the Sun", "Josie and The Pussycats", "Marriage Tree", "Mercury", "Our Sins Align", "Quicksand", "Red", "River Girls", "Silverfish", "[So Far From] Silverlake", "Thief", "Tooraloo", "Ultimate Companion")
C5 ("America (She Can't Say No)", "Baby's Arm"", "Breathe Around You", "Call me", "Dylan", "Early Light", "Edelweiss", "Every Devil", "Every Word", "Far Away and Hard to See", "Low Red Moon", "L'il Ennio", "Like the Poison", "Lilith", "Manna", "New England", "Now They'll Sleep", "Pools in Eyes", "Pretty Deep", "River Girls", "Santa Claus", "Sharks Can't Sleep", "So Sad About Us", "Stay", "The Bees", "The Night You Saved My Life", "The Storm", "The Wave", "Tooraloo", "Untogether","Untitled and Unsung", "You, Me, and the Sea)
B4 ("Angel", "Artifact", "Automatic", "Broken", "Bum", "Counting Backwards", "Darkside", "Dusted" + Acoustic Version, "Ellen West", "Green", "Human Child", "John Dark", "Lantern", "No Parachutes", "Pandora's Box", "Run Letter", "Seal My Fate", "Silver in Your Palm", "Stand Up", "Star", "Super-Connected", "The Wave", "White Belly", "Wrap-Around Skirt")
B♭4 ("Are You Experienced?", "Clipped", "Devil You Know", "Flying", "Josie and The Pussycats", "King", "Kundalini Slide", "Milkweed", "Story High", "Swoon", "These Days", "Tu Y Yo")
A4 ("Christopher Street", "Counting Backwards", "Civil Disobedience", "Days Of Grace", "Divine Sweet Divide", "Different Drum", "Dream On Me", "Feed the Tree" + Acoustic Version, "Goat Girl", "Gepetto", "Graffiti", "Half Blast", "Heart of Gold", "Here Comes Your Man", "Hidalgo Street", "Hot Burrito #1", "In Your Name", "I'm Alive", "Invisible One", "Judy Staring at the Sun", "Keeping You", "Knockin' On Heaven's Door "Like the Poison", "Lilith", "Mr. Swan", "Let Me Roll It", "Low Red Moon", "Manna", "Mine", "New England", "Not Too Soon", "Pandora's Box", "Paper Thin", "Puberty", "Salt", "Seal My Fate", "Soul Soldier", "Slow Dog", "Stand Up", "Stay", "Super-Connected", "Sweet Ride", "Swim", "The River", "To The Lighthouse", "This Little Bird", "Witch", "Worry Doll")
G♯4 ("Baby's Arm", "Early Light", "Epiphany", "Faceless", "Fall Out", "Just In Case You Quit Me", "Let Fall the Sky", "Littlewing", "Mary Magdelene in the Great Sky", "Mercury", "Mysteries of the Unexplained", "Ocean Rain", "Quicksand", "River Girls", "Sad Dress", "Silverfish", "Spaceman", "Spaghetti", "Storm Blown Bird", "The Bees", "The End to the Dawn", "The Night You Saved My Life", "Thief", "This Hungry Life", "World On Fire", "Wrap-Around Skirt")
G4 ("Angel", "Are You Experienced?", "Army of Clay", "Blame the Muse", "Breathe Around You", "Cape Ann", "Clipped", "Cygnet Song", "Days", "Diamond Rib Cage", "Dizzy", "Dusted" + Acoustic Version, "Every Devil", "Gepetto", "Girl", "Goat Girl", "Golden Thing", "Half Blast", "Heartstrings", "Honeychain", "Influenza", "It's Not Unusual", "Judas My Heart", "Kid", "Kundalini Slide", "Landspeed Song", "Lantern", "Last of the Great Machines", "Long Long Long", "Lucky Love", "Making Light", "Mary Magdelene in the Great Sky" The Loyal Seas Version, "Mass Ave", "Milkweed", "Morna", "Oh Me of Little Faith", "Paper Thin", "Pools in Eyes", "Portia", "Pretty Deep", "Red", "Salt", "Send Me Your Next Nightmare", "Sexy S", "Shiny one", "Silver in Your Palm", "Snow Goose and Me", "So Much Song", "Soap and Water", "Still", "Story High", "Suffer the Fools", "The Bright Light", "The Burrow", "The Storm", "This Hungry Life", "To The Lighthouse", "Tu Y Yo", "Vanilla", "Vivakaraoke", "White Belly", "Wind Up Boy", "You And Your Sister")
Significant Low Notes:
G3 ("Angel", "Army of Clay", "Breathe Around You", "Broken", "Bum", "Call me", "Cape Ann", "Civil Disobedience", "Clipped", "Dance Me to the End of Love", "Divine Sweet Divide", "Dragonhead", "Dream On Me", "Fear", "Full Moon, "Empty Heart", "Garden Of Eden", "Goat Girl", "Golden Mean", "Gepetto", "Heart of Gold", "Honeychain", "Human Child", "Invisible One", "Judas My Heart", "Keeping You", "Knockin' On Heaven's Door", "Kundalini Slide", "Last of the Great Machines", "Lilith", "Manna", "Mass Ave", "Moonbeam Monkey", "Moon River", "Puberty", "Quicksand", "Slow Dog", "So Much Song", "Star", "Shoplifters of the World Unite", "Snow Goose and Me", "Stars Align", "Stay", "Storm Blown Bird", "Super-Connected", "Swoon", "The Bees", "The Center", "The Lovecats", "The Shadow", "This Hungry Life", "To The Lighthouse", "Ultimate Companion", "Untitled and Unsung", "Whiskey Tango", "Wrap-Around Skirt")
F♯3 ("Baby's Arm", "Bum", "Days Of Grace", "Diamond Rib Cage", "Garden Of Eden", "Girl", "Hot Burrito #1", "Human Child", "Let Fall the Sky", "L'il Ennio", "Littlewing", "Mexican Women", "Mercury", "Mine", "Now They'll Sleep", "Ocean Rain", "Sad Dress", "Salt", "Seal My Fate", "Swimmers in the Gold", "The Bright Light", "Thief", "This Little Bird", "Tooraloo", "Trust In Me", "Why so Sad", "Witch")
F3 ("Another Moment", "Artifact", "Between the Bars", "Breathe Around You", "Dancing Gold", "Devil You Know", "Dusted", "Fall Down", "Feed the Tree", "Green", "Influenza", "Just In Case You Quit Me", "Landspeed Song", "Lantern", "Lilith", "Los Flamingos", "Mary Magdelene in the Great Sky", "Milkweed", "Miranda (Pacifically)", "New England", "Not Too Soon", "Oh Me of Little Faith", "Our Sins Align", "Pandora's Box", "Pools in Eyes", "Shiny One", "Swoon", "The Storm", "The Wave", "This Hungry Life", "Vivakaraoke", "White Belly", "Worry Doll")
E3 ("Christopher Street", "Cygnet Song", "Darkside", "Dragonhead", "Feed The Tree" Acoustic Version, "Heart of Gold", "Here Comes Your Man", "It's Not Unusual", "Knockin' On Heaven's Door", "Kundalini Slide", "Littlewing", "Making Light", "Now They'll Sleep", "Ocean Rain", "Oh Me of Little Faith", "Pretty Deep", "Red", "Sexy S", "Sharks Can't Sleep", "SolarDip", "Spaceman", "Untogether", "The Center", "Think About Your Troubles", "The Night You Saved My Life", "The Storm", "Wild Love", "World On Fire", "Written/Unread")
E♭3 ("Faceless", "Jars Of Fireflies", "New England", "Story High", "The Bright Light", "Tu Y Yo", "Why so Sad", "You Will Be Loved Again")
D3 ("Army of Clay", "Between the Bars", "Blame the Muse", "Butterfly Thing", "Darkside", "Far Away and Hard to See", "Morna", "Wild Love", "World On Fire", "Written/Unread")
C♯3 ("Pretty Deep", "New England", "Miranda (Pacifically)", "Strange Mornings in the Garden", "Wild Love", "Written/Unread",
C3 ("Blame the Muse", "Moonbeam Monkey")
{Questionable Notes}C6 ("Two Step"[2][5])
C3 ("Long Long Long"[2])
A2 ("Mass Ave"[2])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
C3 ("Long Long Long"[2])
A2 ("Mass Ave"[2])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.