Facing Future Explained
Facing Future |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Israel Kamakawiwoʻole |
Cover: | Israel Kamakawiwo'ole Facing Future.jpg |
Released: | November 1, 1993 |
Recorded: | 1988, 1993 |
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Length: | 56:37 |
Label: | Mountain Apple |
Producer: |
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Prev Title: | Ka 'Ano'i |
Prev Year: | 1990 |
Next Title: | E Ala E |
Next Year: | 1995 |
Facing Future is the second album by Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, released in 1993. The best-selling album of all time by a Hawaiian artist, Facing Future combines traditional Hawaiian-language songs, hapa-haole songs with traditional instrumentation, and two Jawaiian (Island reggae) tracks.
The album's sales have been driven not only by its popularity with Hawaiian audiences but by its popularity in the mainland United States and around the world, particularly the track "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World", which has been used in various films (Finding Forrester, Meet Joe Black, 50 First Dates, Fred Claus, Hubble, Son of the Mask), television shows (ER, Cold Case, Jon & Kate Plus 8, Life On Mars, Glee, Scrubs) and commercials (eToys). Facing Future reached platinum status in 2005.[1]
Personnel
Musicians
- Israel Kamakawiwoʻole – ukulele, vocals
- Del Beazley – guitar
- Mel Amina – guitar
- Gaylord Holomalia – keyboards, programming
- Analu ʻAina – electric bass (uncredited)
- Roland Cazimero – acoustic bass, guitar
- Mike Muldoon – percussion
Production
- Produced by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole and Jon de Mello
- Engineered and mixed by Milan Bertosa
- Mastered by Jon Golden
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Notes and References
- News: Brudda Iz's 'Facing Future' goes platinum, a first for Hawaii . Star-Bulletin staff . Honolulu Star-Bulletin . October 22, 2009.
- Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=israel kamakawiwo'ole|chart=all}} Facing Future]. Billboard.com. 2 December 2012.
- Web site: MTV | Album Top 50 KW 2 | charts . MTV.de . 2011-01-07 . 2011-01-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100228175846/http://www.mtv.de/charts/album50 . 2010-02-28 .
- Web site: Newcomer-Charts: Ella Endlich ist angekommen . media control . 2010-10-28 . 2011-01-14.
- Web site: VIVA Album Jahrescharts 2010 - 2010 | Charts . VIVA.tv . 2011-01-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110108131925/http://www.viva.tv/charts/viva-album-jahrescharts-2010-2010-211/ . 2011-01-08 .
- Web site: :: MTV | Album Jahrescharts 2011 | charts . Mtv.de . 2011-12-31 . 2012-02-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120111012418/http://www.mtv.de/charts/Album_Jahrescharts_2011 . 2012-01-11 .
- Web site: Steffen Hung . Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2011 . hitparade.ch . 2012-02-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130815083859/http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2011 . 2013-08-15 .