On April 4, 2025, Elektra/Rhino Records will reissue Tracy Chapman’s eponymous debut album on vinyl in celebration of its 35th anniversary. Originally released by Elektra Records in April 1988, Tracy Chapman has long been unavailable on vinyl. This anniversary reissue has been prepared for release by Chapman and the album’s original producer, David Kershenbaum, pressed on 180-gram vinyl and sourced from an analogue master. The album package will also include an insert of translated lyrics, which accompanied the original international release. Featuring the classic singles ‘Fast Car’, ‘Talkin’ Bout A Revolution’, and ‘Baby Can I Hold You’, the album earned three Grammy Awards and went on to become one of the most successful debuts of all time, peaking at #1 in multiple countries and selling more than 20 million copies worldwide. To this day, it still makes regular appearances on charts around the world, and is one of the most successful albums by a female artist in chart history.

Chapman comments, “I was just out of college when the album came out and for a young singer songwriter it was a dream come true – making a record, recording my own songs, releasing my first album. 1988, that year marked the beginning of what has been a humbling and thrilling experience, seeing fans around the world embrace these 11 songs. I really wanted to mark the 35th anniversary of the album, and so I am grateful to have this opportunity to reissue the record on vinyl.”

Over the course of four decades and eight studio albums, Tracy Chapman has created a body of work that has been as consistently compelling as it is honest and uncompromising, eloquently telling stories with perennial appeal that are at once personal and universal. Impervious to trends, she has commendably stayed her musical course, earning the approbation of fans, critics and peers. Beginning with 1988’s multi-platinum Tracy Chapman, her musical journey has continued with Crossroads (1989), Matters Of The Heart (1992), 1995’s multi-platinum New Beginning (which featured the Grammy-winning single ‘Give Me One Reason’), Telling Stories (2000), Let It Rain (2002), Where You Live (2005), Our Bright Future (2008), and two best-selling compilations, Collection (2001) and Greatest Hits (2015). Along the way, in addition to her four Grammys, Chapman has earned an American Music Award, two Brits, and a Billboard Music Award.

Am 4. April 2025 werden Elektra/Rhino Records Tracy Chapmans gleichnamiges Debütalbum zur Feier seines 35-jährigen Jubiläums auf Vinyl neu auflegen. Das ursprünglich im April 1988 von Elektra Records veröffentlichte Tracy Chapman war lange Zeit nicht auf Vinyl erhältlich. Diese Jubiläumsausgabe wurde von Chapman und dem Originalproduzenten des Albums, David Kershenbaum, für die Veröffentlichung vorbereitet, auf 180-Gramm-Vinyl gepresst und von einem analogen Master bezogen. Das Produkt wird auch eine Beilage mit übersetzten Texten enthalten, die der ursprünglichen internationalen Veröffentlichung beilag. Mit den Single-Klassikern "Fast Car", "Talkin' Bout A Revolution" und "Baby Can I Hold You" gewann das Album drei Grammy Awards und wurde zu einem der erfolgreichsten Debüts aller Zeiten. Es erreichte in mehreren Ländern Platz 1 und verkaufte sich weltweit mehr als 20 Millionen Mal. Bis heute taucht das Werk regelmäßig in den Charts auf der ganzen Welt auf und ist eines der erfolgreichsten Alben einer Künstlerin in der Chartgeschichte