Tracy Chapman on Heavyweight Vinyl Heavyweight Vinyl from Tracy Chapman is available for home delivery with Vinyl Records London, only £30 +P&P On April 4, 2025, ElektraRhino Records will reissue Tracy Chapmans 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 albums original producer, David Kershenbaum, pressed on 180gram 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 1988s multiplatinum Tracy Chapman, her musical journey has continued with Crossroads 1989, Matters Of The Heart 1992, 1995s multiplatinum New Beginning which featured the Grammywinning single Give Me One Reason, Telling Stories 2000, Let It Rain 2002, Where You Live 2005, Our Bright Future 2008, and two bestselling 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.