Sand and Water

Sand and Water
Studio album by Beth Nielsen Chapman
Released	July 15, 1997
Genre	Country
Length	40:14
Label	Reprise
Producer	Rodney Crowell, Beth Nielsen Chapman
Beth Nielsen Chapman chronology
You Hold the Key (1993)You Hold the Key1993 Sand and Water (1997) Greatest Hits (1999)Greatest Hits1999

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Sand and Water is an album by Beth Nielsen Chapman. It was released in 1997 via Reprise Records. The title track was the only single released, peaking at number 22 on Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks and number 2 on Bubbling Under Hot 100. Included on the album is "Happy Girl", which was later released as a single by Martina McBride in 1998.

The title track also appeared in a 2000 episode of the medical drama ER of the same name, in which Kerry Weaver (Laura Innes) is helpless to prevent the intubation of a comatose woman against the wishes of her partner because they are a same-sex couple, and therefore they have no legal standing. The song plays over a montage which includes Weaver performing the intubation while the other woman watches powerless.

Track listing

1. "The Color of Roses" (Chapman, Matt Rollings)
2. "Beyond the Blue" (Chapman, Gary Nicholson)
3. "All the Time in the World" (Chapman, Bill Lloyd)
4. "Sand and Water" (Chapman)
5. "Fair Enough" (Chapman, Dominic Miller, Kevin Savigar)
6. "Seven Shades of Blue" (Chapman)
7. "Happy Girl" (Chapman, Annie Roboff)
8. "No One Knows But You" (Chapman)
9. "Heads Up for the Wrecking Ball" (Chapman)
10. "Say Goodnight" (Chapman, Joe Henry)

Personnel

• Beth Nielsen Chapman: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Slide Dulcimer, Slide Whistle, Piano, Organ, Keyboards
• Matt Rollings: Piano
• Kirby Shelstad: Hand Drums, Percussion, Drum Program
• Michael Rhodes: Bass
• Steuart Smith: Electric Guitar, Gut String Electric & Acoustic Guitars
• Mike Utley: Hammond Organ
• Paul Leim: Drums, Percussion
• Sam Bush: Mandolin
• Bill Lloyd: Background Vocals
• Steve Nathan: Keyboards
• Dominic Miller: Gut String Guitars
• Kevin Savigar: Piano
• Michael McDonald: Guest Vocalist
• Annie Roboff: Bandoleon
• Barry Walsh: Piano
• Johnathan Yudkin: Mandolin
• Pat Buchanan: Electric Guitar
• Larry Chaney: Electric Guitar
• Dave Pomeroy: Bass
• Brian Barnett: Drums, Hand Drums
• Jelly Roll Johnson: Harmonica
• Bonnie Raitt: Dobro, Electric Slide Guitar, Guest Vocalist
• Tim Lauer: Accordion
• Jim Keltner: Drums
• Mike Haynes: Trumpet
• Tommy Simms: Bass
• Bobby Taylor: Oboe
• Tom McAnich: French Horn
• Jim Ed Norman: Executive Producer