November 2002

Waking Hour
Vienna Teng

  1. Momentum
  2. The Tower
  3. Daughter
  4. Between
  5. Say Uncle
  6. Gravity
  7. Drought
  8. Enough To Go By
  9. Unwritten Letter #1
  10. Eric's Song
  11. Soon Love Soon
  12. Lullabye For A Stormy Night
  13. Decade And One
Waking Hour is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Vienna Teng (stage name of Cynthia Yih Shih). It is a strong debut, carried by great melodious songwriting and Vienna's clear voice, One critic nailed it: "a confident debut that's startling in its emotional and intellectual depth, but never too brainy that it loses sight of melody and song structure". My picks from the album are Momentum, Between, Enough To Go By, Eric's Song, Soon Love Soon, Decade And One, and especially the fragile ballads Daughter and Lullabye For A Stormy Night.

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