Bering Strait is the self-titled debut studio album by Russian country music band Bering Strait. It was released on January 14, 2003, via Universal South Records, now known as Show Dog-Universal Music.

Bering Strait
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 14, 2003
GenreCountry
Length47:08 (US edition)
LabelUniversal South
Producer
Bering Strait chronology
Bering Strait
(2003)
Pages
(2005)

Music videos were produced for "When Going Home", "Jagged Edge of a Broken Heart" and the 2002 Grammy Award nominee "Bearing Straight". Ultimately, "Bearing Straight" was aired on national television as a country music video, whereas "Jagged Edge" was aired on the Great American Country video music cable channel and distributed as a digital file on the CD album itself. "When Going Home" was never publicly distributed.

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

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  1. "What Is It About You" (Brian Dean Maher, Billy Montana, Helen Darling) – 3:53
  2. "Tell Me Tonight" (Ilya Toshinsky, Kevin Welch, Brent Maher) – 3:53
  3. "I Could Be Persuaded" (Tony Marty, Brenton Roberts) – 2:50
  4. "When Going Home" (George Teren, Stephanie Lewis) – 4:08
  5. "I'm Not Missing You" (Maher, Jenai) – 4:26
  6. "I Could Use a Hero" (Jenai, Montana) – 4:22
  7. "The Trouble with Love" (Candy Parton, Mary Ann Kennedy, Pam Rose) – 3:44
  8. "Jagged Edge of a Broken Heart" (Walker Ingleheart, Mike Joyce) – 3:58
  9. "Only This Love" (Toshinsky, Mike Reid, Maher) – 3:33
  10. "Bearing Straight" (instrumental) (Toshinsky, Lydia Salnikova, Sasha Ostrovsky, Sergei Passov) – 5:52
  11. "Porushka-Paranya" (traditional) – 2:41
  12. "Like a Child" (Live) (Bob DiPiero, Carolyn Dawn Johnson) – 3:46

Personnel

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From Bering Strait liner notes.[1]

Bering Strait
  • Alexander Arzamastsev - drums, percussion
  • Natasha Borzilova - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Sergey "Spooky" Olkhovsky - bass guitar
  • Sergei Passov - mandolin, fiddle
  • Lydia Salnikova - keyboards, background vocals, second lead vocals on "I Could Use a Hero" and "Porushka-Paranya"
  • Sasha Ostrovsky - steel guitar, lap steel guitar, Dobro
  • Ilya Toshinsky - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo, background vocals
Additional musicians
Technical
  • Tony Brown - producer ("When Going Home" only)
  • Stan Cornelius - producer ("I Could Be Persuaded" and "Porushka-Paranya"), executive producer
  • Ken Love - mastering
  • Brent Maher - producer (all tracks), recording, mixing

Charts

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Chart (2003) Peak
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US Billboard 200[2] 98
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3] 17

References

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  1. ^ Bering Strait (CD booklet). Bering Strait. Universal South Records. 2003. 088 170 218-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ "Bering Strait Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Bering Strait Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.