Shakespearean Fish

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{refimprove|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox album | name = Shakespearean Fish | type = studio | artist = Melanie Doane | cover = Shakespearean Fish.gif | alt = | released = 1996 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Folk rock, pop, pop rock | length = | label = Sony Music Canada | producer = Rob Friedman | prev_title = Harvest Train | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = Adam's Rib | next_year = 1998 | misc = {{Singles | name = Shakespearean Fish | type = studio | single1 = Babe in the Woods | single1date = | single2 = Tell You Stories | single2date = | single3 = My Sister Sings | single3date = }} }}

'''''Shakespearean Fish''''' is the 1996 debut studio album by Juno Award winning Canadian singer-songwriter Melanie Doane. The album was praised in the Canadian music press.<ref name="bb">{{cite news |last1=LeBlanc |first1=Larry |title=Hopes high for Melanie Doane's 'Rib' |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GgoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Shakespearean+Fish%22+%22melanie+doane%22&pg=PA116 |access-date=17 February 2023 |agency=Billboard |date=26 September 1998}}</ref> Doane toured the album across Canada later that year.<ref name="canehdian">{{cite web |title=Melanie Doane Biography |url=https://www.canehdian.com/artist-directory/canadian-music-artists/melanie-doane-biography/ |website=CanEHdian |access-date=17 February 2023}}</ref>

"Never Doubt I Love" is inspired by Hamlet's letter to Ophelia, and "Shakespearean Fish", contains lyrics adapted from a poem by W. B. Yeats. "Tell You Stories" features Ed Robertson of the Barenaked Ladies on co-lead vocals.

==Track listing== #"Tell You Stories" – 3:43 #"All of Sunday" – 3:27 #"Never Doubt I Love" – 4:10 #"Forgive Me" – 3:51 #"Saltwater" – 4:01 #"Till I Start to Believe" – 3:48 #"Babe in the Woods" – 4:13 #"My Sister Sings" – 3:52 #"God So Loved" – 4:28 #"Silly Me" – 3:35 #"Shakespearean Fish" – 2:33

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Category:1996 debut albums Category:Melanie Doane albums