Artist
Joan Osborne is an alternative rock artist from Anchorage, KY, USA formed in 1995. 27 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Alternative Rock · Anchorage, KY, USA · Best alternative rock albums
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Relish
1995
Songs of Bob Dylan
2017
Trouble and Strife
2020
Radio Waves
2022
Love and Hate
2014
Pretty Little Stranger
2006
How Sweet It Is
2002
Righteous Love
2000
Dylanology (Live)
2025
Nobody Owns You
2023
Bring It On Home
2012
Early Recordings
2009
Little Wild One
2008
Breakfast in Bed
2007
The Best Of Joan Osborne 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection
2007
Christmas Means Love
2005
Highway 61 Revisited (Live)
Single · 2025
Rainy Day Woman #12 and #35 (Live)
Single · 2025
Great American Cities
Single · 2023
Shake Your Hips (WXPK 2012)
Single · 2022
Take It Any Way I Can Get It
Single · 2020
That Was a Lie
Single · 2020
Boy Dontcha Know
Single · 2020
What's That You Say
Single · 2020
Work on Me
Single · 2018
Thirsty For My Tears
Single · 2014
One of Us
Single · 1994
Singer Joan Osborne was born on July 8, 1962, in the town of Anchorage, KY, but it wasn't until relocating to New York City in the early '90s (to study at NYU's film school) that she began to take a singing career seriously after singing Billie Holiday's classic "God Bless the Child" at a local bar's open-mike night. In addition to Holiday, Osborne looked to such legendary vocalists as Etta James and Ray Charles as role models, as the up-and-coming singer decided not to cater to major record companies and formed her own label, Womanly Hips, which resulted in such releases as 1992's in-concert Soul Show, among others. But eventually Osborne decided to sign on with a major label, Mercury, which in turn issued the singer's next release, Relish, in March 1995. The album proved to have a long life, as almost a year after its initial release the track "One of Us" became a massive MTV and radio smash, camping out at the number one spot on the U.S. singles chart for two weeks, and Relish eventually racked up sales of three million copies. Further tracks ("Right Hand Man" and "St. Teresa") failed to match the success of Osborne's first hit, but the singer still managed to connect with a lar…