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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Kristin Hersh |
| Record Label: |
Sire Records (USA) |
| Genre: |
Rock and Pop |
| Subgenre: |
Alternative |
| Release Date: |
June 28, 1994 |
| Album Duration: |
30m:47s |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Beestung 2. Loon, A (string version) 3. Sundrops (string version) 4. Me and My Charms (string version) 5. Velvet Days (string version) 6. Key 7. Uncle June and Aunt Kiyoti 8. When the Levee Breaks |
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Personnel: Kristin Hersh (vocals, acoustic guitar); Wilf Gibson, Perry Montague-Mason, Gavyn Wright (violin); Robert Smisson (viola); Martin McCarrick, Jane Scarpantoni (cello); Billy McGee (acoustic bass). Producers: Lenny Kaye, Kristin Hersh. Engineers: Phill Brown, John Fryer, Paul Q. Kolderie, Steve Rizzo. Recorded at Stable Sound, Portsmouth, Rhode Island and Blackwing Studios, London, England. All songs written or co-written by Kristin Hersh except "When The Levee Breaks" (Jimmy Page/Robert Plant/John Paul Jones/John Bonham). In 1986 when Throwing Muses' first album arrived on the college scene, Kristin Hersh's overwhelming songwriting tended to alarm. Combining deeply introspective lyrics with highly accomplished musicianship, Hersh embodied the mid-1980s fascination with the new female folkies. As time went on, and the musical climate changed, more and more realized that it wasn't folk that brought about Hersh's fascination with acoustic arrangements, but the intimacy it evokes. Almost ten years ... |
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