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Traffic from Paradise

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3.5/5 stars[1]
Chicago Tribune3.5/4 stars[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(choice cut)[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[4]
Entertainment Weeklyunfavorable[5]
Los Angeles Times3/4 stars[6]
Orlando Sentinel4/5 stars[7]
Rolling Stone4/5 stars[8]

Traffic from Paradise is the seventh album by musician Rickie Lee Jones, released in September 1993.

Track listing

All songs written by Rickie Lee Jones, except where noted.

  1. "Pink Flamingos" – 6:31
  2. "Altar Boy" – 2:27
  3. "Stewart's Coat" – 4:31
  4. "Beat Angels" (Sal Bernardi) – 4:11
  5. "Tigers" – 5:48
  6. "Rebel Rebel" (David Bowie) – 4:39
  7. "Jolie Jolie" – 4:26
  8. "Running from Mercy" (Jones, Leo Kottke) – 6:01
  9. "A Stranger's Car" – 2:53
  10. "The Albatross" (Jones, Kottke, John Leftwich) – 3:12

Personnel

  • Rickie Lee Jones – vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, keyboards, bowed dulcimer, arrangements, backing vocals
  • John Leftwich – bass, cello, acoustic guitar on "Tigers", backing vocals on "Stewart's Coat" and "Running from Mercy"
  • Sal Bernardi – acoustic guitar, backing vocals on "Stewart's Coat" and "Running from Mercy"
  • Leo Kottke – six-string, twelve-string, slide acoustic guitar, backing vocals on "Running from Mercy"
  • David Hidalgo – eight-string electric guitar, backing vocals on "Beat Angels"
  • Brian Setzer – electric guitar on "Rebel Rebel", backing vocals on "Beat Angels" and "Rebel Rebel"
  • Dean Parks – electric guitar on "Tigers"
  • David Baerwald – electric guitar on "Beat Angels", backing vocals on "The Albatross"
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Alex Acuña – drums, congas on "Tigers"
  • Brad Dutz – percussion, marimba, tarkas, bodhrán, udu, mixing bowls on "Rebel Rebel"
  • Efrain Toro – percussion on "Pink Flamingos" and "Stewart's Coat"
  • Bobby Bruce – violin
  • Douglas Lyons – French horn
  • Syd Straw – backing vocals on "Beat Angels" and "Rebel Rebel"
  • Lyle Lovett – backing vocals on "Running from Mercy"
  • Teresa Tudury – backing vocals on "Running from Mercy"
Technical
  • John Cutcliffe – executive producer
  • Julie Last – engineer, mixing
  • Charles Stewart Parker – artwork, cover, illustrations
  • Charlotte Rose – painting

References

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. Traffic from Paradise at AllMusic
  2. ^ Kot, Greg (1993-10-07). "Sense Of Intimacy". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. p. 153. ISBN 9780312245603.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
  5. ^ Thigpen, David (1993-10-01). "Traffic From Paradise". Entertainment Weekly.
  6. ^ Willman, Chris (1993-09-19). "Fall Roundup". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  7. ^ Abbott, Jim (1993-10-15). "Rickie Lee Jones". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  8. ^ Manning, Kara (28 October 1993). "Rickie Lee Jones: Traffic From Paradise". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2 October 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
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