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Traffic from Paradise
Studio album by
Rickie Lee Jones
Released14 September 1993
Recorded1993
StudioConway Recording Studios, Oceanway Studios and Signet Sound Studios, Los Angeles, California
GenreRock
Length44:45
LabelGeffen
ProducerRickie Lee Jones
Rickie Lee Jones chronology
Pop Pop
(1991) 		Traffic from Paradise
(1993) 		Naked Songs
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(choice cut)[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Entertainment Weeklyunfavorable[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
Orlando Sentinel[7]
Rolling Stone[8]

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

Track listing[edit]

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[edit]

  • Rickie Lee Jones – vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, keyboards, bowed dulcimer, arrangements, backing vocals
  • John Leftwich – musical director, 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 – 6-string, 12-string, slide acoustic guitar, backing vocals on "Running from Mercy"
  • David Hidalgo – 8-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 on back of sleeve

References[edit]

  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". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2 October 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
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