Hope Is a Thing with Feathers
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Released | September 23, 2003 | |||
Recorded | Kudzu Ranch, Mebane, North Carolina | |||
Genre | Alternative Country | |||
Length | 42:35 | |||
Label | Bloodshot Records | |||
Producer | Rick Miller, Trailer Bride | |||
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Hope Is a Thing With Feathers is the fifth and final album by the Alternative Country band Trailer Bride. Its title is a slightly modified version of the first line of a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Reviews
Mojo Magazine (December 1, 2003): "3 stars out of 5 - [T]here's a mix of twisted folk rock, recalling a less skeletal Palace and early-Nick-Cave-in-a-cowboy-hat rock."
Track listing
All songs written by Melissa Swingle except noted.
- "Silk Hope Road" - 3:03
- "Hope is a Thing with Feathers" (Emily Dickinson, Daryl White) - 3:15
- "Skinny White Girl" - 4:47
- "Mach 1" (Melissa Swingle, Daryl White) - 2:18
- "Destiny" - 3:59
- "Lightning" - 3:37
- "Vagabond Motel" - 5:07
- "Quickstep" - 3:11
- "Shiloh" - 3:46
- "Drive with the Wind" - 2:45
- "Waking Dream" - 3:13
- "Mockingbird" - 3:34
Personnel
- Tim Barnes - guitar
- John Bowman - drums, tambourine
- Melissa Swingle - vocals, accordion, guitar, harmonica, organ, piano, saw
- Daryl White - bass, bow
ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL
- Mary Huff - harmony vocals