Rickie Lee Jones - Traffic From Paradise (Hybrid SACD, Multichannel)
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Keyboards, Dulcimer – Rickie Lee Jones [click here to see more vinyl featuring Rickie Lee Jones]
Backing Vocals – Brian Setzer (4, 6), David Baerwald (10), David Hidalgo (4), John Leftwich (3, 8), Leo Kottke (8), Lyle Lovett (8), Sal Bernardi (3, 8), Syd Straw (4, 6), Teresa Tudury (8)
Violin – Bobby Bruce
Bass, Cello – John Leftwich
Drums – Jim Keltner
French Horn – Doug Lyons
Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar, Slide Guitar – Leo Kottke
Acoustic Guitar – John Leftwich (5), Sal Bernardi
Electric Guitar – Brian Setzer (6), David Baerwald (10), Dean Parks (5), David Hidalgo (4)
Percussion, Marimba, Percussion, Bodhrán, Singing Bowls – Brad Dutz
Drums, Congas – Alex Acuna (5)
Percussion – Efrain Toro (1)
Arranged by Rickie Lee Jones
1 SACD, jewel box
Original analog Master tape : YES
Multichannel
Stereo
Studio
Label : Analogue Productions
Original Label : Geffen Records
Recorded and mixed at Conway Studios & additional recording at Oceanway Studios and Signet Sound Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Engineered and mixed by Julie Last
Produced by Rickie Lee Jones
Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles, CA
Remastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
Disc Made in Austria
Design by Kevin Reagan and Rickie Lee Jones
Cover iIllustration by Charles Stewart Parker
Painting by Charlotte Rose
Photography by Charles Stewart Parker, Annalisa
Originally released in 1993
Reissued in 2012
Tracks :
- Pink Flamingos
- Alter Boy
- Stewart's Coat
- Beat Angels
- Tigers
- Rebel Rebel
- Jolie Jolie
- Running From Mercy
- A Stranger's Car
- The Albatross
Reviews:
“"Just give me many chances ... time to learn to crawl," sings Rickie Lee Jones on this, her fifth album of new material in 14 years. Clearly, she's had a lot of chances already, and some have paid off big, notably her first two albums, Rickie Lee Jones and Pirates. Here, however, Jones has made a record of what sound like rough performances of musical ideas that might at some point become songs and then, with some work, acceptable recordings. As it is, the record is vague and unfocused, only aspiring to coherence when someone other than the singer/songwriter/producer is heard from, such as on the two songs co-written by Leo Kottke. Too much of the time, Jones sounds like she's singing half-forgotten songs in the calm aftermath of an all-night party, and the result is wispy and fragmentary, even when, on David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel," you know there's a real song in there somewhere.” Review by William Ruhlmann
Rating:
AllMusic : 3.5 / 5 , Discogs 4.5 / 5