Rockabye (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Rockabye
| type = album
| artist = Robin Holcomb
| cover = Robin Holcomb - Rockabye.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 8, 1992
| recorded = RPM Studios, New York City, NY and Water Music, Hoboken, NJ
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Folk
| length = 46:38
| label = Elektra
| producer = Wayne Horvitz
| prev_title = Robin Holcomb
| prev_year = 1990
| next_title = Little Three
| next_year = 1996
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |first=Darryl |last=Cater |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r132283|pure_url=yes}}|title=Rockabye |website=Allmusic |accessdate=January 27, 2013}}
|rev2 = Entertainment Weekly
|rev2Score = A{{cite magazine |first=Arion |last=Berger |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,312285,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519164438/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,312285,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 19, 2007 |title=Rockabye |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=November 6, 1992 |issue=43 |page=68 |accessdate=January 27, 2013}}
|rev3 = Rolling Stone
|rev3Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine |last=columnist |title=Rockabye |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=October 29, 1992 |page=69 }}
}}
Rockabye is the third album by Robin Holcomb, released on September 8, 1992, through Elektra Records.
Track listing
{{track listing
| all_writing = Robin Holcomb
| title1 = Widowmaker
| length1 = 1:55
| title2 = Help a Man
| length2 = 4:17
| title3 = When I Stop Crying
| length3 = 6:43
| title4 = Rockabye
| length4 = 4:25
| title5 = Iowa Lands
| length5 = 5:02
| title6 = When Was the Last Time
| length6 = 6:10
| title7 = Dixie
| length7 = 3:25
| title8 = Primavera
| length8 = 4:01
| title9 = The Goodnight-Loving Trail
| length9 = 4:22
| title10 = The Natural World
| length10 = 6:18
}}
Personnel
;Musicians
- Art Baron – trombone on "Dixie" and "The Natural World"
- Alan Bezozi – drums and percussion on "Help a Man" and "When Was the Last Time"
- Mino Cinelu – percussion on "When I Stop Crying"
- Stew Cutler – guitar
- Danny Frankel – drums, tambourine on "When I Stop Crying", percussion on "Primavera"
- Bill Frisell – guitar on "When Was the Last Time" and "The Goodnight-Loving Trail"
- David Hofstra – bass guitar, tuba
- Robin Holcomb – vocals, piano, Hammond organ on "Rockabye", keyboards on "When Was the Last Time"
- Wayne Horvitz – Hammond organ, keyboards on "When Was the Last Time" and "Primavera", mixing, production
- Guy Klucevsek – accordion on "Iowa Lands"
- Bruce Kurnow – harmonica on "The Goodnight-Loving Trail"
- Marty Ehrlich – tenor saxophone on "Dixie" and "The Natural World"
- Peter Ostroushko – mandolin on "Rockabye", violin on "The Goodnight-Loving Trail"
- The Steeles – backing vocals on "Help a Man", "When I Stop Crying" and "The Natural World"
- Doug Wieselman – clarinet, tenor saxophone, guitar
;Production and additional personnel
- David Bither – production
- Joe Ferla – engineering, mixing
- Jay Folette – engineering
- Dante Gioia – engineering
- Bryce Goggin – engineering
- Peter Holsapple – guitar on "Help a Man" and "When Was the Last Time", production
- Mike Krowiak – engineering
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
- James MacMillan – engineering
- Davey Payne – engineering
- John Siket – engineering
- Bob Smith – engineering
- Tom Tucker, Jr. – engineering
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master |master=500967 |name=Rockabye |type=album}}
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