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

References

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