Traffic from Paradise

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{{Infobox album

| name = Traffic from Paradise

| type = Album

| artist = Rickie Lee Jones

| cover = Jones traffic.jpg

| alt =

| released = 14 September 1993

| recorded = 1993

| venue =

| studio = Conway Recording Studios, Oceanway Studios and Signet Sound Studios, Los Angeles, California

| genre = Rock

| length = 44:45

| label = Geffen

| producer = Rickie Lee Jones

| prev_title = Pop Pop

| prev_year = 1991

| next_title = Naked Songs

| next_year = 1995

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r190816|first=William|last=Ruhlmann}}

| rev2 = Chicago Tribune

| rev2score = {{rating|3.5|4}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1993/10/07/sense-of-intimacy/ |title=Sense Of Intimacy |last=Kot |first=Greg |author-link=Greg Kot|date=1993-10-07 |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=2018-02-04 |language=en}}

| rev3 = Christgau's Consumer Guide

| rev3score = {{rating-Christgau|cut}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xVQbszFuEGMC |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |last=Christgau |first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|page=153 |date=2000-10-15 |publisher=Macmillan Publishing |isbn=9780312245603 |language=en}}

| rev4 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book|last1=Larkin|first1=Colin|authorlink1=Colin Larkin (writer)|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|date=2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC|language=en}}

| rev5 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev5score = unfavorable{{Cite magazine |last=Thigpen |first=David |date=1993-10-01 |title=Traffic From Paradise |url=http://ew.com/article/1993/10/01/traffic-paradise/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}

| rev6 = Los Angeles Times

| rev6score = {{rating|3|4}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-19-ca-36630-story.html |title=Fall Roundup |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=1993-09-19 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2017-12-13 |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035}}

| rev7 = Orlando Sentinel

| rev7score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1993/10/15/rickie-lee-jones-2/ |title=Rickie Lee Jones |last=Abbott |first=Jim |date=1993-10-15 |work=Orlando Sentinel |access-date=2018-02-04 |language=en}}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20071002033639/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/rickieleejones/albums/album/305403/review/5946202/traffic_from_paradise |archivedate= 2 October 2007 |date=28 October 1993 |title=Rickie Lee Jones: Traffic From Paradise |first=Kara |last=Manning |magazine= Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/rickieleejones/albums/album/305403/review/5946202/traffic_from_paradise |url-status= dead |accessdate=19 October 2012}}

}}

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

Track listing

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

  • 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

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Category:Rickie Lee Jones albums

Category:1993 albums

Category:Geffen Records albums