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.
- "Pink Flamingos" – 6:31
- "Altar Boy" – 2:27
- "Stewart's Coat" – 4:31
- "Beat Angels" (Sal Bernardi) – 4:11
- "Tigers" – 5:48
- "Rebel Rebel" (David Bowie) – 4:39
- "Jolie Jolie" – 4:26
- "Running from Mercy" (Jones, Leo Kottke) – 6:01
- "A Stranger's Car" – 2:53
- "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