# Blue Divide

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Blue Divide
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Richard Shindell](/source/Richard_Shindell)
| cover      = Blue Divide.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = September 25, 1994
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     = [Shelter Island](/source/Shelter_Island_Sound_(recording_studio)) (New York City)
| genre      = [folk](/source/Folk_music), singer-songwriter
| length     =
| label      = [Shanachie](/source/Shanachie_Records)
| producer   = [Steve Addabbo](/source/Steve_Addabbo)
| prev_title = [Sparrows Point](/source/Sparrows_Point_(album))
| prev_year  = 1992
| next_title = [Reunion Hill](/source/Reunion_Hill)
| next_year  = 1997
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=amg>[Meyer, Richard](/source/Richard_Meyer_(folk_music)), [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r203412|pure_url=yes}} "Review: ''Blue Divide''"], ''[Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)''</ref>
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'''''Blue Divide''''' is the second album by singer-songwriter [Richard Shindell](/source/Richard_Shindell).  It was released in 1995 by [Shanachie Records](/source/Shanachie_Records).  Shanachie also released a live promo CD, '''''Scenes from a Blue Divide (Live) and More''''' which included five live tracks recorded at the Treestar Coffeehouse in [Mount Kisco, New York](/source/Mount_Kisco%2C_New_York).<ref name=amg2>Meyer, Richard, [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r229480|pure_url=yes}} "Review: Scenes from a Blue Divide (Live) and More"], ''Allmusic''</ref>

[Joan Baez](/source/Joan_Baez) covered the song "Fishing" on the album ''[Gone from Danger](/source/Gone_from_Danger)''.

== Track listing ==
All songs by Richard Shindell except where noted
# "A Summer Wind, A Cotton Dress"
# "Fishing"
# "The Ballad of Mary Magdalene"
# "Lazy"
# "The Things That I Have Seen"
# "TV Light" (Addabbo, Shindell)
# "A Tune for Nowhere"
# "Arrowhead"
# "Ascent"
# "Blue Divide"

== Personnel ==
'''Musicians:'''
* [Richard Shindell](/source/Richard_Shindell) – vocals, acoustic guitar, high-strung guitar, harmony, cittern
* [Steve Addabbo](/source/Steve_Addabbo) – Hammond organ, electric guitar
* [Kenneth Blevins](/source/Kenneth_Blevins) – drums
* [Larry Campbell](/source/Larry_Campbell_(musician)) – lap steel, pedal steel, mandolin
* [Séamus Egan](/source/S%C3%A9amus_Egan) – mandolin, uilleann pipes
* [Peter Freeman](/source/Peter_Freeman_(musician)) – synthesizer
* Mark Hamza – Hammond organ
* [Lucy Kaplansky](/source/Lucy_Kaplansky) – harmony
* Juan Patiño – percussion
* Dave Richards – bass
* Michael Visceglia – bass
* John Whelan – button accordion

'''Production'''
* Produced by [Steve Addabbo](/source/Steve_Addabbo)
* Recorded and mixed at Shelter Island Sound, New York City

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.richardshindell.com/index.php?page=cds&display=55 ''Blue Divide''] page at richardshindell.com

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Category:1995 albums
Category:Richard Shindell albums
Category:Albums produced by Steve Addabbo

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