{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Upstanding Citizen | type = studio | artist = Maia Sharp | cover = Fine-Upstanding-Citizen.jpg | alt = | released = March 22, 2005 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Pop/rock | length = | label = Koch | producer = Mark Addison, Brad Jones, Maia Sharp, Randy Sharp | prev_title = Maia Sharp | prev_year = 2002 | next_title = Echo | next_year = 2009 }} '''''Fine Upstanding Citizen''''' is a 2005 album by American singer-songwriter Maia Sharp.
==Reception== Writing for Allmusic, Thom Jurek gave the album three and a half stars out of five. He said that it "won't set the charts on fire" but called it "a mature mark from an under-the-radar artist".<ref name=allmusic /> He cited the track "Fall Like Margarite" as a highlight, calling it "simply gorgeous."<ref name=allmusic /> Ronni Radner of ''Out'' called the album "an impressive set of thoughtfully crafted songs" and said that it "pays a definite homage to [...] trailblazing femme troubadours" like Bonnie Raitt, Rickie Lee Jones and Carole King.<ref name=Out />
==Track listing== #"Red Dress" (Richey, Sharp) – 4:02 #"Something Wild" (Dulaney, Sharp) – 3:57 #"A Home" (Sharp, Sharp) – 4:37 #"The Reminder" (Fisher, Sharp) – 3:56 #"Regular Jane" (Majors, Sharp) – 3:37 #"Flood" (Robin, Sharp) – 2:30 #"Kinder Blues" (Addison, Sharp) – 5:06 #"Firefly" (Poltz, Sharp) – 3:19 #"Wisdom" (Crowley, Sharp) – 3:21 #"Fall Like Margarite" (Middleman, Sharp) – 2:50 #"Come Back to Me" (Batteau, Sharp) – 4:09 #"Fine Upstanding Citizen" (Coppola, Rowe, Sharp) – 2:18
==Personnel== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ;Music<ref name=credits /> *Mark Addison – bass, mandolin, piano, electric guitar, melodica, Indian banjo *David Batteau – acoustic guitar *Chris Carmichael – violin, viola *Andy Georges – acoustic guitar, banjo, harmonica, mandolin, electric guitar *Mickey Grimm – percussion, drums *David Henry – cello *Brad Jones – organ, acoustic guitar, bass, mandolin, piano, bass guitar, harmonium, timpani, vibraphone, nylon string guitar *Richard Julian – backing vocals *Will Kimbrough – percussion, electric guitar, backing vocals *Ronnie Manaog – percussion, drums, tambourine, shaker *Greg Morrow – drums *Kim Richey – backing vocals *Janet Robin – acoustic guitar, electric guitar *Joshua Segal – violin, viola *Maia Sharp – acoustic guitar, clarinet, flute, electric guitar, piano, saxophone, djembe, vocals *Randy Sharp – acoustic guitar, mandolin, backing vocals, bass harmonica *Nina Singh – percussion, drums *Jill Sobule – voices *Josef Zimmerman – bass, bass guitar {{col-2}} ;Production<ref name=credits /> *Mark Addison – producer, sampling, loop *Tom Briggs – creative director *Jeff Chenault – creative director *Jim DeMain – mastering *Jeremy Ferguson – engineer *Andy Georges – sampling *Brad Jones – producer, engineer, sampling, mixing, audio production *Bonnie Raitt – author *Maia Sharp – producer, engineer, audio production *Randy Sharp – producer, engineer, sampling ;Design<ref name=credits /> *Jeff Chenault – art direction, design *Donna Gast – make-up, hair stylist *Zoe Joeright – stylist *Mitch Tobias – photography, composite {{col-end}}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=allmusic>{{Citation | last = Jurek | first = Thom | title = Fine Upstanding Citizen > Review | newspaper = Allmusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation | url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r730499/review|pure_url=yes}} | accessdate =May 11, 2010 }}</ref> <ref name=Out>{{Citation | last = Radner | first = Ronni | title = >> Music — Maia Sharp — Fine Upstanding Citizen | newspaper = Out | publisher = Regent Entertainment | date = April 2005 | page = 40 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=8mIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA40 | accessdate =May 11, 2010 }}</ref> <ref name=credits>{{Citation | title = Fine Upstanding Citizen > Credits | newspaper = Allmusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation | url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r730499/credits|pure_url=yes}} | accessdate =May 11, 2010 }}</ref> }}
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