Sparrows Point (album)

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{more citations needed|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox album | name = Sparrows Point | type = studio | artist = [[Richard Shindell]] | cover = Sparrows Point (album).jpg | alt = | released = 1992 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Folk music|Folk]] | length = | label = [[Shanachie Records|Shanachie]] | producer = David Seitz, Richard Shindell | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = [[Blue Divide]] | next_year = 1995 }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=amg>Renner, Chip & [[Richard Meyer (folk music)|Meyer, Richard]], [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r97064|pure_url=yes}} "Review: ''Sparrows Point''"], [[AllMusic]]</ref> |rev2=''[[Fast Folk Musical Magazine]]'' |rev2Score=favorable<ref name=ff>Allen, Jim, [http://media.smithsonianfolkways.org/liner_notes/fast_folk/FFFF609.pdf "The Ten Best Albums of 1992"], ''[[Fast Folk Musical Magazine]]'', '''6:9–10''', (February 1993) p.12-13</ref> }} '''''Sparrows Point''''' is the debut album by the American musician [[Richard Shindell]], released in 1992.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robins |first1=Wayne |title=Fast Folk: Keeping the Faith |work=Newsday |date=Feb 16, 1992 |department=Fanfare |page=15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Shapiro |first1=Stephanie |title=Sunday Snapshots |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=Sep 20, 1992 |page=1K}}</ref>

==Track listing== # "Are You Happy Now?" – 3:49 # "Castaway" – 3:55 # "By Now" – 5:16 # "The Courier" – 4:18 # "Sparrows Point" – 4:47 # "The Kenworth of My Dreams" – 3:44 # "On a Sea of Fleur-de-Lis" – 4:22 # "Memory of You" – 3:38 # "You Again" – 2:59 # "Nora" – 3:59 # "Howling at the Trouble" – 3:42

==Personnel== '''Musicians:''' * [[Richard Shindell]] – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar * [[Steve Addabbo]] – electric guitar, harmony * Greg Anderson – bass, cittern, electric guitar * Chris Bishop – bass * [[Kenneth Blevins]] – drums * [[Larry Campbell (musician)|Larry Campbell]] – pedal steel, banjo, violin * Diane Chodkowski – harmony * Mark Dann – bass * [[John Gorka]] – harmony * Mark Hamza – hammond organ * [[Jack Hardy (singer-songwriter)|Jack Hardy]] – harmony * Margo Hennebach – hammond organ * [[Winifred Horan]] – violin * [[Lucy Kaplansky]] – harmony * [[Joanie Madden]] – Irish whistle * Mark McColl – percussion * Marshall Rosenberg – percussion * Ilene Weiss – harmony * [[Howie Wyeth]] – drums

'''Production''' *Produced by David Seitz and Richard Shindell **tracks 2, 5 & 10 by [[Steve Addabbo]], Richard Shindell & David Seitz **at Synergy Sound, [[Great Neck, New York]] **and at [[Shelter Island Sound (recording studio)|Shelter Island Sound]], New York City *Mixed by David Seitz, [[Richard Meyer (folk music)|Richard Meyer]], Judy Aweiman and Greg Anderson **at Synergy sound *Mastered by Robert Vosgien, CMS Digital

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==External links== * [http://www.richardshindell.com/index.php?page=cds&display=54 ''Sparrows Point''] page at richardshindell.com

[[Category:Richard Shindell albums]] [[Category:1992 debut albums]] [[Category:Shanachie Records albums]]