Angels Running

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Angels Running
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Studio album by Patty Larkin
Released September 13, 1993
Genre Folk rock
Length39:00
Label High Street
Producer Ben Wisch
Patty Larkin chronology
Tango
(1991)
Angels Running
(1993)
Strangers World
(1995)

Angels Running is the fifth album by singer-songwriter Patty Larkin. It was produced by Ben Wisch in 1993 and distributed by High Street Records.

Patty Larkin American musician

Patty Larkin is a Boston-based singer-songwriter and guitarist, and a founding member of Four Bitchin' Babes. Her music has been described as folk-urban pop music.

High Street Records was a subsidiary label of Windham Hill Records from about 1990 to 1997. Notable acts who recorded for the label include John Gorka, Pierce Pettis, Patty Larkin, The Subdudes, Downy Mildew, and Dots Will Echo. Several singer-songwriters associated with High Street appeared on the 1989 Windham Hill compilation, Legacy: A Collection of New Folk Music and the 1992 follow-up on High Street, Legacy II: A Collection of Singer-songwriters.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Who Holds Your Hand"
  2. "Do Not Disturb"
  3. "Good Thing (Angels Running)"
  4. "Banish Misfortune/Open Hand"
  5. "Might as Well Dance"
  6. "Ain't That as Good"
  7. "Helen"
  8. "I Told Him that My Dog Wouldn't Run"
  9. "Pundits and Poets"
  10. "Booth of Glass"
  11. "Winter Wind"
  12. "Channeling Marlene"
  13. "Video"

All songs were written by Patty Larkin except Banish Misfortune/Open Hand (traditional).

The song "Good Thing" was covered by Cher, titled simply "Angels Running", on her album "It's a Man's World"

Cher American singer and actress

Cher is an American singer and actress. Commonly referred to by the media as the Goddess of Pop, she has been described as embodying female autonomy in a male-dominated industry. She is known for her distinctive contralto singing voice and for having worked in numerous areas of entertainment, as well as adopting a variety of styles and appearances during her six-decade-long career.

<i>Its a Mans World</i> (Cher album) 1995 studio album by Cher

It's a Man's World is the twenty-first studio album by American singer Cher released on November 6, 1995 by WEA, a label of Warner Music U.K.. This is also the start of her second stint with Warner Music Group. With an adjusted track list, the album was released in the United States on June 25, 1996 by Reprise Records. As of 1997, the album has sold 700,000 copies worldwide. In the UK the album peaked at number 10 and was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for selling more than 100,000 copies.

Personnel

John Leventhal American musician

John Leventhal is a five time Grammy Award-winning musician, producer, songwriter, and recording engineer who has produced albums for William Bell, Michelle Branch, Rosanne Cash, Marc Cohn, Shawn Colvin, Rodney Crowell, Jim Lauderdale, Joan Osborne, Loudon Wainwright III, The Wreckers and many others.

Michael Manring is an American bass guitarist from the San Francisco Bay Area.

Glen Velez American musician

Glen Velez is an American percussionist, vocalist, and composer, specializing in frame drums from around the world. He is largely responsible for the increasing popularity of frame drums in the United States and around the world. Velez is married to Loire.

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